MPC555 / MPC556
PREFACE
MOTOROLA
USER’S MANUAL
Rev. 15 October 2000
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PREFACE
This manual defines the functionality of the MPC555 / MPC556 for use by software
and hardware developers. The MPC555 / MPC556 is based on the PowerPC proces-
sor used in the Motorola MPC500 family of microcontrollers. For further information
refer to the
MPC500 Family RCPU Reference Manual
, RCPURM/AD
(Motorola order
number).
Boxed sections appear throughout this manual. These boxes designate optional fea-
tures that are only available on the MPC556
.
Audience
This manual is intended for system software and hardware developers and applica-
tions programmers who want to develop products for the MPC555 / MPC556. It is
assumed that the reader understands operating systems, microprocessor and micro-
controller system design, and the basic principles of RISC processing.
Additional Reading
For additional reading that provides background to or supplements the information in
this manual see:
• John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson,
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative
Approach
, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., San Mateo, CA
•
PowerPC Microprocessor Family: the Programming Environments
,
MPCF-
PE/AD (Motorola order number)
MPC500 Family RCPU Reference Manual
, RCPURM/AD (Motorola order num-
ber)
Conventions
This document uses the following notational conventions:
ACTIVE_HIGH
Names for signals that are active high are shown in uppercase
text without an overbar. Signals that are active high are referred
to as asserted when they are high and negated when they are
low.
ACTIVE_LOW
A bar over a signal name indicates that the signal is active low.
Active-low signals are referred to as asserted (active) when they
are low and negated when they are high.
0x0F
Hexadecimal numbers
0b0011
Binary numbers
REG[FIELD]
Abbreviations or acronyms for registers are shown in uppercase
text. Specific bit fields or ranges are shown in brackets.
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