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This adds the target guide for BBC Micro:bit.

Information is taken from https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/MicroBit
and from hw/arm/nrf51_soc.c.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Iooss <erdnaxe@crans.org>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
Message-id: 20210621075625.540471-1-erdnaxe@crans.org
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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F: include/hw/*/nrf51*.h
F: include/hw/*/microbit*.h
F: tests/qtest/microbit-test.c
F: docs/system/arm/nrf.rst

AVR Machines
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Nordic nRF boards (``microbit``)
================================

The `Nordic nRF`_ chips are a family of ARM-based System-on-Chip that
are designed to be used for low-power and short-range wireless solutions.

.. _Nordic nRF: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products

The nRF51 series is the first series for short range wireless applications.
It is superseded by the nRF52 series.
The following machines are based on this chip :

- ``microbit`` BBC micro:bit board with nRF51822 SoC

There are other series such as nRF52, nRF53 and nRF91 which are currently not
supported by QEMU.

Supported devices
-----------------

* ARM Cortex-M0 (ARMv6-M)
* Serial ports (UART)
* Clock controller
* Timers
* Random Number Generator (RNG)
* GPIO controller
* NVMC
* SWI

Missing devices
---------------

* Watchdog
* Real-Time Clock (RTC) controller
* TWI (i2c)
* SPI controller
* Analog to Digital Converter (ADC)
* Quadrature decoder
* Radio

Boot options
------------

The Micro:bit machine can be started using the ``-device`` option to load a
firmware in `ihex format`_. Example:

.. _ihex format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX

.. code-block:: bash
$ qemu-system-arm -M microbit -device loader,file=test.hex
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arm/digic
arm/musicpal
arm/gumstix
arm/nrf
arm/nseries
arm/nuvoton
arm/orangepi
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