MCF548x Reference Manual, Rev. 3
17-2 Freescale Semiconductor

17.2 Byte Lanes

Figure 17-1 shows the byte lanes that external memory should be connected to and the sequential transfers
if a longword is transferred for three port sizes. For example, an 8-bit memory should be connected to
AD[31:24] (BE/BWE0). A longword transfer takes four transfers on AD[31:24], starting with the MSB
and going to the LSB.
Figure 17-1. Connections for External Memory Port Sizes

17.3 Address Latch

Because the FlexBus uses a multiplexed address and data bus, external logic might be needed in some
cases to capture the address phase as shown in Figure 17-2.
Processor
Data Bus
Byte 0
8-Bit Port
16-Bit Port
32-Bit Port
Byte 1
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 0 Byte 1
Byte 2 Byte 3
Byte 0 Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 3
AD[31:24] AD[23:16] AD[15:8] AD[7:0]
External
Memory
Memory
Memory
Byte Select
Driven with
address values
Driven with
address values
BE/BWE0 BE/BWE1 BE/BWE2 BE/BWE3