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This standard documents the function calling conventions that are used by the compiler when using ARM assembly.
ARM Processor Register. The CPSR holds information about the most recently performed ALU operation , controls the enabling and disabling of interrupts , and sets the processor operating mode.
VFP is a FPU coprocessor extension to the ARM instruction set. It provides single- and double- precision floating point computation support.
The Platform Security Architecture (PSA) is an ARM framework for securing connected devices.
Interrupt controller present on some ARM cores, such as the Cortex-M3.
“ARM processor family. Targeted for hard real-time and safety-critical applications. Similar to the Cortex-A line for application processing. The R indicates the processor matches the ‘Real-time’ architecture profile.”
“ARM processor family. Smallest and lowest power processors available by ARM. The M indicates the processor matches the ‘Microcontroller’ architecture profile.”
“ARM processor family. Application processors with increased capabilities, typically able to run a full operating system such as Linux. The A indicates the processor matches the ‘Application’ architecture profile.”
A bipolar junction transistor (bipolar transistor or BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and holes as charge carriers.
An ARM register that contains the address of the location that generated a BusFault.