SVD Description (*.svd) Format
System View Description
The CMSIS System View Description format(CMSIS-SVD) formalizes the description of the system contained in Arm Cortex-M processor-based microcontrollers, in particular, the memory mapped registers of peripherals. The detail contained in system view descriptions is comparable to the data in device reference manuals. The information ranges from high level functional descriptions of a peripheral all the way down to the definition and purpose of an individual bit field in a memory mapped register.
CMSIS-SVD files are developed and maintained by silicon vendors. Silicon vendors distribute their descriptions as part of CMSIS Device Family Packs. Tool vendors use CMSIS-SVD files for providing device-specific debug views of peripherals in their debugger. Last but not least, CMSIS-compliant device header files are generated from CMSIS-SVD files.
CMSIS-SVD XML Hierarchy
