SLAU893B October   2023  – July 2024 MSPM0C1103 , MSPM0C1104 , MSPM0C1104-Q1

 

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  2.   Read This First
    1.     About This Manual
    2.     Notational Conventions
    3.     Glossary
    4.     Related Documentation
    5.     Support Resources
    6.     Trademarks
  3. 1 Architecture
    1. 1.1 Architecture Overview
    2. 1.2 Bus Organization
    3. 1.3 Platform Memory Map
      1. 1.3.1 Code Region
      2. 1.3.2 SRAM Region
      3. 1.3.3 Peripheral Region
      4. 1.3.4 Subsystem Region
      5. 1.3.5 System PPB Region
    4. 1.4 Boot Configuration
      1. 1.4.1 Configuration Memory (NONMAIN)
        1. 1.4.1.1 CRC-Backed Configuration Data
        2. 1.4.1.2 16-bit Pattern Match for Critical Fields
      2. 1.4.2 Boot Configuration Routine (BCR)
        1. 1.4.2.1 Serial Wire Debug Related Policies
          1. 1.4.2.1.1 SWD Security Level 0
          2. 1.4.2.1.2 SWD Security Level 1
          3. 1.4.2.1.3 SWD Security Level 2
        2. 1.4.2.2 SWD Factory Reset Commands
        3. 1.4.2.3 Flash Memory Protection and Integrity Related Policies
          1. 1.4.2.3.1 Locking the Application (MAIN) Flash Memory
          2. 1.4.2.3.2 Locking the Configuration (NONMAIN) Flash Memory
          3. 1.4.2.3.3 Static Write Protection NONMAIN Fields
    5. 1.5 NONMAIN_C1103_C1104 Registers
    6. 1.6 Factory Constants
      1. 1.6.1 FACTORYREGION Registers
  4. 2 PMCU
    1. 2.1 PMCU Overview
      1. 2.1.1 Power Domains
      2. 2.1.2 Operating Modes
        1. 2.1.2.1 RUN Mode
        2. 2.1.2.2 SLEEP Mode
        3. 2.1.2.3 STOP Mode
        4. 2.1.2.4 STANDBY Mode
        5. 2.1.2.5 SHUTDOWN Mode
        6. 2.1.2.6 Supported Functionality by Operating Mode
        7. 2.1.2.7 Suspended Low-Power Mode Operation
    2. 2.2 Power Management (PMU)
      1. 2.2.1 Power Supply
      2. 2.2.2 Core Regulator
      3. 2.2.3 Supply Supervisors
        1. 2.2.3.1 Power-on Reset (POR) Supervisor
        2. 2.2.3.2 Brownout Reset (BOR) Supervisor
        3. 2.2.3.3 POR and BOR Behavior During Supply Changes
      4. 2.2.4 Bandgap Reference
      5. 2.2.5 Temperature Sensor
      6. 2.2.6 Peripheral Power Enable Control
        1. 2.2.6.1 Automatic Peripheral Disable in Low Power Modes
    3. 2.3 Clock Module (CKM)
      1. 2.3.1 Oscillators
        1. 2.3.1.1 Internal Low-Frequency Oscillator (LFOSC)
        2. 2.3.1.2 Internal System Oscillator (SYSOSC)
          1. 2.3.1.2.1 SYSOSC Frequency Correction Loop
            1. 2.3.1.2.1.1 SYSOSC FCL in Internal Resistor Mode
          2. 2.3.1.2.2 Disabling SYSOSC
        3. 2.3.1.3 LFCLK_IN (Digital Clock)
        4. 2.3.1.4 HFCLK_IN (Digital clock)
      2. 2.3.2 Clocks
        1. 2.3.2.1 MCLK (Main Clock) Tree
        2. 2.3.2.2 CPUCLK (Processor Clock)
        3. 2.3.2.3 ULPCLK (Low-Power Clock)
        4. 2.3.2.4 MFCLK (Middle Frequency Clock)
        5. 2.3.2.5 LFCLK (Low-Frequency Clock)
        6. 2.3.2.6 ADCCLK (ADC Sample Period Clock)
        7. 2.3.2.7 External Clock Output (CLK_OUT)
        8. 2.3.2.8 Direct Clock Connections for Infrastructure
      3. 2.3.3 Clock Tree
        1. 2.3.3.1 Peripheral Clock Source Selection
      4. 2.3.4 Clock Monitors
        1. 2.3.4.1 MCLK Monitor
        2. 2.3.4.2 Startup Monitors
          1. 2.3.4.2.1 LFOSC Startup Monitor
