ARM Cortex-M3 DesignStart - 1.3 Using the Documentation

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
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AMBA
®
3
AHB-Lite Protocol Specification (v1.0).
• Peripherals and interconnect components, see the ARM
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Cortex
®
-M System Design Kit Technical
Reference Manual.
• The Real Time Clock (RTC), see the ARM
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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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