Legend of abbreviations and signals


Abbreviation/Signal

Type

Description

ACC

Short

Accumulatur

aclk_ref

Signal

Same as ACLK_REF

ACLK_REF

Short

Reference clock from OSC_TOP to AUX. Source is selectable. This clock signal can be used as an event in AUX

aclk_tdc

Signal

Internal Signal

AD0

Short

Audio Data line 0

AD1

Short

Audio Data line 1

ADC

Short

Analog to Digital Converter

adc_data

Signal

Internal Signal

ADCREF

Short

ADC reference voltage

ADI

Module

Analog to Digital Interface

AHB

Short

AMBA High-speed Bus

AIF

Short

Audio Inter Face

AMPCOMP

Short

Amplitude Compensation

AON

Short

Voltage domain that is Always On

AON_EVENT

Module

Always on Event routing

AON_RTC

Module

Always ON Real Time Clock

AON_WUC

Module

Always ON WakeUp Control

ARM

Short

Advanced RISC Machines

ATDATA1

Signal

Trace data bus for in ATB interface port 1. Connects to ETM when ETM is present. Connects to ITM when ETM does not exist.

ATDATA2

Signal

Trace data bus for in ATB interface port 2. Connects to ITM when ETM is present. Tied-off when ETM does not exist.

ATEST

Short

Analog Test

AUX

Module

AUX is the name of the Sensor Controller subsystem, it consists of a collection of modules used for simple tasks such as sensor communication. The modules can be used by both CPU and AUX_SCE.

AUX_COMB

Short

Combined event from AUX to MCU domain. See user guide for details

AUX_COMPB

Short

Comparator B. Analog peripheral of AUX. In AUX this can also refer to the event coming from this comparator

AUX_SCE

Short

AUX Sensor Controller Engine

AUXIO

Short

Generic term for one or more IOs assigned to AUX by [IOC:IOCFGn:PORT_ID] configuration

BASEPRI

Short

Special register in CPU used to prevent activation of exceptions based on their priority level

BATMON

Short

Battery and Temperature Monitor. Sometimes also referred to at simply Battery Monitor

BCLK

Short

Bit clock for the WCLK and serial audio data signals. This signal is an input when using an external clock source and output when using the internal clock source.

BEV0

Short

Branch Event 0. SCE instruction

BEV1

Short

Branch Event 1. SCE instruction

BFSR

Short

Bus Fault Status Register

BKPT

Short

CPU instruction, BreaKPoinT

BUS

Short

Interconnect or power domain including interconnect

BX

Short

CPU instruction, Branch and eXchange instruction set

CCP

Short

Capture Compare PWM

CLK_DCDC

Signal

Internal Signal

CLKCTRL

Module

Power domain that contains clock management for MCU system

CLKOUT

Short

SSI Clock Out, primary Output from SSI to IOs

COMPA

Module

Comparator A.

COMPA_IN

Signal

Comparator A Input Signal

COMPA_REF

Short

Comparator A Reference.

COMPB

Module

Comparator B

COMPB_REF

Short

Comparator B Reference

CONTROL

Short

Special register in CPU used to control selector for main stack/process stack and selector for privileged/unpriviledged modes

CPE

Short

Command and Packet Engine

CPI

Short

Cycles Per Instruction

CPU

Short

Central processing unit or power domain including system CPU

CRYPTO

Module

Encryption engine

CS

Short

Chip Select. Signal used in SPI.

CTS

Short

Clear To Send, primary input to UART module from Ios

DAC

Short

Digital to Analog Converter

DAP

Short

Debug Access Port

DC

Short

Direct Current

DCDC

Module

DCDC regulator for regulating VDDR

DDI

Module

Didital to Digital Interface

DEEPSLEEP

Short

DeepSleep Mode for CPU

DIO

Short

Digital IO

DMA

Short

Direct Memory Access

DOUBLER

Module

Frequency doubling sub-module

DSP

Short

Single Phase Audio Interface Format

DWT

Short

Subblock in CPU. See CPU_DWT

ECC

Short

Elliptic Curve Cryptography

EPSR

Short

Execution PSR

ETM

Short

Enhanced Trace Macrocell

EVENT

Module

Event Fabric

EXC_RETURN

Signal

A pre-defined value saved to LR on exception entry. This value indicates the required return stack and processor mode when returning from the exception

