Intel SA-1100 10.4.3 SRAM Interface Overview, 10.4.4 SRAM Timing Diagrams and Parameters

10-22 SA-1100 Developer’s Manual
Memory and PCMCIA Control Module
10.4.3 SRAM Interface Overview
The SA-1100 provides a 32-bit asynchronous SRAM interface that uses the nCAS pins for byte
selects on both reads and writes (nCS<3:0> selects the SRAM bank, nOE is asserted on reads, and
nWE is asserted on writes). Address bits A<25:2> provide addressability of up to 64 Mbyte of
SRAM per bank. Because the nCAS signals are used to access SRAM, a system with both SRAM
and DRAM is not supported.
The timing for a read access is identical to that for a nonburst ROM. (See section 10.4.2 on page
19.) The RDF fields in the MSCx registers are the latency for a read access. The MSCx:RDN field
controls the nWE low time during a write cycle. MSCx:RRR is the time from nCS deassertion after
a read to the start of an access from a different memory bank or after a write to any other memory
access. MSCx:RBW must be set to be a 32-bit bus and MSCx:RT must select SRAM.
10.4.4 SRAM Timing Diagrams and Parameters
SRAM reads have the same timing as nonburst ROMs as shown in Figure10-8, except nCAS<3:0>
are byte selects and are asserted with the same timing as nCS. When nCAS0 is low (asserted),
D<7:0> will be used to transfer data. When nCAS1 is low, D<15:8> is used, and so on. During
writes, all 32 data pins are actively driven by the SA-1100; they are not tristated regardless of the
state of the individual nCAS pins.
Figure10-9 shows the timing for S RAM writes .
Figure 10-9. SRAM Write Timing Diagram (4–Beat Burst)
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CPU Clock
Memory Clock
tAS
tDSWH tASW
tDH
RDN+1tCES
tCEH (2*RRR)+1
nCS0
A[25:0]
D[31:0]
nCAS[3:0]
nWE
nOE
A0
D0 D1 D2 D3
A0+4
tAH
A0+8 A0+12
RDN+1 RDN+1 RDN+1 tCES