LM3S5D91 Datasheet, PDF (48/1340 Pages) Texas Instruments – Stellaris® LM3S5D91 Microcontroller

Architectural Overview
1.3.1.2
1.3.1.3
– Unaligned data access, enabling data to be efficiently packed into memory
■ Fast code execution permits slower processor clock or increases sleep mode time
■ Harvard architecture characterized by separate buses for instruction and data
■ Efficient processor core, system and memories
■ Hardware division and fast digital-signal-processing orientated multiply accumulate
■ Saturating arithmetic for signal processing
■ Deterministic, high-performance interrupt handling for time-critical applications
■ Memory protection unit (MPU) to provide a privileged mode for protected operating system
functionality
■ Enhanced system debug with extensive breakpoint and trace capabilities
■ Serial Wire Debug and Serial Wire Trace reduce the number of pins required for debugging and
tracing
■ Migration from the ARM7 processor family for better performance and power efficiency
■ Optimized for single-cycle Flash memory usage
■ Ultra-low power consumption with integrated sleep modes
System Timer (SysTick) (see page 110)
ARM Cortex-M3 includes an integrated system timer, SysTick. SysTick provides a simple, 24-bit,
clear-on-write, decrementing, wrap-on-zero counter with a flexible control mechanism. The counter
can be used in several different ways, for example:
■ An RTOS tick timer that fires at a programmable rate (for example, 100 Hz) and invokes a SysTick
routine
■ A high-speed alarm timer using the system clock
■ A variable rate alarm or signal timer—the duration is range-dependent on the reference clock
used and the dynamic range of the counter
■ A simple counter used to measure time to completion and time used
■ An internal clock-source control based on missing/meeting durations.
Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC) (see page 111)
The LM3S5D91 controller includes the ARM Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC). The NVIC
and Cortex-M3 prioritize and handle all exceptions in Handler Mode. The processor state is
automatically stored to the stack on an exception and automatically restored from the stack at the
end of the Interrupt Service Routine (ISR). The interrupt vector is fetched in parallel to the state
saving, enabling efficient interrupt entry. The processor supports tail-chaining, meaning that
back-to-back interrupts can be performed without the overhead of state saving and restoration.
Software can set eight priority levels on 7 exceptions (system handlers) and 52 interrupts.
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