Bus Interface Unit
ARM DDI 0186A
Copyright © 2000 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
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6.4
AHB clocking
The ARM966E-S design uses a single rising edge clock
CLK
to time all internal
activity. In many systems where the ARM966E-S is embedded, it is desirable to run the
AHB at a lower rate. To support this requirement, the ARM966E-S requires a clock
enable,
HCLKEN
, to time AHB transfers.
The
HCLKEN
input is driven HIGH around a rising edge of the ARM966E-S
CLK
to
indicate that this rising edge is also a rising edge of
HCLK
. This requires that
HCLK
is synchronous to the ARM966E-S
CLK
.
When the ARM9E-S is running from tightly-coupled SRAM or performing writes using
the write buffer, the ARM966E-S
HCLKEN
and
HREADY
inputs are ignored in terms
of generating the
SYSCLKEN
core stall signal. The core is only stalled by SRAM stall
cycles or if the write buffer overflows. This means that the ARM9E-S is executing
instructions at the faster
CLK
rate and is effectively decoupled from the
HCLK
domain
AHB system.
If however, an AHB read access or unbuffered write is required, the core is stalled until
the AHB transfer has completed. Because the AHB system is being clocked by the
lower rate
HCLK
, it is necessary to examine
HCLKEN
to detect when to drive out the
AHB address and control to start an AHB transfer.
HCLKEN
is then required to detect
the following rising edges of
HCLK
so that the BIU knows the access has completed.
Figure 6-13 shows an example of an AHB read access where there is a 3:1 ratio of
CLK
to
HCLK
.
Figure 6-13 AHB 3:1 clocking example
CLK
HCLKEN
HADDR[31:0]
HREADY
HTRANS
HRDATA[31:0]
HCLK
Addr A
NONSEQ
IDLE
IDLE
Read data (A)
SYSCLKEN
Содержание ARM966E-S
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