ARM microprocessor software based emulator

With the recent explosion of devices driving “smart technologies” such as tablets, phones, in-vehicle infotainment systems, and many such devices, ARM has taken center stage in being the core of choice for many such device vendors. Thus the appreciation and workings of the ARM core has become more r...

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Main Author:	Gathan, Sunil Shashikant
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/38189/1/SunilShashikantGathaniMFKE2013.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.381892018-04-12T05:42:33Z ARM microprocessor software based emulator 2013-01 Gathan, Sunil Shashikant TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering With the recent explosion of devices driving “smart technologies” such as tablets, phones, in-vehicle infotainment systems, and many such devices, ARM has taken center stage in being the core of choice for many such device vendors. Thus the appreciation and workings of the ARM core has become more relevant than ever. In light of that fact, over the years, many emulators have been designed with the intent of emulating the ARM core on a software paradigm. Software based emulation lends itself to many uses, from early application validation to an educational tool for the masses. Hence, this work has emulated the ARM instruction set based on the ARM 7 core. With the objective to enable an extensible and modular design, the framework was developed by designing classes for certain core components which can be replicated as objects and encapsulating execution based entities into functions. The final result of this project is the development of a mechanism for updating the CPSR for each instruction, alongside 16 Data Processing instructions with rotational and register shifting support, all aspects of single data transfer load and store, positive and negative branching with and without link alongside 16 conditional code evaluation, and all User Mode visible registers. The ARM emulator also supports both normal assembler instruction and conditional code instructions in both 2 and 3 operand format. The emulator was verified using single instructions and the GCD conditional code instruction as a program. 2013-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/38189/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/38189/1/SunilShashikantGathaniMFKE2013.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
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description	With the recent explosion of devices driving “smart technologies” such as tablets, phones, in-vehicle infotainment systems, and many such devices, ARM has taken center stage in being the core of choice for many such device vendors. Thus the appreciation and workings of the ARM core has become more relevant than ever. In light of that fact, over the years, many emulators have been designed with the intent of emulating the ARM core on a software paradigm. Software based emulation lends itself to many uses, from early application validation to an educational tool for the masses. Hence, this work has emulated the ARM instruction set based on the ARM 7 core. With the objective to enable an extensible and modular design, the framework was developed by designing classes for certain core components which can be replicated as objects and encapsulating execution based entities into functions. The final result of this project is the development of a mechanism for updating the CPSR for each instruction, alongside 16 Data Processing instructions with rotational and register shifting support, all aspects of single data transfer load and store, positive and negative branching with and without link alongside 16 conditional code evaluation, and all User Mode visible registers. The ARM emulator also supports both normal assembler instruction and conditional code instructions in both 2 and 3 operand format. The emulator was verified using single instructions and the GCD conditional code instruction as a program.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Gathan, Sunil Shashikant
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title	ARM microprocessor software based emulator
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title_full	ARM microprocessor software based emulator
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
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ARM microprocessor software based emulator

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