VI SDRAM CONTROLLER BLOCK: SDRAM INTERFACE

1.The device acting as the external bus master prompts the S1C33 to be prepared to release the bus by means of an interrupt or some other means.

2.When the S1C33 becomes ready to release the bus, it sets SDRSRF (D5/0x39FFC1) to "1" to place the SDRAM in self-refresh mode. The S1C33 should stop accessing the SDRAM thereafter.

3.After the SDRAM is placed in self-refresh mode, the external device outputs a bus request.

4.Simultaneously with 3, the external device pulls the SDCKE signal low to ensure that the SDRAM will not be taken out of self-refresh mode when the bus is released.

5.In response to the bus request, the S1C33 releases the external bus. The external bus, including the SDRAM interface pins, goes to a high-impedance state.

6.The external bus master takes over control of the SDRAM. If SDRCLK (D3/0x39FFC1) = "1", a clock for the SDRAM is output from the BCLK pin. Therefore, the external bus master must control the SDRAM synchronously with that clock. If SDRCLK = "0", BCLK also goes to a high-impedance state at the same time the bus is released. Therefore, the external bus master supplies a clock to the SDRAM.

Note: If the SDRAM is not accessed after the bus is released, pull the SDRAM’s CKE pin down to low to

keep the self-refresh mode in order to maintain the SDRAM data while the bus is released.

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S1C33L03 FUNCTION PART