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1.3 Using the documentation

There are several documents provided with Cortex-M3 DesignStart Eval.

Scope of this document

The ARM

Cortex

-M3 DesignStart

™

Eval FPGA User Guide describes how to build an FPGA image and

evaluate software running on the Versatile Express Cortex-M Prototyping System (V2M-MPS2+)

platform.

Other documents

The following table shows the documents that relate to the design flow processes for Cortex-M3

DesignStart Eval:

Table 1-1 Other Cortex-M3 DesignStart Eval documents

Document name Purpose

ARM

Cortex

-M3 DesignStart

™

Eval RTL and Testbench User

Guide

Describes information required for system design and RTL

simulation.

Note

This is the main document for Cortex-M3 DesignStart Eval.

ARM

Cortex

-M3 DesignStart

™

Eval RTL and FPGA Quick Start

Guide

Describes how to run basic tests using an RTL simulator and an

FPGA platform.

Note

This is a procedural user-level document that gives a complete

example of a working system. This document is highly

recommended for users who do not have previous experience of

ARM products.

ARM

Cortex

-M3 DesignStart

™

Eval Customization Guide Describes the high-level steps to integrate your own peripherals,

and make other modifications to the Cortex-M3 DesignStart Eval

system.

For more information about:

• Programming the Cortex-M3 processor, see the ARM

Cortex

-M3 Technical Reference Manual.

• Software development on a Cortex-M3 device, see the ARM

Cortex

-M3 Devices Generic User

Guide. This is a generic device user-level reference document.

• The ARM architecture that the Cortex-M3 processor complies with, and the instruction set and

exception model it uses, see the ARM

Architecture Reference Manual ARMv7, for ARMv7-M

architecture profile.

• The AHB-Lite master interface that the Cortex-M3 processor implements, see the ARM

AMBA

AHB-Lite Protocol Specification (v1.0).

• Peripherals and interconnect components, see the ARM

Cortex

-M System Design Kit Technical

Reference Manual.

• The Real Time Clock (RTC), see the ARM

PrimeCell

™

Real Time Clock (PL031) Technical Reference

Manual.

• The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), see the ARM

PrimeCell

Synchronous Serial Port (PL022)

Technical Reference Manual.

1 Introduction

1.3 Using the documentation

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