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-PICASO-
MD1
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Pin Description
PIN
FUNCTION
DESCRIPTION
7, 21
VCC
Regulated 3.3 Volts Supply Input @90mA average, max. 150ma
8, 15, 20
GND
Ground
28
RESET
Module Hardware Reset. Active Low signal > 20us will reset the module
14
I/O1
General purpose Input/Output 1
1
I/O3
General purpose Input/Output 3
24
(SCK) I/O6
General purpose Input/Output 6. Also used as the Clock signal for external SD/MMC
memory card interface in SPI mode.
25
(SDI) I/O5
General purpose Input/Output 5. Also used as the Data In signal for external
SD/MMC memory card interface in SPI mode.
26
(SDO) I/O4
General purpose Input/Output4. Also used as the Data Out signal for external
SD/MMC memory card interface in SPI mode.
27
(CS_FLASH) I/O2 General purpose Input/Output 2. Also used as the Chip Select signal for external
SD/MMC memory card SPI interface.
16
PGMRX
Serial Receive Pin
17
PGMTX
Serial Transmit Pin
Serial interface for host processor commands. Also used
for uploading PmmC files into the PICASO module from
the PC for future upgrades.
2
VSYNC
VGA Vertical Synchronisation Output.
3
HSYNC
VGA Horizontal Synchronisation Output.
4
BLANK_G
GREEN Display Enable blanking signal.
5
BLANK_R
RED Display Enable blanking signal.
6
BLANK_B
BLUE Display Enable blanking signal.
These form the VGA Control signals.
Connect these along with the Pixel Data
Bus signals to an external Video DAC.
18
RED0
RED intensity bit 0
19
RED1
RED intensity bit 1
22
RED2
RED intensity bit 2
23
GREEN0
GREEN intensity bit 0
12
GREEN1
GREEN intensity bit 1
11
GREEN2
GREEN intensity bit 2
10
BLUE0
BLUE intensity bit 1
9
BLUE1
BLUE intensity bit 2
These signals combined form the 8 bit
256 colour Pixel Data bus. Connect
these along with the VGA Control signals
to an external Video DAC.
13
RUN/DEMO
Internal Demo Mode when Active Low on Power-Up if the module is running the
Serial Command platform. Also runs 4DGL user programs from power-up if the
module is running 4DGL platform.