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LM3S8970 Microcontroller
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Revision History ............................................................................................................................. 18
About This Document .................................................................................................................... 20
Audience ..............................................................................................................................................
About This Manual ................................................................................................................................
Related Documents ...............................................................................................................................
Documentation Conventions ..................................................................................................................
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1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.4.4
1.4.5
1.4.6
1.4.7
Architectural Overview ...................................................................................................... 23
Product Features ......................................................................................................................
Target Applications ....................................................................................................................
High-Level Block Diagram .........................................................................................................
Functional Overview ..................................................................................................................
ARM Cortex™-M3 .....................................................................................................................
Motor Control Peripherals ..........................................................................................................
Serial Communications Peripherals ............................................................................................
System Peripherals ...................................................................................................................
Memory Peripherals ..................................................................................................................
Additional Features ...................................................................................................................
Hardware Details ......................................................................................................................
Block Diagram ..........................................................................................................................
Functional Description ...............................................................................................................
Serial Wire and JTAG Debug .....................................................................................................
Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) .............................................................................................
Trace Port Interface Unit (TPIU) .................................................................................................
ROM Table ...............................................................................................................................
Memory Protection Unit (MPU) ...................................................................................................
Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC) ................................................................................
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2.1
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
ARM Cortex-M3 Processor Core ...................................................................................... 39
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5.1
5.2
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.2.4
5.3
5.4
5.4.1
5.4.2
Memory Map ....................................................................................................................... 45
Interrupts ............................................................................................................................ 47
JTAG Interface .................................................................................................................... 50
Block Diagram ..........................................................................................................................
Functional Description ...............................................................................................................
JTAG Interface Pins ..................................................................................................................
JTAG TAP Controller .................................................................................................................
Shift Registers ..........................................................................................................................
Operational Considerations ........................................................................................................
Initialization and Configuration ...................................................................................................
Register Descriptions ................................................................................................................
Instruction Register (IR) .............................................................................................................
Data Registers ..........................................................................................................................
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6.1
6.1.1
6.1.2
System Control ................................................................................................................... 62
Functional Description ............................................................................................................... 62
Device Identification .................................................................................................................. 62
Reset Control ............................................................................................................................ 62
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6.1.3
6.1.4
6.1.5
6.2
6.3
6.4
Power Control ...........................................................................................................................
Clock Control ............................................................................................................................
System Control .........................................................................................................................
Initialization and Configuration ...................................................................................................
Register Map ............................................................................................................................
Register Descriptions ................................................................................................................
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................
Functional Description .............................................................................................................
Register Access Timing ...........................................................................................................
Clock Source ..........................................................................................................................
Battery Management ...............................................................................................................
Real-Time Clock ......................................................................................................................
Non-Volatile Memory ...............................................................................................................
Power Control .........................................................................................................................
Initiating Hibernate ..................................................................................................................
Interrupts and Status ...............................................................................................................
Initialization and Configuration .................................................................................................
Initialization .............................................................................................................................
RTC Match Functionality (No Hibernation) ................................................................................
RTC Match/Wake-Up from Hibernation .....................................................................................
External Wake-Up from Hibernation ..........................................................................................
RTC/External Wake-Up from Hibernation ..................................................................................
Register Map ..........................................................................................................................
Register Descriptions ..............................................................................................................
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7.1
7.2
7.2.1
7.2.2
7.2.3
7.2.4
7.2.5
7.2.6
7.2.7
7.2.8
7.3
7.3.1
7.3.2
7.3.3
7.3.4
7.3.5
7.4
7.5
Hibernation Module .......................................................................................................... 122
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8.1
8.2
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.3
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.4
8.5
8.6
Internal Memory ............................................................................................................... 142
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................ 142
Functional Description ............................................................................................................. 142
SRAM Memory ........................................................................................................................ 142
Flash Memory ......................................................................................................................... 143
Flash Memory Initialization and Configuration ........................................................................... 144
Flash Programming ................................................................................................................. 144
Nonvolatile Register Programming ........................................................................................... 144
Register Map .......................................................................................................................... 145
Flash Register Descriptions (Flash Control Offset) ..................................................................... 146
Flash Register Descriptions (System Control Offset) .................................................................. 153
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9.1
9.1.1
9.1.2
9.1.3
9.1.4
9.1.5
9.1.6
9.2
9.3
9.4
General-Purpose Input/Outputs (GPIOs) ....................................................................... 166
Functional Description ............................................................................................................. 166
Data Control ........................................................................................................................... 167
Interrupt Control ...................................................................................................................... 168
Mode Control .......................................................................................................................... 169
Commit Control ....................................................................................................................... 169
Pad Control ............................................................................................................................. 169
Identification ........................................................................................................................... 169
Initialization and Configuration ................................................................................................. 169
Register Map .......................................................................................................................... 170
Register Descriptions .............................................................................................................. 172
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10.1
10.2
10.2.1
10.2.2
10.2.3
10.3
10.3.1
10.3.2
10.3.3
10.3.4
10.3.5
10.3.6
10.4
10.5
General-Purpose Timers ................................................................................................. 207
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................
Functional Description .............................................................................................................
GPTM Reset Conditions ..........................................................................................................
32-Bit Timer Operating Modes ..................................................................................................
16-Bit Timer Operating Modes ..................................................................................................
Initialization and Configuration .................................................................................................
32-Bit One-Shot/Periodic Timer Mode .......................................................................................
32-Bit Real-Time Clock (RTC) Mode .........................................................................................
16-Bit One-Shot/Periodic Timer Mode .......................................................................................
16-Bit Input Edge Count Mode .................................................................................................
16-Bit Input Edge Timing Mode ................................................................................................
16-Bit PWM Mode ...................................................................................................................
Register Map ..........................................................................................................................
Register Descriptions ..............................................................................................................
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................
Functional Description .............................................................................................................
Initialization and Configuration .................................................................................................
Register Map ..........................................................................................................................
Register Descriptions ..............................................................................................................
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................
Functional Description .............................................................................................................
Transmit/Receive Logic ...........................................................................................................
Baud-Rate Generation .............................................................................................................
Data Transmission ..................................................................................................................
Serial IR (SIR) .........................................................................................................................
FIFO Operation .......................................................................................................................
Interrupts ................................................................................................................................
Loopback Operation ................................................................................................................
IrDA SIR block ........................................................................................................................
Initialization and Configuration .................................................................................................
Register Map ..........................................................................................................................
Register Descriptions ..............................................................................................................
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................
Functional Description .............................................................................................................
Bit Rate Generation .................................................................................................................
FIFO Operation .......................................................................................................................
Interrupts ................................................................................................................................
Frame Formats .......................................................................................................................
Initialization and Configuration .................................................................................................
Register Map ..........................................................................................................................
Register Descriptions ..............................................................................................................
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11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
Watchdog Timer ............................................................................................................... 243
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12.1
12.2
12.2.1
12.2.2
12.2.3
12.2.4
12.2.5
12.2.6
12.2.7
12.2.8
12.3
12.4
12.5
Universal Asynchronous Receivers/Transmitters (UARTs) ......................................... 267
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13.1
13.2
13.2.1
13.2.2
13.2.3
13.2.4
13.3
13.4
13.5
Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) ................................................................................ 308
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14.1
Inter-Integrated Circuit (I
2
C) Interface ............................................................................ 345
Block Diagram ........................................................................................................................ 346
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