      5. 2.3.5 Frequency Clock Counter (FCC)
        1. 2.3.5.1 Using the FCC
        2. 2.3.5.2 FCC Frequency Computation and Accuracy
    4. 2.4 System Controller (SYSCTL)
      1. 2.4.1  Resets and Device Initialization
        1. 2.4.1.1 Reset Levels
          1. 2.4.1.1.1 Power-on Reset (POR) Reset Level
          2. 2.4.1.1.2 Brownout Reset (BOR) Reset Level
          3. 2.4.1.1.3 Boot Reset (BOOTRST) Reset Level
          4. 2.4.1.1.4 System Reset (SYSRST) Reset Level
          5. 2.4.1.1.5 CPU-only Reset (CPURST) Reset Level
        2. 2.4.1.2 Initial Conditions After POR
        3. 2.4.1.3 NRST Pin
        4. 2.4.1.4 SWD Pins
        5. 2.4.1.5 Generating Resets in Software
        6. 2.4.1.6 Reset Cause
        7. 2.4.1.7 Peripheral Reset Control
        8. 2.4.1.8 Boot Fail Handling
      2. 2.4.2  Operating Mode Selection
      3. 2.4.3  Asynchronous Fast Clock Requests
      4. 2.4.4  SRAM Write Protection
      5. 2.4.5  Flash Wait States
      6. 2.4.6  Shutdown Mode Handling
      7. 2.4.7  Configuration Lockout
      8. 2.4.8  System Status
      9. 2.4.9  Error Handling
      10. 2.4.10 SYSCTL Events
        1. 2.4.10.1 CPU Interrupt Event (CPU_INT)
    5. 2.5 Quick Start Reference
      1. 2.5.1 Default Device Configuration
      2. 2.5.2 Leveraging MFCLK
      3. 2.5.3 Optimizing Power Consumption in STOP Mode
      4. 2.5.4 Optimizing Power Consumption in STANDBY Mode
      5. 2.5.5 Optimizing for Lowest Wakeup Latency
      6. 2.5.6 Optimizing for Lowest Peak Current in RUN/SLEEP Mode
    6. 2.6 SYSCTL_C1103_C1104 Registers
  5. 3 CPU
    1. 3.1 Overview
    2. 3.2 Arm Cortex-M0+ CPU
      1. 3.2.1 CPU Register File
      2. 3.2.2 Stack Behavior
      3. 3.2.3 Execution Modes and Privilege Levels
      4. 3.2.4 Address Space and Supported Data Sizes
    3. 3.3 Interrupts and Exceptions
      1. 3.3.1 Peripheral Interrupts (IRQs)
        1. 3.3.1.1 Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC)
        2. 3.3.1.2 Interrupt Groups
        3. 3.3.1.3 Wake Up Controller (WUC)
      2. 3.3.2 Interrupt and Exception Table
      3. 3.3.3 Processor Lockup Scenario
    4. 3.4 CPU Peripherals
      1. 3.4.1 System Control Block (SCB)
    5. 3.5 Read-Only Memory (ROM)
    6. 3.6 CPUSS Registers
    7. 3.7 WUC Registers
  6. 4 DMA
    1. 4.1 DMA Overview
    2. 4.2 DMA Operation
      1. 4.2.1  Addressing Modes
      2. 4.2.2  Channel Types
      3. 4.2.3  Transfer Modes
        1. 4.2.3.1 Single Transfer
        2. 4.2.3.2 Block Transfer
        3. 4.2.3.3 Repeated Single Transfer
        4. 4.2.3.4 Repeated Block Transfer
        5. 4.2.3.5 Stride Mode
      4. 4.2.4  Extended Modes
        1. 4.2.4.1 Fill Mode
        2. 4.2.4.2 Table Mode
      5. 4.2.5  Initiating DMA Transfers
      6. 4.2.6  Stopping DMA Transfers
      7. 4.2.7  Channel Priorities
      8. 4.2.8  Burst Block Mode
      9. 4.2.9  Using DMA with System Interrupts
      10. 4.2.10 DMA Controller Interrupts
      11. 4.2.11 DMA Trigger Event Status
      12. 4.2.12 DMA Operating Mode Support
        1. 4.2.12.1 Transfer in RUN Mode
        2. 4.2.12.2 Transfer in SLEEP Mode
        3. 4.2.12.3 Transfer in STOP Mode
        4. 4.2.12.4 Transfers in STANDBY Mode
      13. 4.2.13 DMA Address and Data Errors
      14. 4.2.14 Interrupt and Event Support
    3. 4.3 DMA Registers
  7. 5 NVM (Flash)
