Rainbow Electronics DS31256 - Manual (Page 75)

DS31256
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The host must set the watermarks for the receive and transmit paths. The receive path has a high
watermark and the transmit path has a low watermark.
Figure 8-1. FIFO Example
CH 1
CH 2
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CH 255
CH 256
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Channel 2
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Channel 2
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Channel 2
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1024 Block FIFO
(1 Block = 4 dwords) Block Pointer
RAM Starting Block
Pointer
Block Pointer 113
Block Pointer 5
Block Pointer 125
fifobd.drw
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