NS Training Hardware

Serial Controller - UART

UART Overview 4 Serial Controller Channels (A,B,C,D) External GPIO connections via TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, RI

UART Hardware Based upon NS7520 Serial Controller design with minor enhancements and bug fixes. –Improved data capture and status reporting for Receive Buffer Closed conditions, for example. Bit-Rate generation from internal or external clocking source, supporting baud rates from 75 to 1,843,200 (x8 mode only) Data support via DMA or BBus Interrupt

UART Hardware Four 8-bit Character Match registers SW/HW Initiated XON/XOFF based on Character Match for Flow Control Flow Control Force Register –to disable transmit state machine –to transmit specified Character while TX_IDLE Error detection: –FIFO overrun, Break, Parity or Frame Errors

UART Configuration Initialize per-channel Bit Rate Register to –Enable EBIT –Set TMODE = 1 and TCDR=RCDR (x8, x16, or x32) for asynchronous operation –Set ClkMux to select the oscillator as the source –Set N-value for desired Baud Rate (refer to Hardware Ref. Manual) Initialize Character Gap or Buffer Gap Timers

UART Configuration Initialize Control Register A for –Channel Enable, Word Size, Stop Bits, Parity Enable, Break, RTS, DTR, Rx/Tx Interrupt or DMA Enables Initialize Control Register B for –UART Mode, Char. Match, Enable Character or Buffer Gap Timers, RTS Flow Control Initialize BBus Utility GPIO Config registers to enable desired UART interface pins

Serial Controller SPI

SPI Overview 4 Serial Controller Channels (A,B,C,D) External GPIO connections via TXD, RXD, SPI Enable, SPI Clk

SPI Hardware Based upon NS7520 Serial Controller design with minor enhancements and bug fixes. –All four SPI Clocking modes are functional as opposed to only Clk0 and Clk1 in the NS7520, for example Bit-Rate generation from internal or external clocking source Data support via DMA or BBus Interrupt

SPI Hardware Four 8-bit Character Match registers Flow Control Force Register –to disable transmit state machine –to transmit specified Character while TX_IDLE Error detection: –FIFO overrun SPI-EEPROM Boot from SDRAM following powerup (Serial ChanA only.)

SPI Master Configuration Initialize per-channel Bit Rate Register to –Enable EBIT –Set TMODE=1 and TCDR=RCDR=0 for synchronous (x1) operation –Enable TXEXT to drive transmit clock via GPIOs –Set ClkMux to select BCLK as the source –Set SPCPOL, RXCINV, TXCINV to select the desired SPI Clock Mode (refer to Hardware Ref. Manual) –Set N-value for desired Bit Rate (refer to Hardware Ref. Manual)

SPI Master Configuration Initialize Control Register A for –Channel Enable, Word Size, Rx/Tx Interrupt or DMA Enables Initialize Control Register B for –SPI Master Mode, SPI Enable Polarity, Bit Order, Character Match, and Character or Buffer Gap Timers Enables Initialize Character Gap or Buffer Gap Timers Initialize BBus Utility GPIO Config registers to enable desired SPI Master interface pins

Serial Controller HDLC

HDLC Overview 4 Serial Controller Channels (A,B,C,D) External GPIO connections to TxD, TxClk, RxD, RxClk per channel

HDLC Overview Layer 2/Layer 3 HDLC protocol support –8- or 16-bit address and control fields –16- or 32-bit CRC-CCITT generation/checking –Flag/abort/idle generation and detection –Programmable Flags between frames (1-15) –Automatic bit stuffing and deletion –Programmable Preamble Length and Pattern –Refer to ISO/IEC for more information

HDLC Overview NS9750 Hardware Features –Bit-Rate generation from internal or external clocking source. –Maximum HDLC frequency (BBusClk / 8) –Data support via DMA or layered BBus Interrupt –Four 8-bit or two 16-bit address comparison registers, allowing for Receive Addr. filtering

HDLC Overview NS9750 Hardware Features, continued –Transmit Handshake via CTS (Clear To Send) signal –Counter for Discarded Frames due to CRC Errors or non-matching frame address fields –Error detection: Misaligned (non-octet) Frames Frame Length Exceeds Max Buffer Size Receive CRC Errors FIFO underrun/overrun

HDLC Configuration Initialize per-channel Bit Rate Register to –Enable EBIT –Set TMODE = 1 and TCDR=RCDR=0 for synchronous (x1) operation –Enable RXSRC for receive clock via GPIOs –Enable TXEXT to drive transmit clock via GPIOs –Set ClkMux to select BCLK as the source –Set RXCINV, TXCINV =1 to compensate for output buffer delays –Set desired N-value (refer to Hardware Ref. Manual)

HDLC Configuration Initialize Control Register A for –Channel Enable, 8-bit Words, Rx and Tx Interrupt or DMA Enables Initialize Control Register B for –HDLC Mode, Address Matching, Preamble Length and Preamble Pattern Initialize Control Register C for –# of Flag/Marks, CRC generation/checking Initialize BBus Utility GPIO Config registers to enable desired HDLC interface pins

Hints & Kinks Can back-to-back HDLC frames share a single idle/mark flag? –No, there must be at least one unique idle/mark flag at the start and finish of each HDLC receive frame.