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Manual Terminology
Throughout this manual, a convention is used which precedes data and
address parameters by a character identifying the numeric format as
follows:
For example, “12” is the decimal number twelve, and “$12” is the decimal
number eighteen.
Unless otherwise specified, all address references are in hexadecimal.
An asterisk (*) following the signal name for signals which are level
significant denotes that the signal is true or valid when the signal is low.
An asterisk (*) following the signal name for signals which are edge
significant denotes that the actions initiated by that signal occur on high to
low transition.
Note
In some places in this document, an underscore (_) following the
signal name is used to indicate an active low signal.
In this manual, assertion and negation are used to specify forcing a signal
to a particular state. In particular, assertion and assert refer to a signal that
is active or true; negation and negate indicate a signal that is inactive or
false. These terms are used independently of the voltage level (high or low)
that they represent.
Data and address sizes for MPC60x chips are defined as follows:
❏
A byte is eight bits, numbered 0 through 7, with bit 0 being the least
significant.
❏
A half-word is 16 bits, numbered 0 through 15, with bit 0 being the
least significant.
$
%
&
dollar
percent
ampersand
specifies a hexadecimal character
specifies a binary number
specifies a decimal number