AT91SAM7S128 ATMEL [ATMEL Corporation], AT91SAM7S128 Datasheet - Page 15

• Manufacturer Part Number: AT91SAM7S128
• Manufacturer: ATMEL [ATMEL Corporation]

8. Processor and Architecture
8.1
8.2
8.3
6175BS–ATARM–04-Nov-05
ARM7TDMI Processor
Debug and Test Features
Memory Controller
• RISC processor based on ARMv4T Von Neumann architecture
• Two instruction sets
• Three-stage pipeline architecture
• Integrated Embedded ICE (embedded in-circuit emulator)
• Debug Unit
• IEEE1149.1 JTAG Boundary-scan on all digital pins
• Bus Arbiter
• Address decoder provides selection signals for
• Abort Status Registers
• Misalignment Detector
• Remap Command
• Embedded Flash Controller
– Runs at up to 55 MHz, providing 0.9 MIPS/MHz
– ARM
– Thumb
– Instruction Fetch (F)
– Instruction Decode (D)
– Execute (E)
– Two watchpoint units
– Test access port accessible through a JTAG protocol
– Debug communication channel
– Two-pin UART
– Debug communication channel interrupt handling
– Chip ID Register
– Handles requests from the ARM7TDMI and the Peripheral DMA Controller
– Three internal 1 Mbyte memory areas
– One 256 Mbyte embedded peripheral area
– Source, Type and all parameters of the access leading to an abort are saved
– Facilitates debug by detection of bad pointers
– Alignment checking of all data accesses
– Abort generation in case of misalignment
– Remaps the SRAM in place of the embedded non-volatile memory
– Allows handling of dynamic exception vectors
– Embedded Flash interface, up to three programmable wait states
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high-performance 32-bit instruction set
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high code density 16-bit instruction set
AT91SAM7S Series Summary
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