Siemens SPC3 manual Hardware Interface, Universal Processor Bus Interface, General Description

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7Hardware Interface

7.1 Universal Processor Bus Interface

7.1.1 General Description

SPC3 has a parallel 8-bit interface with an 11-bit address bus. SPC3 supports all 8-bit processors and microcontrollers based on the 80C51/52 (80C32) from Intel, the Motorola HC11 family, as well as 8-/16-bit processors or microcontrollers from the Siemens 80C166 family, X86 from Intel, and the HC16 and HC916 family from Motorola. Because the data formats from Intel and Motorola are not compatible, SPC3 automatically carries out ‘byte swapping’ for acceses to the following 16-bit registers (interrupt register, status register, and mode register0) and the 16-bit RAM cell (R-User_Wd_Value). This makes it possible for a Motorola processor to read the 16-bit value correctly. Reading or writing takes place, as usual, through two accesses (8-bit data bus).

Due to the 11-bit address bus, SPC3 is no longer fully compatible to SPC2 (10-bit address bus). However, AB(10) is located on the XINTCI output of the SPC2 that was not used until now. For SPC3, the AB(10) input is provided with an internal pull-down resistor. If SPC3 is to be connected into existing SPC2 hardware, the user can use only 1 kByte of the internal RAM. Otherwise, the AB(10) cable on the modules must be moved to the same place.

The Bus Interface Unit (BIU) and the Dual Port RAM Controller (DPC) that controls accesses to the internal RAM belong to the processor interface of the SPC3.

In addition, a clock rate divider is integrated that the clock pulse of an external clock pulse generator divided by 2 (Pin: DIVIDER = High-Potential) or 4 (Pin: DIVIDER = Low-Potential) makes available on the pin CLKOUT2/4 as the system clock pulse so that a slower controller can be connected without additional expenditures in a low-cost application. SPC3 is supplied with a clock pulse rate of 48MHz.

7.1.2 Bus Interface Unit (BIU)

The BIU forms the interface to the connected processor/microcontroller. This is a synchronous or asynchronous 8-bit interface with an 11-bit address bus. The interface is configurable via 2 pins (XINT/MOT, MODE). The connected processor family (bus control signals such as XWR, XRD, or R_W, and the data format) is specified with the XINT/MOT pin. Synchronous (rigid) or asynchronous bus timing is specified with the MODE pin.

Various Intel system configurations are displayed in the figures in Section 7.1.3. The internal address latch and the integrated decoder must be used in the C32 mode. One figure displays the minimum configuration of a system with SPC3, whereby the block is connected to an EPROM version of the controller. Only a pulse generator is necessary as an additional block in this configuration. If a controller is to be used without an integrated program memory, the addresses must once again be latched off for the external memory. The connection schematic in the next figure is applicable for all Intel/Siemens processors that offer asynchronous bus timing and evaluate the ready signal.

Notes:

If the SPC3 is connected to an 80286 processor, or others, it must be taken into consideration that the processor carries out word accesses. That is, either a “swapper” is necessary that switches the characters out of the SPC3 at the relevant byte position of the 16-bit data bus during reading, or the least significant address bit is not connected, and the 80286 must read word accesses and evaluate only the lower byte, as displayed in the figure.

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