MPC555
/
MPC556
EXTERNAL BUS INTERFACE
MOTOROLA
USER’S MANUAL
Rev. 15 October 2000
9-2
The MPC555 / MPC556 bus is synchronous. The bus and control input signals must
be timed to setup and hold times relative to the rising edge of the clock. Bus cycles can
be completed in two clock cycles.
For all inputs, the MPC555 / MPC556 latches the level of the input during a sample
window around the rising edge of the clock signal. This window is illustrated in
, where
tsu
and
tho
are the input setup and hold times, respectively. To ensure that
an input signal is recognized on a specific falling edge of the clock, that input must be
stable during the sample window. If an input makes a transition during the window time
period, the level recognized by the MPC555 / MPC556 is not predictable; however, the
MPC555 / MPC556 always resolves the latched level to either a logic high or low be-
fore using it. In addition to meeting input setup and hold times for deterministic opera-
tion, all input signals must obey the protocols described in this section.
Figure 9-1 Input Sample Window
9.3 Bus Control Signals
The MPC555 / MPC556 initiates a bus cycle by driving the address, size, address
type, cycle type, and read/write outputs. At the beginning of a bus cycle, TSIZ0 and
TSIZ1 are driven with the address type signals. TSIZ0 and TSIZ1 indicate the number
of bytes remaining to be transferred during an operand cycle (consisting of one or
more bus cycles). These signals are valid at the rising edge of the clock in which the
transfer start
(TS) signal is asserted.
The read/write (RD/WR) signal determines the direction of the transfer during a bus
cycle. Driven at the beginning of a bus cycle, RD/WR is valid at the rising edge of the
clock in which TS is asserted. The logic level of RD/WR only changes when a write
cycle is preceded by a read cycle or vice versa. The signal may remain low for con-
secutive write cycles.
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