FAULTMASK

Short

Special register in CPU used to prevent activation of all exceptions except NMI

FIFO

Short

First In First Out

FLASH

Module

FLASH

FMC

Module

Flash Memory Controller

FPB

Short

Subblock in CPU. See CPU_FPB

FRO

Module

Free Running Oscillator

FSM

Short

Finite State Machine

FSS

Short

Serial Frame signal for SSI interface

GLDO

Module

Global LDO for regulating VDDR

GPIO

Module

General Purpose Input/Output

GPRAM

Short

General Purpose RAM

GPT

Module

General Purpose Timer

GPT0

Module

GPT module 0

GPT1

Module

GPT module 1

GPT2

Module

GPT module 2

GPT3

Module

GPT module 3

HPM_UPDATE

Signal

State

HPOSC

Short

High precision oscillator

HW

Short

Hardware

I2C

Module

Inter-Integrated Circuit, a multimaster serial single-ended computer bus

I2S

Module

Inter-IC Sound, audio interface

I2S_IRQ

Short

I2S Interrupt Request

ID

Short

IDentification number

IDLE

Signal

State

IO

Short

Input/Output

IOC

Module

Input/Output Configurator

IPSR

Short

Interrupt PSR

IPTAT

Short

Current Proportional to Absolute Temperature

ISR

Short

Interrupt Service Routine

ISRC

Short

Current source

IT

Short

CPU instruction, IF-THEN

ITM

Short

Instrumentation Trace Macrocell

JTAG

Short

Joint Test Action Group. The name of the organization that developed standard IEEE 1149.1. This standard defines a boundary-scan architecture used for in-circuit testing of integrated circuit devices. It is commonly known by the initials JTAG.

LDM

Short

CPU instruction, Load Multiple

LDO

Short

Low Drop-Out voltage regulator

LDR

Short

CPU instruction, Load Register

LDRD

Short

CPU instruction, Doubleword Load Register

LFSR

Short

Linear Feedback Shift Register

LJF

Short

Dual Phased Left Justified Audio Interface Format

LPM_UPDATE

Signal

State

LR

Short

Link Register 12 from Cortex M Processor

LSB

Short

Least Significant Bit

LSU

Short

Load Store Unit

LSW

Short

Least Significant Word

MCLK

Short

High-speed master clock used for sample conversion in the external audio device. This signal is not unused when using an external clock source.

MCU

Short

Microcontroller Unit

MCU_AON

Short

Power doamin that is always powered when MCU voltage domain is powered

MCUCLK

Short

Undivided MCU system clock

MISO

Short

Master Input Slave Output. Signal used in SPI.

MMFSR

Short

Memory Manage Fault Status Register

MOSI

Short

Master Output Slave Input. Signal used in SPI.

MPU

Short

Memory Protection Unit

MRS

Short

CPU instruction, Move the contents of a special register to a general-purpose register

MSB

Short

Most Significant Bit

MSP

Short

Main Stack Pointer

MSW

Short

Most Significant Word

NMI

Short

Non-Maskable Interrupt

NRZ

Short

Non Return-to-Zero

NVIC

Short

Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller

OBSMUX0

Short

In AUX this refers to bit 0 of the signals that can be routed from the observability mux to AUX

OSC_DIG

Module

Oscillators Digital control

PC

Short

Program Counter

PERIPH

Short

Power domain including peripheral modules

PKA

Short

Public Key Accelerator

PKCP

Public Key Co-Processor", "Short"

PMCTL

Module

Power Management Controller

POP

Short

CPU instruction, Pop register(s) off the stack

ppm

Short

Parts Per Million

PRCM

Module

Power Reset Clock Manager

PRIMASK

Short

Special register in CPU used to prevent activation of all exceptions with configurable priority

PSP

Short

Process Stack Pointer

PSR

Short

Program Status Register

PWM

Short

Pulse Width Modulation

R0

Short

General-purpose Register 0 from Cortex M Processor

R1

Short

General-purpose Register 1 from Cortex M Processor

R10

Short

General-purpose Register 10 from Cortex M Processor

R11

Short

General-purpose Register 11 from Cortex M Processor

R12

Short

General-purpose Register 12 from Cortex M Processor

R2

Short

General-purpose Register 2 from Cortex M Processor

R3

Short

General-purpose Register 3 from Cortex M Processor

R4

Short

General-purpose Register 4 from Cortex M Processor

R5

Short

General-purpose Register 5 from Cortex M Processor

R6

Short

General-purpose Register 6 from Cortex M Processor

R7

Short

General-purpose Register 7 from Cortex M Processor

R8

Short

General-purpose Register 8 from Cortex M Processor

R9

Short

General-purpose Register 9 from Cortex M Processor

RADC

Short

ADC in OSC_DIG

RCOSC

Short

RC Oscillator

rcosc_hf

Signal

RC-oscillator High Frequency module or the clock signal outputted by this module

RCOSC_HF

Short

RC Oscillator, High Frequency

RCOSC_LF

Short

RC Oscillator, Low Frequency

RCOSC_MF

Short

RC Oscillator, Medium Frequency

RCOSCHF

Short

See rcosc_hf

REFSYS

Short

Reference System. Module generating refernce voltages and reference currents for use in analog blocks.

