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Clock Manager
2013.12.30
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The hard processor system (HPS) clock generation is centralized in the clock manager. The clock manager
is responsible for providing software-programmable clock control to configure all clocks generated in the
HPS. Clocks are organized in clock groups. A clock group is a set of clock signals that originate from the
same clock source. A phase-locked loop (PLL) clock group is a clock group where the clock source is a
common PLL voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO).
Features of the Clock Manager
The clock manager offers the following features:
• Generates and manages clocks in the HPS
• Contains the following PLL clock groups:
• Main—contains clocks for the Cortex
™
-A9 microprocessor unit (MPU) subsystem, level 3 (L3)
interconnect, level 4 (L4) peripheral bus, and debug
• Peripheral—contains clocks for PLL-driven peripherals
• SDRAM—contains clocks for the SDRAM subsystem
• Allows scaling of the MPU subsystem clocks without disabling peripheral and SDRAM clock groups
• Generates clock gate controls for enabling and disabling most clocks
• Initializes and sequences clocks for the following events:
• Cold reset
• Safe mode request from reset manager on warm reset
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