Questions tagged [powerpc]

Questions related to the PowerPC family of RISC processors.

PowerPC is a RISC architecture created jointly by Apple, IBM, and Freescale (formerly Motorola). The PowerPC standard is now handled by Power.org. It includes both 32 and 64 bit versions of the processor.

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What does it means that a MCU has support for OpenGL?

I am trying to understand the meaning of when someone says that PowerPC 7410 CPU has support for OpenGL based software. Does it mean that there are any specific instruction in its ISA architecture that are good for running OpenGL based software on…
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Understanding MCU Reset Pin working

I am using this Microcontroller NXP MCU I am trying to understand the RESET Section of the microcontroller. 1.On page 83, it is given as MCU reset is a bidirectional pin. So, It can drive other peripherals to reset and it can also be reset by other…
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How to debug a PowerPC Microcontroller

I want to know if it is possible to debug a powerPc MPC555 microcontroller on the device while its running with the binary not the source code. If it is possible then please tell me how to do it using BDM and what debugger and software should I use…
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