User guide

Preface
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About this book
This book is for the Cortex-M3 processor.
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Intended audience
This manual is written to help system designers, system integrators, verification engineers, and
software programmers who are implementing a System-on-Chip (SoC) device based on the
Cortex-M3 processor.
Using this book
This book is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Read this for a description of the components of the processor, and of the product
documentation.
Chapter 2 Functional Description
Read this for a description of the functionality of the processor.
Chapter 3 Programmers Model
Read this for a description of the processor register set, modes of operation, and
other information for programming the processor.
Chapter 4 System Control
Read this for a description of the registers and programmers model for system
control.
Chapter 5 Memory Protection Unit
Read this for a description of the Memory Protection Unit (MPU).
Chapter 6 Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller
Read this for a description of the interrupt processing and control.
Chapter 7 Debug
Read this for information about debugging and testing the processor core.
Chapter 8 Data Watchpoint and Trace Unit
Read this for a description of the Data Watchpoint and Trace (DWT) unit.
Chapter 9 Instrumentation Trace Macrocell Unit
Read this for a description of the Instrumentation Trace Macrocell (ITM) unit.
Chapter 10 Embedded Trace Macrocell
Read this for a description of the processor Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM).
Chapter 11 Trace Port Interface Unit
Read this for a description of the Trace Port Interface Unit (TPIU).