RTE-V831-PC
USER’S MANUAL (Rev. 2.00)
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1.
INTRODUCTION
The RTE-V831-PC is an evaluation board, conforming to the IBM-PC/AT ISA bus specification, that is
designed to evaluate the NEC V831 RISC processor. The board features a V831 capable of operating at
a maximum speed of 100 MHz, memory, serial and parallel interfaces, and inputs/outputs such as audio
inputs/outputs. For interfacing with memory, the memory controller built into the V831 is used.
These functions enable the RTE-V831-PC to be used for a wide variety of applications including processor
performance evaluation and application program development at the initial stage, and to also be used as
an engine for demonstration and simulation.
The GHS Multi or NEC PARTNER source-level debugger can be used as a development software tool
with the RTE-V831-PC. The type of monitor to be stored in ROM depends on the debugger type.
In ROM, the monitor specified at the time of purchase is stored. Even when neither of the debuggers is
purchased together with the RTE-V831-PC, they can be purchased at anytime subsequently.
1.1.
NUMERIC NOTATION
This manual represents numbers according to the notation described in the following table.
Hexadecimal and binary numbers are hyphenated at every four digits, if they are difficult to read
because of many digits being in each number.
Number
Notation rule
Example
Decimal number
Only numerals are indicated.
"10" represents number 10 in decimal.
Hexa-decimal
number
A number is suffixed with letter H.
"10H" represents number 16 in decimal.
Binary number
A number is suffixed with letter B.
"10B" represents number 2 in decimal.
Number Notation Rules
2.
FUNCTIONS
The overview of each function block of the RTE-V831-PC is shown below.
V831
ISA Bus
Local Bus
ISA BUS I/F
JEXT
C O N N E C T O R
O R
D - R A M
S - R A M
5 V < > 3 . 3 V
R O M
Audio
S I O / P R T
Mini jack *3
R S - 2 3 2 C
C O N N E C T O R
O R
T I M E R
U S E R
H W
P A R A L L E L
C O N N E C T O R
O R
Internal
Control
O R
F P G A , . .
C P U
C O N N E C T O R
O R
Flash
R O M
RTE-V831-PC Block Diagram
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