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B.4.3. Cycle and instruction counting feature

A Statistics tab is available in the Registers view, and contains the registers shown in Table B.18.

Table B.18. Cortex-M3 cycle count registers and symbols

RegisterSymbol
approximate_cycle_count@Statistics_APPROXIMATE_CYCLE_COUNT
Instructions@Statistics_INSTRUCTIONS

Considerations with cycle and instruction counts

Be aware of the following when viewing cycle and instruction counts:

  • the counts assume dual-port, zero-wait-state RAM

  • the counts are not reset to zero when the you set the PC to the image entry point.

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