Preface
About this manual
Product revision status
Intended audience
Using this manual
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This is the Technical Reference Manual (TRM) for the Cortex-M3 processor.
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Identifies the minor revision or modification status of the product.
This manual is written to help system designers, system integrators, and verification
engineers who are implementing a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) device based on the
Cortex-M3 processor.
This manual is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Read this chapter to learn about the components of the Cortex-M3
processor, and about the processor instruction set.
Chapter 2 Programmer's Model
Read this chapter to learn about the Cortex-M3 register set, modes of
operation, and other information for programming the Cortex-M3
processor.
Chapter 3 System Control
Read this chapter to learn about the registers and programmer's model for
system control.
Chapter 4 Memory Map
Read this chapter to learn about the processor memory map and
bit-banding feature.
Chapter 5 Exceptions
Read this chapter to learn about the processor exception model.
Chapter 6 Clocking and Resets
Read this chapter to learn about the processor clocking and resets.
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