System and method for providing a write strobe signal to a receiving element before both an address and data signal

An electronic system comprising:

• a receiving element;
• and
• a microcontroller connected to the receiving element, wherein the microcontroller comprises:
• a system clock:
• a CPU core configured to generate a write strobe signal, an address signal, and a data signal without the use of any delay logic;
• and
• wherein the write strobe signal is provided to the receiving element a selected time before the address signal and the data signal,
• wherein the microcontroller has a system clock distribution tree generated by performing a clock tree distribution process, wherein the clock tree distribution process comprises:
• advancing the generation of the write strobe signal;
• and
• assigning the generation of the address signal and the data signal to one of a plurality of leaves of the system clock distribution tree.

A method of accessing a register of a peripheral device in a microcontroller system having a system clock distribution tree and a clock root, comprising:

• performing a clock tree distribution process, wherein the clock tree distribution process comprises:
• advancing the generation of a write strobe signal that is used to write data to the register of the peripheral device;
• and
• assigning the generation of an address signal and a data out signal to one of a plurality of leaves of the system clock distribution tree;
• and
• using the write strobe signal, the address signal, and the data out signal to access the register of the peripheral device.