Scribd
Upload
386 views13 pages

Arm-Cortex m3

The ARM Cortex-M3 is a 32-bit RISC microcontroller that operates at low frequencies up to 100 MHz with low power consumption. It has a Harvard architecture with a 3-stage pipeline and supports both 32-bit and 16-bit instruction sets. The Cortex-M3 is aimed at microcontroller and system-on-chip applications.

Uploaded by

vinjamurisiva
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
386 views13 pages

Arm-Cortex m3

The ARM Cortex-M3 is a 32-bit RISC microcontroller that operates at low frequencies up to 100 MHz with low power consumption. It has a Harvard architecture with a 3-stage pipeline and supports both 32-bit and 16-bit instruction sets. The Cortex-M3 is aimed at microcontroller and system-on-chip applications.

Uploaded by

vinjamurisiva
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 13

The ARM Cortex-M3

ARM
 Founded in November 1990
 Spun out of Acorn Computers
 Initial funding from Apple, Acorn and VLSI

 Designs the ARM range of RISC processor cores


 Licenses ARM core designs to semiconductor partners who fabricate and sell
to their customers
 ARM does not fabricate silicon itself

 Also develop technologies to assist with the design-in of the ARM architecture
 Software tools, boards, debug hardware
 Application software
 Bus architectures
 Peripherals, etc
ARM Cortex Processors
 ARM Cortex-A family (v7-A):
 Applications processors for full OS
and 3rd party applications

 ARM Cortex-R family (v7-R):


 Embedded processors for real-time
signal processing, control applications

 ARM Cortex-M family (v7-M):


 Microcontroller-oriented processors
for MCU and SoC applications
Data Sizes and Instruction Sets
 The ARM is a 32-bit architecture.

 When used in relation to the ARM:


 Byte means 8 bits
 Half-word means 16 bits (two bytes)
 Word means 32 bits (four bytes)

 Most ARM’s implement two instruction sets


 32-bit ARM Instruction Set
 16-bit Thumb Instruction Set
Cortex-M stack Model Main
r0
r1
r2
r3

 Fully programmable in C r4
r5
 Stack-based exception model r6
r7
 Only two processor modes r8
r9
 Thread Mode for User tasks r10
 Handler Mode for OS tasks and exceptions r11
r12
 Vector table contains addresses sp
sp
Process
lr
r15 (pc)

xPSR
General description

• Operated over low operating frequency


• Low power consumption
• High level of integration
• Operate at CPU frequencies of up to 100 mhz.
• 3-stage pipeline and uses a Harvard architecture
• 512 kb of flash memory, up to 64 kb of data memory
• 8-channel general purpose DMA controller
• 4 UART’s
• 8-channel 12-bit ADC, 10-bit DAC
• 4 general purpose timers
• 70 general purpose I/O pins
• On-chip SRAM
• One motor control PWM
• Watchdog Timer
• Four reduced power modes: Sleep, Deep-sleep, Power-down, and Deep
power-down
• Non-mask able Interrupt (NMI) input.
• The Wakeup Interrupt Controller
• Crystal oscillator with an operating range of 1 MHz to 25 MHz
Data processing Instructions

 Consist of :
 Arithmetic: ADD ADC SUB SBC RSB RSC
 Logical: AND ORR EOR BIC
 Comparisons: CMP CMN TST TEQ
 Data movement: MOV MVN

 These instructions only work on registers, NOT memory.


Block diagram
Cortex-M3 Pipeline
 Cortex-M3 has 3-stage fetch-decode-execute pipeline
 Similar to ARM7
 Cortex-M3 does more in each stage to increase overall
performance
1st Stage - Fetch 2nd Stage - Decode 3rd Stage - Execute

Address Data Phase


AGU Phase & Write Load/Store &
Back Branch

Instruction
Fetch
Decode & Multiply & Divide Write
(Prefetch)
Register Read

Branch Shift ALU & Branch


Branch forwarding & speculation

Execute stage branch (ALU branch & Load Store Branch)


Applications
• E-Metering
• Lighting
• Industrial networking
• Alarm systems
• White goods
• Motor control
THANK YOU

You might also like