    1. 5.1 NVM Overview
      1. 5.1.1 Key Features
      2. 5.1.2 System Components
      3. 5.1.3 Terminology
    2. 5.2 Flash Memory Bank Organization
      1. 5.2.1 Banks
      2. 5.2.2 Flash Memory Regions
      3. 5.2.3 Addressing
        1. 5.2.3.1 Flash Memory Map
      4. 5.2.4 Memory Organization Examples
    3. 5.3 Flash Controller
      1. 5.3.1 Overview of Flash Controller Commands
      2. 5.3.2 NOOP Command
      3. 5.3.3 PROGRAM Command
        1. 5.3.3.1 Program Bit Masking Behavior
        2. 5.3.3.2 Programming Less Than One Flash Word
        3. 5.3.3.3 Target Data Alignment (Devices with Single Flash Word Programming Only)
        4. 5.3.3.4 Target Data Alignment (Devices With Multiword Programming)
        5. 5.3.3.5 Executing a PROGRAM Operation
      4. 5.3.4 ERASE Command
        1. 5.3.4.1 Erase Sector Masking Behavior
        2. 5.3.4.2 Executing an ERASE Operation
      5. 5.3.5 READVERIFY Command
        1. 5.3.5.1 Executing a READVERIFY Operation
      6. 5.3.6 BLANKVERIFY Command
        1. 5.3.6.1 Executing a BLANKVERIFY Operation
      7. 5.3.7 Command Diagnostics
        1. 5.3.7.1 Command Status
        2. 5.3.7.2 Address Translation
        3. 5.3.7.3 Pulse Counts
      8. 5.3.8 Overriding the System Address With a Bank ID, Region ID, and Bank Address
      9. 5.3.9 FLASHCTL Events
        1. 5.3.9.1 CPU Interrupt Event Publisher
    4. 5.4 Write Protection
      1. 5.4.1 Write Protection Resolution
      2. 5.4.2 Static Write Protection
      3. 5.4.3 Dynamic Write Protection
        1. 5.4.3.1 Configuring Protection for the MAIN Region
        2. 5.4.3.2 Configuring Protection for the NONMAIN Region
    5. 5.5 Read Interface
      1. 5.5.1 Bank Address Swapping
    6. 5.6 FLASHCTL Registers
  8. 6 Events
    1. 6.1 Events Overview
      1. 6.1.1 Event Publisher
      2. 6.1.2 Event Subscriber
      3. 6.1.3 Event Fabric Routing
        1. 6.1.3.1 CPU Interrupt Event Route (CPU_INT)
        2. 6.1.3.2 DMA Trigger Event Route (DMA_TRIGx)
        3. 6.1.3.3 Generic Event Route (GEN_EVENTx)
      4. 6.1.4 Event Routing Map
      5. 6.1.5 Event Propagation Latency
    2. 6.2 Events Operation
      1. 6.2.1 CPU Interrupt
      2. 6.2.2 DMA Trigger
      3. 6.2.3 Peripheral to Peripheral Event
      4. 6.2.4 Extended Module Description Register
      5. 6.2.5 Using Event Registers
        1. 6.2.5.1 Event Registers
        2. 6.2.5.2 Configuring Events
        3. 6.2.5.3 Responding to CPU Interrupts in Application Software
        4. 6.2.5.4 Hardware Event Handling
  9. 7 IOMUX
    1. 7.1 IOMUX Overview
      1. 7.1.1 IO Types and Analog Sharing
    2. 7.2 IOMUX Operation
      1. 7.2.1 Peripheral Function (PF) Assignment
      2. 7.2.2 Logic High to Hi-Z Conversion
      3. 7.2.3 Logic Inversion
      4. 7.2.4 SHUTDOWN Mode Wakeup Logic
      5. 7.2.5 Pullup/Pulldown Resistors
      6. 7.2.6 Drive Strength Control
      7. 7.2.7 Hysteresis and Logic Level Control
    3. 7.3 IOMUX (PINCMx) Register Format
    4. 7.4 IOMUX Registers
  10. 8 GPIO
    1. 8.1 GPIO Overview
    2. 8.2 GPIO Operation
      1. 8.2.1 GPIO Ports
      2. 8.2.2 GPIO Read/Write Interface
      3. 8.2.3 GPIO Input Glitch Filtering and Synchronization
      4. 8.2.4 GPIO Fast Wake
      5. 8.2.5 GPIO DMA Interface
      6. 8.2.6 Event Publishers and Subscribers
