Terms & Abbreviations

The background region has the same memory access attributes as the default memory map but is accessible from privileged software only. The PXROS-HR kernel uses the background region to access the default memory map without needing dedicated MPU region(s).

One of the two ARM Cortex-M operating modes in which the CPU executes the privileged code and, as such, has access to all resources. The handler mode is entered as a result of an exception. The latter of operating modes - the thread mode - is entered on exception return or CPU reset.

LLVM linker program, part of the HighTec’s LLVM compiler suite (toolchain)

Memory Protection Unit