Power Management
CLOCKRUN Protocol
The nCLKRUN pin is not implemented in the
LPC47B37x. See the Low Pin Count (LPC)
Interface Specification Reference, Section 8.1.
LPCPD Protocol
See the Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface
Specification Reference, Section 8.2.
SYNC Protocol
See the Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface
Specification Reference, Section 4.2.1.8 for a
table of valid SYNC values.
Typical Usage
The SYNC pattern is used to add wait states.
For read cycles, the LPC47B37x immediately
drives the SYNC pattern upon recognizing the
cycle. The host immediately drives the sync
pattern for write cycles. If the LPC47B37x needs
to assert wait states, it does so by driving 0101
or 0110 on LAD[3:0] until it is ready, at which
point it will drive 0000 or 1001. The LPC47B37x
will choose to assert 0101 or 0110, but not
switch between the two patterns.
The data (or wait state SYNC) will immediately
follow the 0000 or 1001 value.
The SYNC value of 0101 is intended to be used
for normal wait states, wherein the cycle will
complete within a few clocks. The LPC47B37x
uses a SYNC of 0101 for all wait states in a DMA
transfer.
The SYNC value of 0110 is intended to be used
where the number of wait states is large. This is
provided for EPP cycles, where the number of
wait states could be quite large (>1
microsecond). However, the LPC47B37x uses a
SYNC of 0110 for all wait states in an I/O
transfer.
The SYNC value is driven within 3 clocks.
SYNC Timeout
The SYNC value is driven within 3 clocks. If the
host observes 3 consecutive clocks without a
valid SYNC pattern, it will abort the cycle.
The LPC47B37x does not assume any particular
timeout. When the host is driving SYNC, it may
have to insert a very large number of wait states,
depending on PCI latencies and retries.
SYNC Patterns and Maximum Number of
SYNCS
If the SYNC pattern is 0101, then the host
assumes that the maximum number of SYNCs is
8.
If the SYNC pattern is 0110, then no maximum
number of SYNCs is assumed. The LPC47B37x
has protection mechanisms to complete the
cycle. This is used for EPP data transfers and
will utilize the same timeout protection that is in
EPP.
SYNC Error Indication
The LPC47B37x reports errors via the LAD[3:0]
= 1010 SYNC encoding.
If the host was reading data from the
LPC47B37x, data will still be transferred in the
next two nibbles. This data may be invalid, but it
will be transferred by the LPC47B37x. If the host
was writing data to the LPC47B37x, the data had
already been transferred.
In the case of multiple byte cycles, such as DMA
cycles, an error SYNC terminates the cycle.
Therefore, if the host is transferring 4 bytes from
a device, if the device returns the error SYNC in
the first byte, the other three bytes will not be
transferred.
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