The Cortex®-M4 application processor core includes the following system components:
- SysTck: A 24-bit count-down timer used as an RTOS tick timer or as a simple counter (see Section 3.2.1).
- Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller (NVIC): An embedded interrupt controller that supports low-latency interrupt processing (see Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller [NVIC] in Section 3.2.2).
- System Control Block (SCB): The programming model interface to the processor. The SCB provides system implementation information and system control, including configuration, control, and reporting of system exceptions (see System Control Block [SCB] in Section 3.2.3).