About this book
This book describes the Arm
®
MPS2 and MPS2+ FPGA Prototyping Boards. Early issues of this book
had document number DDI0525.
Intended audience
This book is written for experienced hardware and software engineers who are doing Arm M-Class
processor evaluation and development using the Cortex
®
‑M Prototyping System, on either the MPS2 or
MPS2+ FPGA Prototyping Board.
Using this book
This book is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Introduction
This chapter provides an introduction to the MPS2 and MPS2+ FPGA Prototyping Boards.
Chapter 2 Hardware Description
This chapter describes the MPS2 and MPS2+ board hardware.
Chapter 3 Configuration
This chapter describes the powerup and configuration process of the MPS2 and MPS2+ FPGA
Prototyping Boards.
Chapter 4 Programmers Model
This chapter describes the programmers model of the MPS2 and MPS2+ FPGA Prototyping
Boards.
Chapter 5 Signal Descriptions
This chapter describes the signals present at the interface connectors of the MPS2 and MPS2+
FPGA Prototyping Boards.
Appendix A Specifications
This chapter contains the electrical specification of the MPS2 and MPS2+ FPGA Prototyping
Boards and FPGAs.
Appendix B Revisions
This chapter describes the technical changes between released issues of this book.
Glossary
The Arm
®
Glossary is a list of terms used in Arm documentation, together with definitions for those
terms. The Arm Glossary does not contain terms that are industry standard unless the Arm meaning
differs from the generally accepted meaning.
See the Arm
®
Glossary for more information.
Typographic conventions
italic
Introduces special terminology, denotes cross-references, and citations.
bold
Highlights interface elements, such as menu names. Denotes signal names. Also used for terms
in descriptive lists, where appropriate.
monospace
Denotes text that you can enter at the keyboard, such as commands, file and program names,
and source code.
monospace
Denotes a permitted abbreviation for a command or option. You can enter the underlined text
instead of the full command or option name.
Preface
About this book
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