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2.5.5.2Asynchronous Write Operations (Select Strobe Mode)
An asynchronous write is performed when any of the requesters mentioned in Section 2.2 request a write to memory in the asynchronous bank of the EMIF. In the event that the write request cannot be serviced by a single access cycle to the external device, multiple access cycles will be performed by the EMIF until the entire request is fulfilled. The details of an asynchronous write operation in Select Strobe mode are described in Table 10 and an example timing diagram of a basic write operation is shown in Figure 7.
NOTE: During the entirety of an asynchronous write operation, the EM_OE pin is driven high.
| Table 10. Asynchronous Write Operation in Select Strobe Mode |
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Time Interval | Pin Activity in Select Strobe Mode |
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Turnaround | Once the EMIF receives a write request, the EMIF waits for the programmed number of turnaround cycles |
period | before proceeding to the setup period of the operation. The number of wait cycles is taken directly from the TA |
| field of the asynchronous configuration register (ACFGn). There are two exceptions to this rule: |
•If the current write operation was directly proceeded by another write operation to the same CS space, no turnaround cycles are inserted.
•If the current write operation was directly proceeded by a write operation to the same CS space and the TA field has been cleared to 0, one turnaround cycle will be inserted.
After the EMIF has waited for the turnaround cycles to complete, it proceeds to the setup period of the operation.
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period | • The setup, strobe, and hold values are set according to the W_SETUP, W_STROBE, and W_HOLD values | ||||||||
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| • The address pins EM_A and EM_BA and the data pins EM_D become valid. | ||||||||
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period | • The address pins EM_A and EM_BA become invalid | ||||||||
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| The EMIF may be required to issue additional write operations to a device with a small data bus width in order to | ||||||||
| complete an entire word access. In this case, the EMIF immediately | ||||||||
| operation without incurring the turnaround cycle delay. The setup, strobe, and hold values are not updated in this | ||||||||
| case. If the entire word access has been completed, the EMIF returns to its previous state unless another | ||||||||
| asynchronous request has been submitted. If this is the case, the EMIF instead enters directly into the | ||||||||
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