Lpc2000

No, he is refering to a publication put out by ARM themselves.  See:

http://www.arm.com/documentation/books/1183.html

Richard

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Powell" <curt.powell@s...> wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> By "ARM Architecture Reference Manual" are you referring to Furber's
"ARM
> System-on-chip Architecture" book?
> 
> Curt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Adsett [mailto:subscriptions@a...] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:39 PM
> To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [lpc2000] Re: Philips datasheet department...
> 
> 
> At 11:33 AM 2/24/05 +0100, Lasse Madsen wrote:
> > >If you scroll to the bottom of the web page you reference above you 
> > >can easily find the 300 page User Manual.
> >The problem was that I'm familiar with the word Datasheet for
explaning 
> >all the things about the part, and I've actually only seen the word 
> >user manual being used for embedded modems where they are split up...
> 
> Our experiences and expectations are, apparently, almost completely
> reversed.  All the microprocessors I'd used, until I ran into Microchips
> back breaking idea of a data sheet,  had a data sheet that was mostly
> electrical with an overview of the on board peripherals, a user
manual which
> sometimes covered several variants, and an architecture and
instruction set
> manual which usually covered an entire family.  That was true for Intel,
> Motorola, ST, Siemens and the Japanese manufactures I'd had a
cursory look
> at.  When I ran into Microchips data sheet I was quite dismayed at
what I
> had to wade through to get basic electrical information.  Some of them
> (Motorola comes to mind) actually had additional supplements to describe
> various peripherals rather than repeat the description in multiple user
> manuals.
> 
> >Any way I think as the "user manual" is the most important ting it 
> >should be in the top of that list not "hidden" down the list :)
> 
> 
> Well I don't know about 'most' important ;), but it is equal to the data
> sheet and architecture manual.  And I agree there seems to be something
> about the layout of Philips pages that makes if difficult to find
literature
> (and take forever to render).  I've had to read some PIPs several
times to
> find either the datasheet or user manual.
> 
> On a similar note, from what I can see the best architecture and
instruction
> set manual is the "ARM Architecture Reference Manual".  It is
commercial but
> you do end up with a proper perfect bound manual for a change.
> 
> I do miss TI's logic bible.
> 
> Robert
> 
> " 'Freedom' has no meaning of itself.  There are always restrictions, be
> they legal, genetic, or physical.  If you don't believe me, try to
chew a
> radio signal. "
> 
>                          Kelvin Throop, III
> 
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