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Notes:
1The power controller is required only for applications that support hot-insertion
and hot-removal of the CardBus card. This requires additional components to
isolate NS9750 from CardBus.
2The system must provide external pullup per PCI specification. CAD, C/BE, and
PAR do not require pullups.
3Voltage detection signal optional for embedded system.
4Pins not connected because internal resistors tie these to the appropriate state.
Confi g u r i n g NS9750 fo r CardB u s s u p p o r t
Although many CardBus signals are the same as those for the PCI bus, there are some
unique signals. Table285 lists the new signals and indicates the PCI signals with which
they are multiplexed for NS9750.
PCI Signal CardBus
Signal CardBus type Comments
INTA# CINT# Input Cardbus interrupt pin. INTA2PCI in the PCI
Miscellaneous Support register must be 0.
INTB# CCLKRUN# Bidir CardBus pin used to negotiate with the external
CardBus device before stopping the clock. Also
allows external CardBus device to request that the
clock be restarted.
INTC# CSTSCHG Input CardBus status change interrupt signal.
GNT1# CGNT# Output Grant to external CardBus device from NS9750’s
internal arbiter.
GNT2# CVS1 Output Voltage sense pin. Normally driven low by NS9750,
but toggled during interrogation of external CardBus
device to detect voltage requirements.
GNT3# CVS2 Output Voltage sense pin. Normally driven low by NS9750
but toggled during interrogation of external CardBus
device to detect voltage requirements.
REQ1# CREQ# Input Request from external CardBus device to NS9750’s
internal arbiter.
Table 285: CardBus IO muxing