AR-B1375/AR-B1376 User s Guide

(3) I/O Channel Signal Description

Name

Description

BUSCLK [Output]

The BUSCLK signal of the I/O channel is asynchronous to

 

the CPU clock.

RSTDRV [Output]

This signal goes high during power-up, low line-voltage or

 

hardware reset

SA0 - SA19

The System Address lines run from bit 0 to 19. They are

[Input / Output]

latched onto the falling edge of "BALE"

LA17 - LA23

The Unlatched Address line run from bit 17 to 23

[Input/Output]

 

SD0 - SD15

System Data bit 0 to 15

[Input/Output]

 

BALE [Output]

The Buffered Address Latch Enable is used to latch SA0 -

 

SA19 onto the falling edge. This signal is forced high

 

during DMA cycles

-IOCHCK [Input]

The I/O Channel Check is an active low signal which

 

indicates that a parity error exist on the I/O board

IOCHRDY

This signal lengthens the I/O, or memory read/write cycle,

[Input, Open collector]

and should be held low with a valid address

IRQ 3-7, 9-12, 14, 15

The Interrupt Request signal indicates I/O service request

[Input]

attention. They are prioritized in the following sequence :

 

(Highest) IRQ 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Lowest)

-IOR

The I/O Read signal is an active low signal which instructs

[Input/Output]

the I/O device to drive its data onto the data bus

-IOW[Input/Output]

The I/O write signal is an active low signal which instructs

 

the I/O device to read data from the data bus

-SMEMR[Output]

The System Memory Read is low while any of the low 1

 

mega bytes of memory are being used

-MEMR

The Memory Read signal is low while any memory location

[Input/Output]

is being read

-SMEMW[Output]

The System Memory Write is low while any of the low 1

 

mega bytes of memory is being written

-MEMW

The Memory Write signal is low while any memory location

[Input/Output]

is being written

DRQ 0-3, 5-7 [Input]

DMA Request channels 0 to 3 are for 8-bit data transfers.

 

DMA Request channels 5 to 7 are for 16-bit data transfers.

 

DMA request should be held high until the corresponding

 

DMA has been completed. DMA request priority is in the

 

following sequence:(Highest) DRQ 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

 

(Lowest)

-DACK 0-3, 5-7

The DMA Acknowledges 0 to 3, 5 to 7 are the

[Output]

corresponding acknowledge signals for DRQ 0 to 3 and 5

 

to 7

AEN [output]

The DMA Address Enable is high when the DMA controller

 

is driving the address bus. It is low when the CPU is driving

 

the address bus

-REFRESH

This signal is used to indicate a memory refresh cycle and

[Input/Output]

can be driven by the microprocessor on the I/O channel

TC [Output]

Terminal Count provides a pulse when the terminal count

 

for any DMA channel is reached

SBHE [Input/Output]

The System Bus High Enable indicates the high byte SD8 -

 

SD15 on the data bus

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Toshiba AR-B1375, AR-B1376, 386SX manual O Channel Signal Description, Name Description

386SX, AR-B1376, AR-B1375 specifications

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