    3. 8.3 GPIO Registers
  11. 9 ADC
    1. 9.1 ADC Overview
    2. 9.2 ADC Operation
      1. 9.2.1  ADC Core
      2. 9.2.2  Voltage Reference Options
      3. 9.2.3  Generic Resolution Modes
      4. 9.2.4  Hardware Averaging
      5. 9.2.5  ADC Clocking
      6. 9.2.6  Common ADC Use Cases
      7. 9.2.7  Power Down Behavior
      8. 9.2.8  Sampling Trigger Sources and Sampling Modes
        1. 9.2.8.1 AUTO Sampling Mode
        2. 9.2.8.2 MANUAL Sampling Mode
      9. 9.2.9  Sampling Period
      10. 9.2.10 Conversion Modes
      11. 9.2.11 Data Format
      12. 9.2.12 Advanced Features
        1. 9.2.12.1 Window Comparator
        2. 9.2.12.2 DMA and FIFO Operation
        3. 9.2.12.3 Analog Peripheral Interconnection
      13. 9.2.13 Status Register
      14. 9.2.14 ADC Events
        1. 9.2.14.1 CPU Interrupt Event Publisher (CPU_INT)
        2. 9.2.14.2 Generic Event Publisher (GEN_EVENT)
        3. 9.2.14.3 DMA Trigger Event Publisher (DMA_TRIG)
        4. 9.2.14.4 Generic Event Subscriber (FSUB_0)
    3. 9.3 ADC0 Registers
  12. 10VREF
    1. 10.1 VREF Overview
    2. 10.2 VREF Operation
      1. 10.2.1 Internal Reference Generation
    3. 10.3 VREF Registers
  13. 11UART
    1. 11.1 UART Overview
      1. 11.1.1 Purpose of the Peripheral
      2. 11.1.2 Features
      3. 11.1.3 Functional Block Diagram
    2. 11.2 UART Operation
      1. 11.2.1 Clock Control
      2. 11.2.2 Signal Descriptions
      3. 11.2.3 General Architecture and Protocol
        1. 11.2.3.1  Transmit Receive Logic
        2. 11.2.3.2  Bit Sampling
        3. 11.2.3.3  Majority Voting Feature
        4. 11.2.3.4  Baud Rate Generation
        5. 11.2.3.5  Data Transmission
        6. 11.2.3.6  Error and Status
        7. 11.2.3.7  Local Interconnect Network (LIN) Support
          1. 11.2.3.7.1 LIN Responder Transmission Delay
        8. 11.2.3.8  Flow Control
        9. 11.2.3.9  Idle-Line Multiprocessor
        10. 11.2.3.10 9-Bit UART Mode
        11. 11.2.3.11 RS485 Support
        12. 11.2.3.12 DALI Protocol
        13. 11.2.3.13 Manchester Encoding and Decoding
        14. 11.2.3.14 IrDA Encoding and Decoding
        15. 11.2.3.15 ISO7816 Smart Card Support
        16. 11.2.3.16 Address Detection
        17. 11.2.3.17 FIFO Operation
        18. 11.2.3.18 Loopback Operation
        19. 11.2.3.19 Glitch Suppression
      4. 11.2.4 Low Power Operation
      5. 11.2.5 Reset Considerations
      6. 11.2.6 Initialization
      7. 11.2.7 Interrupt and Events Support
        1. 11.2.7.1 CPU Interrupt Event Publisher (CPU_INT)
        2. 11.2.7.2 DMA Trigger Publisher (DMA_TRIG_RX, DMA_TRIG_TX)
      8. 11.2.8 Emulation Modes
    3. 11.3 UART0 Registers
  14. 12SPI
    1. 12.1 SPI Overview
      1. 12.1.1 Purpose of the Peripheral
      2. 12.1.2 Features
      3. 12.1.3 Functional Block Diagram
      4. 12.1.4 External Connections and Signal Descriptions
    2. 12.2 SPI Operation
      1. 12.2.1 Clock Control
      2. 12.2.2 General Architecture
        1. 12.2.2.1 Chip Select and Command Handling
          1. 12.2.2.1.1 Chip Select Control
          2. 12.2.2.1.2 Command Data Control
        2. 12.2.2.2 Data Format
        3. 12.2.2.3 Delayed data sampling
        4. 12.2.2.4 Clock Generation
        5. 12.2.2.5 FIFO Operation
        6. 12.2.2.6 Loopback mode
        7. 12.2.2.7 DMA Operation
