INTRODUCTION TO AT91SAM9 MCUs

• ARM core based architecture, AMBA buses
• Multi-layer AHB bus matrix
• The main three blocks : platform, core and input / output peripherals

THE ARM926EJ-S CORE

• Operating modes : user, system, super, IRQ, FIQ, undef and abort
• ALU data path
• ARM vs Thumb instruction sets, interworking
• Access to memory-mapped locations, addressing modes
• Stack management
• Benefits of condition set capability in ARM state
• C-to-Assembly interface
• Exception mechanism, handler table
• MMU
• Cache operation
• JTAG interface
• Debug facilities

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Power supplies, internal regulator
• Power-on sequence
• Clock generator, on-chip oscillator, PLL
• Reset controller
• Boot program
• Memory controller
• Internal high-speed flash
• External Bus Interface, SDRAM controller, NAND flash controller
• Power management controller
• Advanced interrupt controller
• External interrupt sources and fast interrupt source
• Parallel input / output controller
• Peripheral DMA controller

TIMERS

• Periodic Interval Timer
• Windowed Watchdog
• Real-time timer
• 3-channel timer / counter

ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER

• Successive Approximation Register 10-bit ADC
• Detail of the analog part, timings
• Conversion triggers

COMMUNICATION CONTROLLERS

• 2-wire interface
• I2C protocol basics
• Slave mode vs master mode
• Transmit and receive sequences
• SPI
• SPI protocol basics
• Master / slave operation
• Transfer sequence
• USART
• Individual baud rate generators
• RS485 support
• Flow control
• Synchronous Serial Controller
• Independent clock and frame sync signals for each receiver and transmitter
• I2S analog interface support
• Time Division Multiplexed support
• Ethernet MAC
• Accessing PHY registers, auto-negotiation
• Receive and Transmit buffer management, buffer descriptors
• Incoming frame filtering
• Error management
• USB device
• Full speed operation
• High Speed device port on AT91SAM9RL64
• Connection of an external PHY using UTMI+
• Endpoint configuration
• USB host
• Overview of the OHCI specification
• Clarifying the boundary between software and hardware
• Multimedia Card Interface (on demand)
• MMC and SD card basics
• Command / response protocol
• Read sequence
• Write sequence
• AC97 controller (Specific to AT91SAM9RL64, on demand)
• Sound encoding
• Connecting an external audio codec
• Time slot assigner operation

IMAGE SENSOR INTERFACE

• Connecting an external image sensor
• CCIR656 specification
• Scaling, decimation
• Color space conversion
• FIFO and DMA transfer

LCD CONTROLLER

• Single and Dual scan color and monochrome passive STN LCD panels
• Single scan active TFT LCD panels
• Pixel encoding
• Supported resolution

TOUCH SCREEN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER