LPC2157 View Datasheet(PDF) - Philips Electronics

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LPC2157

Single-chip 16-bit/32-bit microcontrollers; 512 kB flash, with 32 segment x 4 LCD driver

Philips Electronics 

NXP Semiconductors

LPC2157/2158

Single-chip 16-bit/32-bit microcontrollers

6. Functional description

6.1 Architectural overview

The ARM7TDMI-S is a general purpose 32-bit microprocessor, which offers high

performance and very low power consumption. The ARM architecture is based on

Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) principles, and the instruction set and related

decode mechanism are much simpler than those of microprogrammed Complex

Instruction Set Computers (CISC). This simplicity results in a high instruction throughput

and impressive real-time interrupt response from a small and cost-effective processor

core.

Pipeline techniques are employed so that all parts of the processing and memory systems

can operate continuously. Typically, while one instruction is being executed, its successor

is being decoded, and a third instruction is being fetched from memory.

The ARM7TDMI-S processor also employs a unique architectural strategy known as

Thumb, which makes it ideally suited to high-volume applications with memory

restrictions, or applications where code density is an issue.

The key idea behind Thumb is that of a super-reduced instruction set. Essentially, the

ARM7TDMI-S processor has two instruction sets:

• The standard 32-bit ARM set.

• A 16-bit Thumb set.

The Thumb set’s 16-bit instruction length allows it to approach twice the density of

standard ARM code while retaining most of the ARM’s performance advantage over a

traditional 16-bit processor using 16-bit registers. This is possible because Thumb code

operates on the same 32-bit register set as ARM code.

Thumb code is able to provide up to 65 % of the code size of ARM, and 160 % of the

performance of an equivalent ARM processor connected to a 16-bit memory system.

6.2 On-chip flash program memory

The LPC2157/2158 incorporate a 512 kB flash memory system. This memory may be

used for both code and data storage. Programming of the flash memory may be

accomplished in several ways. It may be programmed In System via the serial port. The

application program may also erase and/or program the flash while the application is

running, allowing a great degree of flexibility for data storage field firmware upgrades, etc.

Due to the architectural solution chosen for an on-chip bootloader, flash memory available

for user’s code on LPC2157/2158 is 500 kB respectively.

The LPC2157/2158 flash memory provides a minimum of 400000 erase/write cycles and

20 years of data-retention.

6.3 On-chip static RAM

On-chip static RAM may be used for code and/or data storage. The SRAM may be

accessed as 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit. The LPC2157/2158 provide 32 kB and 40 kB of

static RAM.

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Product data sheet

Rev. 01 — 15 October 2008

© NXP B.V. 2008. All rights reserved.

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