        8. 12.2.2.8 Repeat Transfer mode
        9. 12.2.2.9 Low Power Mode
      3. 12.2.3 Protocol Descriptions
        1. 12.2.3.1 Motorola SPI Frame Format
        2. 12.2.3.2 Texas Instruments Synchronous Serial Frame Format
      4. 12.2.4 Reset Considerations
      5. 12.2.5 Initialization
      6. 12.2.6 Interrupt and Events Support
        1. 12.2.6.1 CPU Interrupt Event Publisher (CPU_INT)
        2. 12.2.6.2 DMA Trigger Publisher (DMA_TRIG_RX, DMA_TRIG_TX)
      7. 12.2.7 Emulation Modes
    3. 12.3 SPI Registers
  15. 13I2C
    1. 13.1 I2C Overview
      1. 13.1.1 Purpose of the Peripheral
      2. 13.1.2 Features
      3. 13.1.3 Functional Block Diagram
      4. 13.1.4 Environment and External Connections
    2. 13.2 I2C Operation
      1. 13.2.1 Clock Control
        1. 13.2.1.1 Clock Select and I2C Speed
        2. 13.2.1.2 Clock Startup
      2. 13.2.2 Signal Descriptions
      3. 13.2.3 General Architecture
        1. 13.2.3.1  I2C Bus Functional Overview
        2. 13.2.3.2  START and STOP Conditions
        3. 13.2.3.3  Data Format with 7-Bit Address
        4. 13.2.3.4  Acknowledge
        5. 13.2.3.5  Repeated Start
        6. 13.2.3.6  SCL Clock Low Timeout
        7. 13.2.3.7  Clock Stretching
        8. 13.2.3.8  Dual Address
        9. 13.2.3.9  Arbitration
        10. 13.2.3.10 Multiple Controller Mode
        11. 13.2.3.11 Glitch Suppression
        12. 13.2.3.12 FIFO operation
          1. 13.2.3.12.1 Flushing Stale Tx Data in Target Mode
        13. 13.2.3.13 Loopback mode
        14. 13.2.3.14 Burst Mode
        15. 13.2.3.15 DMA Operation
        16. 13.2.3.16 Low-Power Operation
      4. 13.2.4 Protocol Descriptions
        1. 13.2.4.1 I2C Controller Mode
          1. 13.2.4.1.1 Controller Configuration
          2. 13.2.4.1.2 Controller Mode Operation
          3. 13.2.4.1.3 Read On TX Empty
        2. 13.2.4.2 I2C Target Mode
          1. 13.2.4.2.1 Target Mode Operation
      5. 13.2.5 Reset Considerations
      6. 13.2.6 Initialization
      7. 13.2.7 Interrupt and Events Support
        1. 13.2.7.1 CPU Interrupt Event Publisher (CPU_INT)
        2. 13.2.7.2 DMA Trigger Publisher (DMA_TRIG1, DMA_TRIG0)
      8. 13.2.8 Emulation Modes
    3. 13.3 I2C Registers
  16. 14CRC
    1. 14.1 CRC Overview
      1. 14.1.1 CRC16-CCITT
    2. 14.2 CRC Operation
      1. 14.2.1 CRC Generator Implementation
      2. 14.2.2 Configuration
        1. 14.2.2.1 Bit Order
        2. 14.2.2.2 Byte Swap
        3. 14.2.2.3 Byte Order
        4. 14.2.2.4 CRC C Library Compatibility
    3. 14.3 CRC Registers
  17. 15Timers (TIMx)
    1. 15.1 TIMx Overview
      1. 15.1.1 TIMG Overview
        1. 15.1.1.1 TIMG Features
        2. 15.1.1.2 Functional Block Diagram
      2. 15.1.2 TIMA Overview
        1. 15.1.2.1 TIMA Features
        2. 15.1.2.2 Functional Block Diagram
      3. 15.1.3 TIMx Instance Configuration
    2. 15.2 TIMx Operation
      1. 15.2.1  Timer Counter
        1. 15.2.1.1 Clock Source Select and Prescaler
          1. 15.2.1.1.1 Internal Clock and Prescaler
          2. 15.2.1.1.2 External Signal Trigger
        2. 15.2.1.2 Repeat Counter (TIMA only)
      2. 15.2.2  Counting Mode Control
        1. 15.2.2.1 One-shot and Periodic Modes
        2. 15.2.2.2 Down Counting Mode
        3. 15.2.2.3 Up/Down Counting Mode
        4. 15.2.2.4 Up Counting Mode
