PRUSS Memory Map

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Local Memory Map

The PRUSS comprises various distinct addressable regions. Externally the subsystem presents a single 64Kbyte range of addresses. The internal interconnect bus (also called switched central resource, or SCR) of the PRUSS decodes accesses for each of the individual regions. The PRUSS memory map is documented in Table 1 (Instruction Space) and in Table 2 (Data Space). Note that these two memory maps are implemented inside the PRUSS and are local to the components of the PRUSS.

Local Instruction Memory Map

Table 1 – Local Instruction Space Memory Map

Start Address	End Address	PRU0	PRU1
0x00000000	0x00000FFF	PRU0 Instruction RAM	PRU1 Instruction RAM

Local Data Memory Map

Table 2 – Local Data Space Memory Map

Start Address	End Address	PRU0	PRU1
0x00000000	0x000001FF	Data RAM 0*	Data RAM 1*
0x00000200	0x00001FFF	Reserved	Reserved
0x00002000	0x000021FF	Data RAM 1*	Data RAM 0*
0x00002200	0x00003FFF	Reserved	Reserved
0x00004000	0x00006FFF	INTC Registers	INTC Registers
0x00007000	0x000077FF	PRU0 Registers	PRU0 Registers
0x00007800	0x00007FFF	PRU1 Registers	PRU1 Registers
0x00008000	0x0000FFFF	Reserved	Reserved
0x00010000	0xFFFFFFFF	Reserved	Reserved
*Note that PRU0 accesses Data RAM0 at address 0x00000000, also PRU1 accesses Data RAM1 at address 0x00000000. Data RAM0 is intended to be the primary data memory for PRU0 and Data RAM1 is intended to be the primary data memory for PRU1. However for passing information between PRUs, each PRU can access the data ram of the other PRU at address 0x00002000.

Global Memory Map

The global view of the PRUSS internal memories and control ports is documented in Table 3. The offset addresses of each region are implemented inside the PRUSS but the global device memory mapping places the PRUSS slave port in the address range 0x01C30000-0x01C3FFFF. The PRU0 and PRU1 can use either the local or global addresses to access their internal memories, but using the local addresses will provide access time several cycles faster than using the global addresses. This is because when accessing via the global address the access needs to be routed through the switch fabric outside PRUSS and back in through the PRUSS slave port.

Table 3 – Subsystem Global Memory Map

Registers
Start Address	End Address	Region
0x01C30000	0x01C301FF	Data RAM 0
0x01C30200	0x01C31FFF	Reserved
0x01C32000	0x01C321FF	Data RAM 1
0x01C32200	0x01C33FFF	Reserved
0x01C34000	0x01C36FFF	INTC Registers
0x01C37000	0x01C377FF	PRU0 Registers
0x01C37800	0x01C37FFF	PRU1 Registers
0x01C38000	0x01C38FFF	PRU0 Instruction RAM
0x01C39000	0x01C3BFFF	Reserved
0x01C3C000	0x01C3CFFF	PRU1 Instruction RAM
0x01C3D000	0x01C3FFFF	Reserved

Each of the PRUs can access the rest of the device memory (including memory mapped peripheral and configuration registers) using the global memory space addresses. Please refer to the device's System Reference Guide or datasheet for device specific memory mapping.

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