Nios® V Processor Software Developer Handbook

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Date 1/27/2025
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9.1. Nios® V Processor Trap Handling Overview

The Nios® V processor provides the following trap types:
  • Platform interrupts
  • Software interrupts
  • Timer interrupts
  • Software exceptions, which fall into the following categories:
    • Instruction-related exceptions
    • Miscellaneous exceptions

The Nios® V processor offers the CLINT architecture to handle traps. The interrupt controllers are discussed in detail in the Hardware Interrupt Controllers chapter.