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3 Use Cases
The EMIF allows a high degree of programmability for shaping asynchronous accesses. As previously
stated, the shape and duration of the asynchronous access is determined by controlling the widths of the
SETUP, STROBE, HOLD, and turnaround periods. The widths of these periods are configured by
programming the asynchronous configuration register (ACFGn) for the corresponding chip select space.
See Section 2.5.3 and Section 4.3 for more information.
The programmability inherent to the EMIF, provides the EMIF with the flexibility to interface with a variety
of asynchronous memory types. By programming the W_SETUP/R_SETUP, W_STROBE/R_STROBE,
W_HOLD/R_HOLD, TA, and ASIZE fields in ACFGn, the EMIF can be configured to meet the data sheet
specification for most asynchronous memory devices.
This section presents examples describing how to interface the EMIF to asynchronous SRAM and NAND
Flash devices.
3.1 Interfacing to Asynchronous SRAM (ASRAM)
The following example describes how to interface the EMIF to the Toshiba TC55V16100FT-12 device.
3.1.1 Connecting to ASRAM
Figure 11 shows how to connect the EMIF to the TC55V16100FT-12 device. Since the EMIF does not
include data mask or byte enable signals, the LB and UB signals of the ASRAM must be tied high.
Figure 11. Connecting the EMIF to the TC55V16100FT-12
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