The final course covers more advanced and optional features that might be configured in a Cortex-M system. These features could help with particular project requirements such as security and performance. Not all of these topics might be relevant for any given Cortex-M project, so feel free to pick and choose which topics, if any, apply to you.
Advanced Armv8-M Features
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Advanced Armv8-M Features
This course is part of Arm Cortex-M Architecture and Software Development Specialization
Instructors: Solomon Tucker
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There are 9 modules in this course
The final course covers more advanced and optional features that might be configured in a Cortex-M system. These features could help with particular project requirements such as security and performance. Not all of these topics might be relevant for any given Cortex-M project, so feel free to pick and choose which topics, if any, apply to you.
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1 video
This module describes the mechanism in the Armv8-M architecture to to share resources like peripherals between different threads and processors in an M-profile system.
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7 videos1 reading1 assignment
This module is aimed to be a top-level module on caches for M-profile systems that covers fundamental cache terminology all the way through to configuring and utilising the cache for improved performance in M-profile systems involving more complex implementations like Cortex-M7 and Cortex-M55.
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19 videos1 reading1 assignment
The DSP Extension is an optional feature for Armv8-M Mainline implementations that allows allows DSP operations to be executed by a dedicated instructions.
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5 videos1 reading1 assignment
The Floating-point Extension is an optional feature for Armv8-M Mainline implementations that allows allows floating-point operations to be executed by a dedicated floating-point unit (FPU) hardware.
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10 videos2 readings1 assignment
This module is about the SysTick Timer, which is mandatory in Armv7-M and Armv8-M Mainline implementations, and optional in Armv6-M and Armv8-M Baseline implementations.
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment
This module is about the optional Security Extension in Armv8-M Mainline implementations. The Security Extension is also an option for Armv8-M Baseline implementations.
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10 videos1 reading1 assignment
This module describes the Pointer Authentication Code (PAC) and Branch Target Identification (BTI) Extension introduced as a part of Armv8.1-M architecture.
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10 videos1 reading1 assignment
This module is an essential foundation module for MVE training course. It introduces the story, architecture features, software and tools support for MVE.
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16 videos3 readings1 assignment
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