zephyr/boards/arc/nsim_em/doc/board.rst

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.. _nsim_em:
DesignWare(R) ARC(R) Emulation (nsim)
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Overview
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This board configuration will use `Designware ARC nSIM`_ to emulate a virtual
ARC EM based board including the following features:
* ARC EM processor
* ARC internal timer
* a virtual output only console (uart-nsim)
There are two sub configurations in board:
* nsim_em which includes normal em features and ARC MPUv2
* nsim_sem which includes secure em features and ARC MPUv3
For detailed arc features, please refer to
:file:`boards/arc/nsim_em/support/nsim_em.props` and
:file:`boards/arc/nsim_em/support/nsim_sem.props`.
Hardware
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Supported Features
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The following hardware features are supported:
+-----------+------------+-----+-------+-----------------------+
| Interface | Controller | EM | SEM | Driver/Component |
+===========+============+=====+=======+=======================+
| INT | on-chip | Y | Y | interrupt_controller |
+-----------+------------+-----+-------+-----------------------+
| UART | nsim uart | Y | Y | serial port-polling |
+-----------+------------+-----+-------+-----------------------+
| TIMER | on-chip | Y | Y | system clock |
+-----------+------------+-----+-------+-----------------------+
Programming and Debugging
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Required Hardware and Software
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To use Zephyr RTOS applications on this board, `Designware ARC nSIM`_ or
`Designware ARC nSIM Lite`_ is required.
Building Sample Applications
==============================
Use this configuration to run basic Zephyr applications and kernel tests in
nSIM, for example, with the :ref:`synchronization_sample`:
.. zephyr-app-commands::
:zephyr-app: samples/synchronization
:host-os: unix
:board: nsim_em
:goals: flash
This will build an image with the synchronization sample app, boot it using
nsim, and display the following console output:
.. code-block:: console
***** BOOTING ZEPHYR OS v1.12 - BUILD: July 6 2018 15:17:26 *****
threadA: Hello World from arc!
threadB: Hello World from arc!
threadA: Hello World from arc!
threadB: Hello World from arc!
.. note::
To exit the simulator, use Ctrl+], then Ctrl+c
Debugging
=========
Refer to the detailed overview about :ref:`application_debugging`.
References
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.. _Designware ARC nSIM: https://www.synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=sim_nsim
.. _Designware ARC nSIM Lite: https://www.synopsys.com/cgi-bin/dwarcnsim/req1.cgi