        5. 15.2.2.5 Phase Load (TIMA only)
      3. 15.2.3  Capture/Compare Module
        1. 15.2.3.1 Capture Mode
          1. 15.2.3.1.1 Input Selection, Counter Conditions, and Inversion
            1. 15.2.3.1.1.1 CCP Input Edge Synchronization
            2. 15.2.3.1.1.2 CCP Input Pulse Conditions
            3. 15.2.3.1.1.3 Counter Control Operation
            4. 15.2.3.1.1.4 CCP Input Filtering
            5. 15.2.3.1.1.5 Input Selection
          2. 15.2.3.1.2 Use Cases
            1. 15.2.3.1.2.1 Edge Time Capture
            2. 15.2.3.1.2.2 Period Capture
            3. 15.2.3.1.2.3 Pulse Width Capture
            4. 15.2.3.1.2.4 Combined Pulse Width and Period Time
          3. 15.2.3.1.3 QEI Mode (TIMG with QEI support only)
            1. 15.2.3.1.3.1 QEI With 2-Signal
            2. 15.2.3.1.3.2 QEI With Index Input
            3. 15.2.3.1.3.3 QEI Error Detection
          4. 15.2.3.1.4 Hall Input Mode (TIMG with QEI support only)
        2. 15.2.3.2 Compare Mode
          1. 15.2.3.2.1 Edge Count
      4. 15.2.4  Shadow Load and Shadow Compare
        1. 15.2.4.1 Shadow Load (TIMG4-7, TIMA only)
        2. 15.2.4.2 Shadow Compare (TIMG4-7, TIMG12-13, TIMA only)
      5. 15.2.5  Output Generator
        1. 15.2.5.1 Configuration
        2. 15.2.5.2 Use Cases
          1. 15.2.5.2.1 Edge-Aligned PWM
          2. 15.2.5.2.2 Center-Aligned PWM
          3. 15.2.5.2.3 Asymmetric PWM (TIMA only)
          4. 15.2.5.2.4 Complementary PWM With Deadband Insertion (TIMA only)
        3. 15.2.5.3 Forced Output
      6. 15.2.6  Fault Handler (TIMA only)
        1. 15.2.6.1 Fault Input Conditioning
        2. 15.2.6.2 Fault Input Sources
        3. 15.2.6.3 Counter Behavior With Fault Conditions
        4. 15.2.6.4 Output Behavior With Fault Conditions
      7. 15.2.7  Synchronization With Cross Trigger
        1. 15.2.7.1 Main Timer Cross Trigger Configuration
        2. 15.2.7.2 Secondary Timer Cross Trigger Configuration
      8. 15.2.8  Low Power Operation
      9. 15.2.9  Interrupt and Event Support
        1. 15.2.9.1 CPU Interrupt Event Publisher (CPU_INT)
        2. 15.2.9.2 Generic Event Publisher and Subscriber (GEN_EVENT0 and GEN_EVENT1)
        3. 15.2.9.3 Generic Subscriber Event Example (COMP to TIMx)
      10. 15.2.10 Debug Handler (TIMA Only)
    3. 15.3 TIMx Registers
  18. 16WWDT
    1. 16.1 WWDT Overview
      1. 16.1.1 Watchdog Mode
      2. 16.1.2 Interval Timer Mode
    2. 16.2 WWDT Operation
      1. 16.2.1 Mode Selection
      2. 16.2.2 Clock Configuration
      3. 16.2.3 Low-Power Mode Behavior
      4. 16.2.4 Debug Behavior
      5. 16.2.5 WWDT Events
        1. 16.2.5.1 CPU Interrupt Event Publisher (CPU_INT)
    3. 16.3 WWDT Registers
  19. 17Debug
    1. 17.1 Overview
      1. 17.1.1 Debug Interconnect
      2. 17.1.2 Physical Interface
      3. 17.1.3 Debug Access Ports
    2. 17.2 Debug Features
      1. 17.2.1 Processor Debug
        1. 17.2.1.1 Breakpoint Unit (BPU)
        2. 17.2.1.2 Data Watchpoint and Trace Unit (DWT)
      2. 17.2.2 Peripheral Debug
      3. 17.2.3 EnergyTrace Technology
    3. 17.3 Behavior in Low Power Modes
    4. 17.4 Restricting Debug Access
    5. 17.5 Mailbox (DSSM)
      1. 17.5.1 DSSM Events
        1. 17.5.1.1 CPU Interrupt Event (CPU_INT)
      2. 17.5.2 DEBUGSS Registers
  20. 18Revision History

