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| author | Alexandre Iooss <erdnaxe@crans.org> | 2021-06-21 09:56:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2021-06-24 14:58:48 +0100 |
| commit | 90a76c6316cfe6416fc33814a838fb3928f746ee (patch) | |
| tree | bbeac9afee60e82ae9ffe1bb6bc432ff93fb3e48 /docs | |
| parent | 86f0d4c7290eb2b21ec3eb44956ec245441275db (diff) | |
| download | qemu-90a76c6316cfe6416fc33814a838fb3928f746ee.zip | |
docs/system: arm: Add nRF boards description
This adds the target guide for BBC Micro:bit.
Information is taken from https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/MicroBit
and from hw/arm/nrf51_soc.c.
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Iooss <erdnaxe@crans.org>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
Message-id: 20210621075625.540471-1-erdnaxe@crans.org
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/system/arm/nrf.rst | 51 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/system/target-arm.rst | 1 |
2 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/nrf.rst b/docs/system/arm/nrf.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..eda87bd760 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/arm/nrf.rst @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Nordic nRF boards (``microbit``) +================================ + +The `Nordic nRF`_ chips are a family of ARM-based System-on-Chip that +are designed to be used for low-power and short-range wireless solutions. + +.. _Nordic nRF: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products + +The nRF51 series is the first series for short range wireless applications. +It is superseded by the nRF52 series. +The following machines are based on this chip : + +- ``microbit`` BBC micro:bit board with nRF51822 SoC + +There are other series such as nRF52, nRF53 and nRF91 which are currently not +supported by QEMU. + +Supported devices +----------------- + + * ARM Cortex-M0 (ARMv6-M) + * Serial ports (UART) + * Clock controller + * Timers + * Random Number Generator (RNG) + * GPIO controller + * NVMC + * SWI + +Missing devices +--------------- + + * Watchdog + * Real-Time Clock (RTC) controller + * TWI (i2c) + * SPI controller + * Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) + * Quadrature decoder + * Radio + +Boot options +------------ + +The Micro:bit machine can be started using the ``-device`` option to load a +firmware in `ihex format`_. Example: + +.. _ihex format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ qemu-system-arm -M microbit -device loader,file=test.hex diff --git a/docs/system/target-arm.rst b/docs/system/target-arm.rst index 8b8547f9a9..13b3eeaf07 100644 --- a/docs/system/target-arm.rst +++ b/docs/system/target-arm.rst @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ undocumented; you can get a complete list by running arm/digic arm/musicpal arm/gumstix + arm/nrf arm/nseries arm/nuvoton arm/orangepi |