| 1. |
Features in RISC
Architecture: - From hardware point of view. |
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The ARM Architecture,
The Acorn RISC Machine, Architectural Inheritance, The ARM Programmer's
Model, ARM Development Tools. |
| 2. |
ARM processor architecture |
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ARM Organization and
Implementation, 3-Stage Pipeline ARM Organization, 5- Stage
Pipeline ARM Organization, ARM Instruction Execution, ARM Implementation,
The ARM Coprocessor Interface. |
| 3. |
ARM processor from
the programmer's point of view |
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Architectural Support
for High- Level Languages. Abstraction in Software Design |
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A. |
Operating states |
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B |
Memory format: |
| Memory Hierarchy, Memory
Size and Speed. On-Chip Memory Caches Memory Management. |
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C |
Instruction length |
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The ARM Instruction
Set, Introduction, Exceptions, Conditional Execution. Branch
and Branch with Link (B, BL). Branch, Branch with Link and Exchange
BX, BLX). Software Interrupt (SWI). Data Processing Instructions.
Multiply Instructions. Count Leading Zeros (CLZ - Architecture
V5t Only). Single Word and Unsigned Byte Data Transfer Instructions.
Half -Word and Signed Byte Data Transfer Instructions. Multiple
Register Transfer Instructions. Swap Memory and Register Instructions
(SWP).
Status Register to General Register Transfer Instructions. General
Register to Status Register Transfer Instructions. Coprocessor
Data Transfers. Coprocessor Register Transfers. Breakpoint Instruction
(BRK - Architecture V5t only). Unused Instruction Space. Memory
Faults. ARM Architecture Variants.
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D. |
Data types |
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Architectural Support
for High -Level Languages. Abstraction in Software Design. Data
Types. Floating - Point Data Types. The ARM Floating - Point
Architecture. Expressions, Conditional Statements. Loops Functions
and Procedures. |
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E. |
ARM and Thumb instruction set |
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The Thumb Instruction
Set. The Thumb Bit in the CPSR .The Thumb Programmer's Model.
Thumb Branch Instructions. Thumb Software Interrupt Instruction.
Thumb Data Processing Instructions. Thumb Single Register Data
Transfer Instructions. Thumb Multiple Register Data Transfer
Instructions. Thumb Breakpoint Instruction. Thumb Implementation.
& Thumb Applications. |
| 4. |
Memory Interface and co-processor interface |
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| 5. |
Use of ARM based
IDE |
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Project creation, Compilation,
Debugging, Linking.
Break point insertion, Memory modeling
Evaluation and comparison of various ARM based IDE's
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| 6. |
Microcontroller
specific programming |
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A. |
Downloading code hex
file into the ARM based Philips microcontrollers |
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B. |
Use of PLL /DLL |
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C. |
Use of port and serial
interface provided into the chip |
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D. |
ARM processor cores.
ARM 7TDMI, ARB, ARM9TDMI, ARM10TDMI Comparison study. |
