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Low Cost ARCNET (ANSI 878.1) Controller with 2K x 8 On-Board RAM

Rev. 03-07-06

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SMSC COM20019I

DATASHEET

5.1.1

High Speed CPU Bus Timing Support

High speed CPU bus support was added to the COM20019I. The reasoning behind this is as follows: With

the Host interface in Non-multiplexed Bus mode, I/O address and Chip Select signals must be stable

before the read signal is active and remain after the read signal is inactive. But the High Speed CPU bus

timing doesn't adhere to these timings. For example, a RISC type single chip microcontroller (like the

HITACHI SH-1 series) changes I/O address at the same time as the read signal. Therefore, several

external logic ICs would be required to connect to this microcontroller.

In addition, the Diagnostic Status (DIAG) register is cleared automatically by reading itself. The internal

DIAG register read signal is generated by decoding the Address (A2-A0), Chip Select (nCS) and Read

(nRD) signals. The decoder will generate a noise spike at the above tight timing. The DIAG register is

cleared by the spike signal without reading itself. This is unexpected operation. Reading the internal RAM

and Next Id Register have the same mechanism as reading the DIAG register.

Therefore, the address decode and host interface mode blocks were modified to fit the above CPU

interface to support high speed CPU bus timing. In Intel CPU mode (nRD, nWR mode), 3 bit I/O address

(A2-A0) and Chip Select (nCS) are sampled internally by Flip-Flops on the falling edge of the internal

delayed nRD signal. The internal real read signal is the more delayed nRD signal. But the rising edge of

nRD doesn't delay. By this modification, the internal real address and Chip Select are stable while the

internal real read signal is active. Refer to Figure 5.3 below.

Figure 5.3 - HIGH SPEED CPU BUS TIMING - INTEL CPU MODE

The I/O address and Chip Select signals, which are supplied to the data output logic, are not sampled.

Also, the nRD signal is not delayed, because the above sampling and delaying paths decrease the data

access time of the read cycle.

The above sampling and delaying signals are supplied to the Read Pulse Generation logic which

generates the clearing pulse for the Diagnostic register and generates the starting pulse of the RAM

Arbitration. Typical delay time between nRD and nRD1 is around 15nS and between nRD1 and nRD2 is

around 10nS.

Longer pulse widths are needed due to these delays on nRD signal. However, the CPU can insert some

wait cycles to extend the width without any impact on performance.

The RBUSTMG bit was added to Disable/Enable the High Speed CPU Read function. It is defined as:

RBUSTMG=0, Disabled (Default); RBUSTMG=1, Enabled.

A2-A0, nCS

nRD

Delayed nRD

(nRD1)

Sampled A2-A0, nCS

More delayed nRD

(nRD2)

VALID

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