Hardware Firmware Interface Design

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Introduction
What Is the Hardware/Firmware Interface?
What Is a Best Practice?
“First Time Right”
Project Life Cycle
Case Study
Seven Principles
Collaboration
First Steps
Formal Collaboration
Informal Collaboration
Planning
Industry Standards
Common Version
Compatibility
Defects
Analysis
Post Mortem
Documentation
Types
Document Management
Reviews
Content
Registers
Bits
Interrupts
Time
Errors
Information
Superblock
Benefits of a Superblock
Consolidation
I/O Signals

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Design
Event Notification
Performance
Power-On
Communication & Control
Registers
Addressing
Bit Assignment
Data Types
Hardware Identification
Communication & Control
Interrupts
Design
Pending Register
Enable Register
Optional Registers
Interrupt Module Review
Triggering on Both Edges
Using the Interrupt Module
Handling Errors
Definitions
Halts
Resets
Aborts
Hooks
Designing for Hooks
Peek and Poke
Monitor
More Hooks

Firmware

Configuration Management

Temporary Hooks
Permanent Hooks
Wrap-Up
Key Takeaways
Seven Principles Review
Ship It!