Hardware
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IEM Manual, 1.5
7 Hardware
7.1
Connectors and LEDs
7.1.1 Board-to-Board Connector
The board-to-board connector implemented on the IEM carries a parallel
(memory mapped) interface as well as a serial (SPI) interface.
When using the parallel interface, the DPRAM can be accessed directly as a
regular 16 bit wide DPRAM. When using the serial interface, the application
processor must provide enough local RAM to mirror the process data image
typically 1.5 Kbytes per direction).
7.1.1.1 Connector pin out
The Layout of the board-to-board connector is described in Figure 7-1.
Pin
Name
Direction
Description
Level
b25 GPIO2NIOS1
input
GPIO from application processor to IEM
a25 RESET#
input
reset, active low
b24 GPIO2NIOS2
input
GPIO from application processor to IEM
a24 GND
-
ground
-
b23 BE0#
input
byte enable 0, active low
a23 RD#
input
read, active low, parallel interface
SPI_CLK
SPI clock, serial interface
b22 GND
-
ground
-
a22 BE1#
input
byte enable 1, active low
b21 CS#
input
chip select, active low, parallel interface
SPI_CS#
input
SPI chip select, active low, serial interface
a21 WR#
input
write, active low, parallel interface
SPI_MOSI
input
data input, serial interface
b20 D0
bidirectional
Data bus, bit 0
a20 GND
-
ground
-
b19 D2
bidirectional
data bus, bit 2
a19 D1
bidirectional
data bus, bit 1
b18 GND
-
ground
-
a18 D3
bidirectional
data bus, bit 3
b17 D4
bidirectional
data bus, bit 4
a17 D5
bidirectional
data bus, bit 5
b16 D6
bidirectional
data bus, bit 6
a16 D7
bidirectional
data bus, bit 7
b15 D8
bidirectional
data bus, bit 8
a15 D9
bidirectional
data bus, bit 9
b14 D10
bidirectional
data bus, bit 10
a14 D11
bidirectional
data bus, bit 11