3.3 Interrupts and Exceptions

Peripheral interrupt exceptions and system exceptions temporarily pause the processor's normal execution flow so that the processor can be used to handle an event.

The following can cause interruption of normal execution flow:

  • A CPURST
  • A fault exception in the system (HardFault)
  • Execution of a supervisor call instruction (SVCall)
  • Setting of a pending supervisor service request (PendSV)
  • An enabled peripheral interrupt (IRQ)
  • A breakpoint instruction (for debug)

Exception State

Each exception source to the processor will be in one of the below states at any given point in time:
  • Inactive (not active, not pending)
  • Pending (waiting to be serviced by the processor)
  • Active (actively being serviced by the processor)
  • Active and pending (actively being serviced by the processor when the same source generates another exception)

Exception Prioritization, Entry, and Exit

Exceptions are prioritized by the processor together with the nested vectored interrupt controller (NVIC). Each exception has either a fixed priority (reset, hard fault) or a configurable priority (SVCall, PendSV, peripheral IRQs). Exceptions with configurable priority can be disabled by application software running in privileged mode. Exceptions with fixed priority cannot be disabled.

The processor exception model supports preemption, tail-chaining, and late-arrival features to boost exception handling performance:

  • In the preemption case, if an exception of higher priority is pending when an exception of lower priority is executing, the higher priority exception will preempt the ongoing handler servicing the lower priority exception.
  • In the tail-chaining case, if a valid-for-entry exception is pending at the time of completion of an exception handler, then the application context is not restored from the stack and control is given immediately to the pending exception.
  • In the late-arriving case, if a higher priority exception occurs during entry to a lower priority exception, the higher priority exception will be serviced first after the processor state is saved to the stack. Once the higher priority exception handling is complete, the lower priority exception (which is still pending) is serviced based on the tail-chaining procedure.

An exception entry is issued if and when all of the following are true:

  • An exception is in a pending state
  • The priority of the pending exception is higher than the limit set by the exception mask register (PRIMASK)
  • The processor is currently in either thread mode (not servicing an exception) or the newly pending exception is higher priority than the exception which is currently being serviced (resulting in a preemption)

Processor exceptions are vectored. When an exception occurs, the current processor state is pushed onto the stack which was active at the time of the event, and execution is vectored to the entry point address in the vector table corresponding to the exception which is to be processed.

If the exception is tail-chained to a previous handler which has completed, then there is no need to push any state to the stack and the interrupt service routine can be vectored to immediately. Likewise, if the exception is higher priority than a previous exception which started entry but did not complete entry, then there is no need to save the context again (late arrival).

Upon completion of an exception handler, if there is no exception pending which needs to be handled then the processor will pop the state from the stack and restore the processor to the previous state which it was in when the exception occurred.