Naming conventions and optional features for accessing peripherals.
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#define | _VAL2FLD(field, value) |
| Mask and shift a bit field value for assigning the result to a peripheral register.
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#define | _FLD2VAL(field, value) |
| Extract from a peripheral register value the a bit field value.
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Naming conventions and optional features for accessing peripherals.
The section below describes the naming conventions, requirements, and optional features for accessing device specific peripherals. Most of the rules also apply to the core peripherals. The Device Header File <Device.h> contains typically these definition and also includes the core specific header files.
The definitions for Peripheral Access can be generated using the CMSIS-SVD System View Description for Peripherals. Refer to SVDConv.exe for more information.
Each peripheral provides a data type definition with a name that is composed of:
- an optional prefix <device abbreviation>_
- <peripheral name>
- postfix _Type or _TypeDef to identify a type definition.
Examples:
- UART_TypeDef for the peripheral UART.
- LPC_UART_TypeDef for the device family LPC and the peripheral UART.
The data type definition uses standard C data types defined by the ANSI C header file <stdint.h>.
- IO Type Qualifiers are used to specify the access to peripheral variables.
IO Type Qualifier | Type | Description |
__IM | Struct member | Defines 'read only' permissions |
__OM | Struct member | Defines 'write only' permissions |
__IOM | Struct member | Defines 'read / write' permissions |
__I | Scalar variable | Defines 'read only' permissions |
__O | Scalar variable | Defines 'write only' permissions |
__IO | Scalar variable | Defines 'read / write' permissions |
- Note
- __IM, __OM, __IOM are added in CMSIS-Core V4.20 to enhance support for C++. Prior version used __I, __O, __IO also for struct member definitions.
The typedef <device abbreviation>_UART_TypeDef shown below defines the generic register layout for all UART channels in a device.
typedef struct
{
union {
__IM uint8_t RBR;
__OM uint8_t THR;
__IOM uint8_t DLL;
uint32_t RESERVED0;
};
union {
__IOM uint8_t DLM;
__IOM uint32_t IER;
};
union {
__IM uint32_t IIR;
__OM uint8_t FCR;
};
__IOM uint8_t LCR;
uint8_t RESERVED1[7];
__IM uint8_t LSR;
uint8_t RESERVED2[7];
__IOM uint8_t SCR;
uint8_t RESERVED3[3];
__IOM uint32_t ACR;
__IOM uint8_t ICR;
uint8_t RESERVED4[3];
__IOM uint8_t FDR;
uint8_t RESERVED5[7];
__IOM uint8_t TER;
uint8_t RESERVED6[39];
__IM uint8_t FIFOLVL;
} LPC_UART_TypeDef;
To access the registers of the UART defined above, pointers to this register structure are defined. If more instances of a peripheral exist, the variables have a postfix (digit or letter) that identifies the peripheral.
Example: In this example LPC_UART2 and LPC_UART3 are two pointers to UARTs defined with above register structure.
#define LPC_UART2 ((LPC_UART_TypeDef *) LPC_UART2_BASE )
#define LPC_UART3 ((LPC_UART_TypeDef *) LPC_UART3_BASE )
- Note
- The prefix LPC is optional.
The registers in the various UARTs can now be referred in the user code as shown below:
Minimal Requirements
To access the peripheral registers and related function in a device, the files device.h and core_cm#.h define as a minimum:
- The Register Layout Typedef for each peripheral that defines all register names. RESERVED is used to introduce space into the structure for adjusting the addresses of the peripheral registers.
Example: typedef struct
{
__IOM uint32_t CTRL;
__IOM uint32_t LOAD;
__IOM uint32_t VAL;
__IM uint32_t CALIB;
Structure type to access the System Timer (SysTick).
Definition: ref_data_structs.txt:164
- Base Address for each peripheral (in case of multiple peripherals that use the same register layout typedef multiple base addresses are defined).
Example: #define SysTick_BASE (SCS_BASE + 0x0010)
- Access Definitions for each peripheral. In case of multiple peripherals that are using the same register layout typdef, multiple access definitions exist (LPC_UART0, LPC_UART2).
Example: #define SysTick ((SysTick_Type *) Systick_BASE)
These definitions allow accessing peripheral registers with simple assignments.
Optional Features
Optionally, the file device.h may define:
- Register Bit Fields and #define constants that simplify access to peripheral registers. These constants may define bit-positions or other specific patterns that are required for programming peripheral registers. The identifiers should start with <device abbreviation>_ and <peripheral name>_. It is recommended to use CAPITAL letters for #define constants.
- More complex functions (i.e. status query before a sending register is accessed). Again, these functions start with <device abbreviation>_ and <peripheral name>_.
Register Bit Fields
For Core Register, macros define the position and the mask value for a bit field. It is recommended to create such definitions also for other peripheral registers.
Example:
Bit field definitions for register CPUID in SCB (System Control Block).
#define SCB_CPUID_IMPLEMENTER_Pos 24U
#define SCB_CPUID_IMPLEMENTER_Msk (0xFFUL << SCB_CPUID_IMPLEMENTER_Pos)
#define SCB_CPUID_VARIANT_Pos 20U
#define SCB_CPUID_VARIANT_Msk (0xFUL << SCB_CPUID_VARIANT_Pos)
#define SCB_CPUID_ARCHITECTURE_Pos 16U
#define SCB_CPUID_ARCHITECTURE_Msk (0xFUL << SCB_CPUID_ARCHITECTURE_Pos)
#define SCB_CPUID_PARTNO_Pos 4U
#define SCB_CPUID_PARTNO_Msk (0xFFFUL << SCB_CPUID_PARTNO_Pos)
#define SCB_CPUID_REVISION_Pos 0U
#define SCB_CPUID_REVISION_Msk (0xFUL )
The macros _VAL2FLD(field, value) and _FLD2VAL(field, value) enable access to bit fields.
◆ _FLD2VAL
#define _FLD2VAL |
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Extract from a peripheral register value the a bit field value.
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field | name of bit field. |
value | value of the register. This parameter is interpreted as an uint32_t type. |
The macro _FLD2VAL uses the #define's _Pos and _Msk of the related bit field to extract the value of a bit field from a register.
Example:
id =
_FLD2VAL(SCB_CPUID_REVISION, SCB->CPUID);
#define _FLD2VAL(field, value)
Extract from a peripheral register value the a bit field value.
Definition: ref_peripheral.txt:226
◆ _VAL2FLD
#define _VAL2FLD |
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Mask and shift a bit field value for assigning the result to a peripheral register.
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field | name of bit field. |
value | value for the bit field. This parameter is interpreted as an uint32_t type. |
The macro _VAL2FLD uses the #define's _Pos and _Msk of the related bit field to shift bit-field values for assigning to a register.
Example:
SCB->CPUID =
_VAL2FLD(SCB_CPUID_REVISION, 0x3) |
_VAL2FLD(SCB_CPUID_VARIANT, 0x3);
#define _VAL2FLD(field, value)
Mask and shift a bit field value for assigning the result to a peripheral register.
Definition: ref_peripheral.txt:209