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© Sealevel Systems, Inc. 5402e Manual | SL9233 8/2021
Technical Description
The ACB-MP+4.PCIe utilizes the Zilog Z85230 Enhanced Serial Communications Controller (ESCC) and
includes a dedicated Z85230 per port. This chip features programmable baud rate, data format and
interrupt control. Refer to the ESCC User Manual, available from Zilog, for details on programming the
85230 ESCC chip in the event you are writing your own driver as opposed to using the SeaMAC driver.
Internal Baud Rate Generator
The baud rate of the ESCC is programmed under software control. The standard oscillator supplied with
the board is 7.3728 MHz. However, other oscillator values can be substituted to achieve different baud
rates. It should be noted that the Z85230 chip is manufactured in different speed ranges and installation of
a different oscillator may also require changing the Z85230.
Control and Status Registers Definition
The control and status registers occupy 16 consecutive I/O locations. The following tables provide a
functional description of the bit positions. This table is provided for users that desire to write their own
driver.
X = do not care.
Base
Mode
D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
D1
D0
+4
RD
0
IRQST
0
0
0
0
0
DSRA
+5
RD
485CLK
ECHOA SYNCA_RTS SYNCA_CTS
AM3
AM2
AM1
AM0
+5
WR
485CLK
ECHOA SYNCA_RTS SYNCA_CTS
AM3
AM2
AM1
AM0
+6
RD
0
0
0
0
RLA
LLA
TSETSL
A
RXCOPTA
+6
WR
X
X
X
X
RLA
LLA
TSETSL
A
RXCOPTA
+7
RD
X
X
X
X
IRQST4
IRQST3
IRQST2
IRQST1
+14
RD
SD7
SD6
SD5
SD4
SD3
SD2
SD1
SD0
+15
RD
SD15
SD14
SD13
SD12
SD11
SD10
SD9
SD8