User`s manual

User’s Manual
About This Manual
This manual provides instructions for installing, testing, configuring, and interconnecting
the RabbitCore 2000 (RCM 2000) and the RCM 2000 Prototyping Board.
Assumptions
Assumptions are made regarding the user’s knowledge and experience in the following
areas:
• Ability to design and engineer the target system that a RabbitCore 2000 will control.
• Understanding of the basics of operating a software program and editing files under
Windows on a PC.
• Knowledge of basic assembly language and architecture for controllers.
For a full treatment of C, refer to the following texts:
The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie (published by Prentice-
Hall).
and/or
C: A Reference Manual by Harbison and Steel (published by Prentice-Hall).
• Knowledge of basic assembly language and Rabbit microprocessor architecture.
For more information on the Rabbit 2000 microprocessor, refer to the Rabbit 2000
Microprocessor user’s Guide.
Acronyms
Table 1 lists and defines the acronyms that may be used in this manual.
Table 1. Acronyms
Acronym Meaning
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EEPROM
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only
Memory
NMI Nonmaskable interrupt
PIO
Parallel Input/Output
(Individually programmable input/output)
PRT Programmable Reload Timer
RAM Random Access Memory
RTC Real-Time Clock
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
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