Cortex M3 Microcontrollers

Architecture model of the energy efficient ARM microcontrollers

Quick Explanation

  • Supports a 3 stage pipeline with branch speculation.
  • Supports preemption
  • Supports AMBA interface
  • Support interrupt
  • 16-bit and 32-bit
  • ARMv7-M instruction set
  • Support FPU
  • 240 interrupts available
  • 12 cycle interrupt latency.
  • Integrated sleep modes.

Protocol

  • ARM Cortex M3 + FPU

Cortex M3- 3 stage pipelined processor