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+Nordic nRF boards (``microbit``)
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+The `Nordic nRF`_ chips are a family of ARM-based System-on-Chip that
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+are designed to be used for low-power and short-range wireless solutions.
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+.. _Nordic nRF: https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products
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+The nRF51 series is the first series for short range wireless applications.
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+It is superseded by the nRF52 series.
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+The following machines are based on this chip :
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+- ``microbit`` BBC micro:bit board with nRF51822 SoC
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+There are other series such as nRF52, nRF53 and nRF91 which are currently not
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+supported by QEMU.
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+Supported devices
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+-----------------
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+ * ARM Cortex-M0 (ARMv6-M)
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+ * Serial ports (UART)
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+ * Clock controller
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+ * Timers
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+ * Random Number Generator (RNG)
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+ * GPIO controller
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+ * NVMC
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+ * SWI
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+Missing devices
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+---------------
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+ * Watchdog
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+ * Real-Time Clock (RTC) controller
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+ * TWI (i2c)
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+ * SPI controller
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+ * Analog to Digital Converter (ADC)
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+ * Quadrature decoder
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+ * Radio
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+Boot options
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+------------
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+The Micro:bit machine can be started using the ``-device`` option to load a
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+firmware in `ihex format`_. Example:
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+.. _ihex format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX
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+.. code-block:: bash
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+ $ qemu-system-arm -M microbit -device loader,file=test.hex
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