MCF548x Reference Manual, Rev. 3
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General Information

The following documentation provides useful information about the ColdFire architecture and computer
architecture in general:
ColdFire Programmers Reference Manual (CFPRM)
Using Microprocessors and Microcomputers: The Motorola Family, William C. Wray, Ross
Bannatyne, Joseph D. Greenfield
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Second Edition, by John L. Hennessy and David
A. Patterson.
Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Second Edition, David A.
Patterson and John L. Hennessy.

ColdFire Documentation

The ColdFire documentation is available from the sources listed on the back cover of this manual.
Document order numbers are included in parentheses for ease in ordering.
ColdFire Programmers Reference Manual, R1.0 (CFPRM)
Reference manuals—These books provide details about individual ColdFire implementations and
are intended to be used in conjunction with The ColdFire Programmers Reference Manual. These
include the following:
ColdFire CF4e Core User's Manual (V4ECFUM)
MCF5475 Reference Manual (MCF5475RM)
MCF5485 Reference Manual (MCF5485RM)
Additional literature on ColdFire implementations is being released as new processors become available.
For a current list of ColdFire documentation, refer to the World Wide Web at
http://www.freescale.com/coldfire.

Conventions

This document uses the following notational conventions:
MNEMONICS In text, instruction mnemonics are shown in uppercase.
mnemonics In code and tables, instruction mnemonics are shown in lowercase.
italics Italics indicate variable command parameters.
Book titles in text are set in italics.
0x0 Prefix to denote hexadecimal number
0b0 Prefix to denote binary number
REG[FIELD] Abbreviations for registers are shown in uppercase. Specific bits, fields, or ranges
appear in brackets. For example, RAMBAR[BA] identifies the base address field
in the RAM base address register.
nibble A 4-bit data unit
byte An 8-bit data unit
word A 16-bit data unit