REQ

Signal

DMA Burst read Request signal

RF

Module

Radio Frequency

RFC

Module

RF Core

RFE

Module

RF Engine

RISC

Short

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

RJF

Short

Dual Phased Right Justified Audio Interface Format

ROM

Short

Read Only Memory

RTC

Short

Real Time Clock

RTC_4KHZ

Short

4 kHz signal coming from the RTC counter. Can be used by timers in AUX

RTC_UPD

Signal

16 KHz signal used to synchronize the radio timer to RTC

RTL

Short

Register Transfer Level

RTOS

Short

Real-Time Operating System

RTS

Short

Request To Send, primary output from UART module to Ios

RX

Short

Receive

RXD

Short

SSI Receive Input, primary input to SSI from IOs

SAR

Short

Successive Approximation Register (used for Binary Search)

SCE

Short

Sensor Controller Engine

SCL

short

Serial CLock, I2C clock line

SCLK

Short

Serial Clock. Signal used in SPI.

sclk_hf

Signal

System Clock High Frequency

SCLK_HF

Short

System Clock, High Frequency

sclk_lf

Signal

System Clock, Low Frequency

SCLK_LF

Short

System Clock, Low Frequency

SCLK_MF

Short

System Clock, Medium Frequency

SCS

Signal

Serial Chip Select for AON SPI-S Interface. (IOC Context)

SDIV

Short

CPU instruction, Signed Divide

SERIAL

Short

Power domain including serial modules

SEV

Short

CPU instruction, Send Event

SHUTDOWN

Short

Lowest possible powermode, where all but the VDDS domain is powered off

SMI

Short

Serial Modem Interface

SP

Short

Stack Pointer

SPI

Short

Serial Peripheral Interface

SRAM

Short

Static Random Access Memory

SREQ

Signal

DMA Burst read Request signal

SSI

Short

Synchronous Serial Interface

SSI0

Module

Instance 0 of SSI Module

SSI1

Module

Instance 1 of SSI Module

STM

Short

CPU instruction, Store Multiple

STRD

Short

CPU instruction, Doubleword Store Register

SVC

Short

CPU instruction, Supervisor Call

SW

Short

Software

SWO

Short

Serial Wire Output

SWV

Signal

Serial Wire Viewer Debug Signal from CPU Module

SYSBUS

Short

CPU system bus

TAP

Short

Test Access Port

TCK

Signal

JTAG compliant pin (test clock)

TCXO

Short

Temperature Compensated Crysal Oscillator, Alternalive to simple XTAL

TDC

Short

Time to Digital Converter

TI

Short

Texas Instruments

TPA

Short

Trace Port Analyzer

TPIU

Short

Subblock in CPU. See CPU_TPIU

TRNG

Module

True Random Number Generator

TX

Short

Transmit

TXD

Short

SSI Transmit Output,Primary output from SSI to IOs

UART

Short

Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

UART0

Module

Instance 0 of UART Module

UART1

Module

Instance 1 of UART Module

UARTRXD

Short

Receive input, Primary input to UART module from Ios

UARTTXD

Short

Transmit output, Primary output from UART module to Ios

UDIV

Short

CPU instruction, Unsigned Divide

UDMA

Module

Micro DMA

uDMA

Short

Micro DMA, an ARM IP

UFSR

Short

Usage Fault Status Register

uLDO

Module

Micropower Low Drop-out Voltage Regulator

VDD

Signal

Regulated supply voltage for digital domain.

VDD_LOCAL

Signal

Internal Signal

VDDR

Signal

Regulated (1.7V?) supply voltage.

VDDS

Signal

Main supply voltage (battery).

VIMS

Short

Power domain including Flash memory

WCLK

Short

Sample framing signal/clock that defines the sample frequency and the word boundaries in the serial data stream. The WCLK frequency is identical to the sample frequency. This signal is an input when using an external clock source and output when using the internal clock source.

WDT

Module

Watch Dog Timer

WEV0

Short

Wait Event 0. SCE instruction

WEV1

Short

Wait Event 1. SCE instruction

WFE

Short

CPU instruction, Wait For Event

WFI

Short

CPU instruction, Wait For Interrupt

WIC

Module

Wakeup Interrupt Controller

XN

Short

eXecute Never

XOSC

Short

Crystal Oscillator

xosc_hf

Signal

See XOSC_HF

XOSC_HF

Short

Crystal Oscillator, High Frequency

xosc_lf

Signal

See XOSC_LF

XOSC_LF

Short

Crystal Oscillator, Low Frequency

XOSCHF

Short

See XOSC_HF

XPSR

Short

Program Status Register

XTAL

Short

Crystal