ST STM32F3 Series User Manual

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3.3.5 Address alignment
An aligned access is an operation where a word-aligned address is used for a word, dual
word, or multiple word access, or where a halfword-aligned address is used for a halfword
access. Byte accesses are always aligned.
The Cortex-M4 processor supports unaligned access only for the following instructions:
• LDR, LDRT
• LDRH, LDRHT
• LDRSH, LDRSHT
• STR, STRT
• STRH, STRHT
All other load and store instructions generate a usage fault exception if they perform an
unaligned access, and therefore their accesses must be address aligned. For more
information about usage faults see Fault handling on page 44.
Unaligned accesses are usually slower than aligned accesses. In addition, some memory
regions might not support unaligned accesses. Therefore, Arm recommends that
programmers to ensure that accesses are aligned. To avoid accidental generation of
unaligned accesses, use the UNALIGN_TRP bit in the configuration and control register to
trap all unaligned accesses, see Configuration and control register (CCR) on page 231.
3.3.6 PC-relative expressions
A PC-relative expression or label is a symbol that represents the address of an instruction or
literal data. It is represented in the instruction as the PC value plus or minus a numeric
offset. The assembler calculates the required offset from the label and the address of the
current instruction. If the offset is too big, the assembler produces an error.
• For the B, BL, CBNZ, and CBZ instructions, the value of the PC is the address of the
current instruction plus four bytes.
• For all other instructions that use labels, the value of the PC is the address of the
current instruction plus four bytes, with bit[1] of the result cleared to 0 to make it word-
aligned.
• Your assembler might permit other syntaxes for PC-relative expressions, such as a
label plus or minus a number, or an expression of the form [PC, #number].
3.3.7 Conditional execution
Most data processing instructions can optionally update the condition flags in the application
program status register (APSR) according to the result of the operation (see Application
program status register on page 21). Some instructions update all flags, and some only
update a subset. If a flag is not updated, the original value is preserved. See the instruction
descriptions for the flags they affect.
You can execute an instruction conditionally, based on the condition flags set in another
instruction:
• Immediately after the instruction that updated the flags
• After any number of intervening instructions that have not updated the flags

ST STM32F3 Series Specifications

General

Series	STM32F3
Core	ARM Cortex-M4
Max CPU Frequency	72 MHz
Operating Voltage	2.0 V to 3.6 V
GPIO Pins	Up to 80
Timers	Advanced-control, general-purpose, basic timers
ADC	12-bit
DAC	12-bit
Communication Interfaces	USART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB
Operating Temperature	-40°C to 85°C
Package	LQFP, UFQFPN, WLCSP

Summary

Introduction

1 About this document

1.1 Typographical conventions

Conventions used in the document for formatting text and code elements.

1.2 List of abbreviations for registers

Abbreviations used in register descriptions.

1.3 About the STM32 Cortex-M4 processor and core peripherals

Overview of the processor's features and integrated peripherals.

2 The Cortex-M4 processor

2.1 Programmers model

Describes the programmer's model, processor modes, privilege levels, and stacks.

2.2 Memory model

Details the processor memory map, access behavior, and bit-banding features.

2.3 Exception model

Explains the exception model, states, types, handlers, and priorities.

2.4 Fault handling

Details fault types, escalation, status registers, and lockup.

2.5 Power management

Describes mechanisms for entering and waking up from sleep modes.

3 The STM32 Cortex-M4 instruction set

3.1 Instruction set summary

Overview of the instruction set and supported instructions.

3.2 CMSIS intrinsic functions

CMSIS intrinsic functions for generating Cortex-M4 instructions.

3.3 About the instruction descriptions

Explains how instruction descriptions are presented in the document.

3.4 Memory access instructions

Details instructions for accessing memory.

3.5 General data processing instructions

Covers general-purpose data processing instructions.

3.6 Multiply and divide instructions

Describes instructions for multiplication and division operations.

3.7 Saturating instructions

Explains instructions that perform saturating arithmetic.

3.8 Packing and unpacking instructions

Instructions for packing and unpacking data.

3.9 Bitfield instructions

Instructions for operating on bitfields within registers.

3.10 Floating-point instructions

Instructions for floating-point operations using the FPU.

3.11 Miscellaneous instructions

Other Cortex-M4 instructions not categorized elsewhere.

4 Core peripherals

4.1 About the STM32 Cortex-M4 core peripherals

Overview of core peripherals and their memory map in the PPB.

4.2 Memory protection unit (MPU)

Details the MPU's functionality for memory protection and region management.

4.3 Nested vectored interrupt controller (NVIC)

Describes the NVIC's support for interrupts, priorities, and tail-chaining.

4.4 System control block (SCB)

Provides system implementation info and control for exceptions.

4.5 SysTick timer (STK)

Details the SysTick timer, its registers, and usage hints.

4.6 Floating point unit (FPU)

Explains the FPU's functionality, registers, and enabling.

5 Revision history