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10.21.5 Vector Table Offset Register
The VTOR indicates the offset of the vector table base address from memory address
0x00000000. See the register summary in Table 10-30 on page 164 for its attributes.
The bit assignments are:
•TBLOFF
Vector table base offset field. It contains bits[29:7] of the offset of the table base from the bottom of the memory map.
Bit[29] determines whether the vector table is in the code or SRAM memory region:
0 = code
1 = SRAM.
Bit[29] is sometimes called the TBLBASE bit.
When setting TBLOFF, you must align the offset to the number of exception entries in the vector table. The minimum align-
ment is 32 words, enough for up to 16 interrupts. For more interrupts, adjust the alignment by rounding up to the next power
of two. For example, if you require 21 interrupts, the alignment must be on a 64-word boundary because the required table
size is 37 words, and the next power of two is 64.
Table alignment requirements mean that bits[6:0] of the table offset are always zero.
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24
Reserved TBLOFF
23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
TBLOFF
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8
TBLOFF
76543210
TBLOFF Reserved