The Definitive Guide to ARM® Cortex®-M3 and Cortex®-M4 Processors, 3rd Edition

Chapter 3

Technical Overview

Abstract

Overview of the architecture in details including instruction set, block diagram, features, and advantages of the ARM^® Cortex^®-M processors.

Keywords

Architecture; features; block diagram; interrupt; exceptions; code density; OS support; low power; memory system; MPU

Chapter Outline

3.1 General information about the Cortex^®-M3 and Cortex-M4 processors

3.1.1 Processor type

3.1.2 Processor architecture

3.1.3 Instruction set

3.1.4 Block diagram

3.1.5 Memory system

3.1.6 Interrupt and exception support

3.2 Features of the Cortex^®-M3 and Cortex-M4 processors

3.2.1 Performance

3.2.2 Code density

3.2.3 Low power

3.2.4 Memory system

3.2.5 Memory protection unit

3.2.6 Interrupt handling

3.2.7 OS support and system level ...