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Circuitry
3.1
Circuit Descriptions
Ths SIM964 consists of two separate printed circuit boards: the main
board, and the front-panel board.
3.1.1
Microcontroller
The SIM964 is controlled by microcontroller U103. The controller is
cloced at 5 MHz.
A critical aspect of the design is the clock-stop circuitry implemented
by U111 and U102. A simple RC-oscillator is enabled or disabled at
pin 1 of U102, which is driven by synchronizing flip-flop U111B to
ensure that no “runt” clock pulses are produced that would violate
U103’s minimum clock periods. Four separate clock-starting signals
are diode-or’d by D103, D104, D105, and D106:
•
Power-on reset (
−
RESET)
•
Overload (
−
OVERLOAD)
•
Incoming serial data (
−
TXD)
•
Front-panel button press (
−
BTN PRESS
n
)
The fast start-time of the RC-oscillator ensures that incoming se-
rial data will be correctly decoded by the microcontroller’s UART,
even when the clock is started by the serial start bit of the incoming
data. When the microcontroller has completed all pending activity,
it drives the STOP signal high (pin 36 of U103), e
ff
ectively halting its
own processor clock. In this way, the SIM964 guarantees no digital
clock artifacts can be generated during quiescent operation.
The fast start-time of the RC-oscillator ensures that incoming se-
rial data will be correctly decoded by the microcontroller’s UART,
even when the clock is started by the serial start bit of the incoming
data. When the microcontroller has completed all pending activity,
it drives the STOP signal high (pin 8 of U104), e
ff
ectively halting its
own processor clock. In this way, the SIM964 guarantees no digital
clock artifacts can be generated during quiescent operation.
3.1.2
Front Panel Display
The seven segment displays and LED lamps on the front panel are
powered by U401–U407, a daisy-chain of 74HC595 serial input shift
registers. The currents to the lamps are limited by resistor networks
in series with the displays and LEDs. The displays and LEDs are all
statically driven (i.e.,
not
multiplexed).
SIM964
Analog Limiter
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