Overview
DSP56012 Architectural Overview

MOTOROLA DSP56012 User’s Manual 1-13

1.3.2.7 On-Chip Emulation (OnCE) Port
The On-Chip Emulation (OnCE) port provides a sophisticated debugging tool that
allows simple, inexpensive, and speed-independent access to the processor’s internal
registers and peripherals. The OnCE port tells the application programmer the exact
status of most of the on-chip registers, memory locations, and buses, as well as
storing the addresses of the last five instructions that were executed.

1.3.3 Memories

The three independent memory spaces of the DSP56012—X data, Y data, and
program—and their configurations are discussed briefly here. See Section 3,
Memory, Operating Modes, and Interrupts for more detail.
1.3.3.1 Program Memory
The on-chip program memory is 24-bits wide. Addresses are received from the
Program Control Logic (usually the Program Counter) over the Program Address
Bus (PAB). Program memory may be written using MOVEM instructions. The
interrupt vectors are located in the bottom 128 locations of program memory.
Table 1-3 lists the interrupt vector addresses and indicates the Interrupt Priority
Level (IPL) of each interrupt source. Program RAM has many advantages. It
provides a means to develop code efficiently. Programs can be changed dynamically,
allowing efficient overlaying of DSP software algorithms. In this way the on-chip
Program RAM operates as a fixed cache, thereby minimizing accesses to slower
external memory.
The Bootstrap mode, described in Appendix A, provides a convenient, low-cost
method to load the DSP56012 Program RAM through the HI or the SHI (using either
SPI or I2C formats) after a power-on reset.
Table 1-3 Interrupt Starting Addresses and Sources
Interrupt
Starting Address IPL Interrupt Source
P:$0000 3 Hardware RESET
P:$0002 3 Stack Error
P:$0004 3 Trace
P:$0006 3 SWI
P:$0008 0–2 IRQA
P:$000A 0–2 IRQB
P:$000C Reserved