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* AES and SHA-1 hardware engines
−* Boot ROM
−* OTP key/hash area
−[[Starlet memory map]]
−== Tasks ==
−The Starlet handles at least these tasks in the Wii
−* NAND access / filesystem
−* DVD subsystem
−* Authentication (RSA, EC, SHA1, HMAC-SHA1) and encryption/decryption (AES, RSA, EC)
−* USB HCD (generic USB interface), Keyboard driver, Ethernet driver
−* WiFi (both for networking and communication with Nintendo DS devices)
−* TCP/IP and UDP
−* SD card
−* GPIO (Sensor bar, drive LED, power LED, etc)
−* Audio/Video encoder (I2C) bus
+At some point, Starlet loads code into an EXI buffer and bootstraps Broadway.
''Note: this page is incomplete. Please expand it as you see fit!''
''Note: this page is incomplete. Please expand it as you see fit!''
−== Hardware ==
+== Specs ==
* NEC ARM926EJ-S SoC. See also [http://www.chipworks.com/seamark.aspx?sm=s4%3BDatedfl14%3BDeviceCategory6%3BMemoryfl10%3BReportCode12%3BCAR-0703-201&cw=detail ChipWorks].
* NEC ARM926EJ-S SoC. See also [http://www.chipworks.com/seamark.aspx?sm=s4%3BDatedfl14%3BDeviceCategory6%3BMemoryfl10%3BReportCode12%3BCAR-0703-201&cw=detail ChipWorks].
* Big endian for compatibility with the Broadway
* Big endian for compatibility with the Broadway
* ARM thumb instructions
* ARM thumb instructions
−== Boot ==
== Boot ==
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* The BOOT2 bootstrap then loads the embedded ELF file.
* The BOOT2 bootstrap then loads the embedded ELF file.
* BOOT2 starts the IOS.
* BOOT2 starts the IOS.
−* IOS loads code into the EXI buffer and bootstraps the {{hw|Broadway}}
−== Links ==
== Links ==
More information about the Starlet:
More information about the Starlet:
+* [http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0198d/DDI0198_926_TRM.pdf ARM926EJ-S Technical Reference Manual] - CPU, MMU, Cache specs and programmer's interface
+* [http://rtds.cs.tamu.edu/web_462/techdocs/ARM/cores/DDI0222B_9EJS_r1p2.pdf ARM9EJ-S Technical Reference Manual] - CPU specs and programmer's interface
+* [http://www.arm.com/miscPDFs/14128.pdf ARM Architecture Reference Manual] - Documentation about the ARMv5 architecture.
* [[IOS]] - the OS that runs on the Starlet and handles calls from the Broadway during game execution and while in the system menu.
* [[IOS]] - the OS that runs on the Starlet and handles calls from the Broadway during game execution and while in the system menu.
* [[ARM Binaries]] - the formats used for Starlet executable code
* [[ARM Binaries]] - the formats used for Starlet executable code
* [[WAD Files]] are used for BOOT2 and the IOS
* [[WAD Files]] are used for BOOT2 and the IOS
[[Category:Wii_Hardware]]
[[Category:Wii_Hardware]]