The document presents an overview of the ARM programmer's model, detailing its architecture, register types, and functionality. It explains the significance of special function registers like the stack pointer, link register, and program counter, along with the current program status register (CPSR) used for condition codes. The conclusion summarizes the key concepts of the ARM model, registers, and CPSR in the context of microcontroller system design.

1. MICROCONTROLLER BASED SYSTEM DESIGN
“ARM PROGRAMMER'S MODEL”
V. KALAIRAJAN M.E;
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING,
KONGUNADU COLLEGE OF ENGINERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TRICHY.
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2. “ARM PROGRAMMER'S MODEL”
VIEWS:
 ARM PROGRAMER'S MODEL.
 ARM REGISTERS.
 THREE SPECIAL FUNCTION REGISTERS.
 THE CURRENT PROGRAM STATUS REGISTER (CPSR).
 CONCLUSION.
 REFERENCES.
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3. “ARM PROGRAMMER'S MODEL”
ARM PROGRAMER'S MODEL
 ARM is a flexible programmer’s designed architecture with
different applications.
 Design is simple, optimum and economic.
 A processor's instruction set defines the operations that the
programmer can use to change the state of the system
incorporating the processor.
 This state usually comprises the values of the data items in the
processor's visible registers and the system's memory.
 Each instruction can be viewed as performing a defined
transformation from the state before the instruction is executed to
the state after it has completed.
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4. “ARM PROGRAMMER'S MODEL”
ARM REGISTERS:
 ARM has 31 general purpose 32 bit registers.
 16 registers only visible register.
 16 registers are user mode registers.
 Other registers are used to speed up execution processing.
 16 registers are R0 to R15. In this three registers(R13,R14,R15)
are special purpose registers.
 These three registers used for only important functions in the
program.
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THREE SPECIAL FUNCTION REGISTERS:
 Stack pointer.
 Link Register.
 Program counter.
STACK POINTER (R13):
 It is used to store the head of the stack in the current processor
mode.
LINK REGISTER(R14):
 It is used when the interrupt is used in program.
 It is used to return when subroutine calls occurred.
PROGRAM COUNTER(R15):
 It is used to store the address of next instruction to be execute.
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7. “ARM PROGRAMMER'S MODEL”
THE CURRENT PROGRAM STATUS REGISTER (CPSR):
 CPSR is used to store the current status of ALU after execution of
operations.
 The CPSR is used in user-level programs to store the condition
code bits.
 These bits are used, for example, to record the result of a
comparison operation and to control whether or not a conditional
branch is taken.
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N: NEGATIVE:
 The last ALU operation which changed the flags produced a
negative result (the top bit of the 32-bit result was a one).
Z: ZERO:
 The last ALU operation which changed the flags produced a zero
result (every bit of the 32-bit result was zero).
C: CARRY:
 The last ALU operation which changed the flags generated a
carry-out, either as a result of an arithmetic operation in the ALU
or from the shifter.
V: OVERFLOW:
 The last arithmetic ALU operation which changed the flags
generated an overflow into the sign bit.
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9. “ARM PROGRAMMER'S MODEL”
CONCLUSION:
 In this above presentation we can learn about basic concept of
ARM programmers model , ARM registers, special registers, and
purpose of CPSR clearly.
REFERENCES:
 Mazidi, M.A.,“PIC Microcontroller” Rollin Mckinlay, Danny
causey Printice Hall of India, 2007.
 Ravichandran,C., and Arulaalan,M., “Microcontroller Based
System Design”, Suchitra Publications, Ist edition,2016.
 Dr.Balamurugan.C.R., Periyaazhagar., “Microcontroller Based
System Design”, Megnus Publications, Ist edition,2016.
 Online wikipedia search.
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