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Dram direct interface, Outline of dram interface – Epson S1C33210 User Manual

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II CORE BLOCK: BCU (Bus Control Unit)

S1C33210 FUNCTION PART

EPSON

B-II-4-23

DRAM Direct Interface

Outline of DRAM Interface

The BCU incorporates a DRAM direct interface that allows DRAM to be connected directly to areas 8 and 7 or areas
14 and 13. This interface supports the 2CAS method, so that column addresses can be set at between 8 and 11 bits. In
addition, this interface supports a fast-page or an EDO-page mode (EDO DRAM directly connectable to areas) as
well as random cycles. The refresh method (CAS-before-RAS refresh or self-refresh) and timing conditions (e.g.,
number of RAS/CAS cycles and number of precharge cycles) can be programmed using a control bit.

When selecting areas 8 and 7 or areas 14 and 13 to be used for DRAM, it depends on chip-enable settings using
CEFUNC (D9) / DRAM timing set-up register (0x48130).
CEFUNC = "00": DRAM can be connected to areas 8 and 7 (default)

#CE8 and #CE7 function as #RAS0 and #RAS1, respectively.

CEFUNC

"00": DRAM can be connected to areas 14 and 13.

#CE14 and #CE13 function as #RAS2 and #RAS3, respectively.

Figure 4.27 shows a sample DRAM connection. Table 4.13 and Table 4.14 show examples of connectable DRAMs
and typical configurations.

A[9:1]

D[15:0]

#RD

#RASx(#CEx)

*

#HCAS

#LCAS

#WE

S1C33

A[8:0]
I/O[15:0]

#OE
#RAS
#HCAS
#LCAS
#WE

4M DRAM

(256K x 16)

x: 14, 13, 8 or 7

Figure 4.27 Sample DRAM Connection

Table 4.13 Connectable DRAM Example

DRAM

Number of

devices

Number of

Row bits

Number of

Column bits

Memory size

1M (64K x 16)

1

8

8

128K bytes

4M (256K x 16)

1

9

9

512K bytes

16M (1M x 16)

1

12

8

2M bytes

Table 4.14 DRAM Configuration Example (areas 7 and 8 only)

Area 7

Area 8

Total memory size

1 I/O

DRAM (1M)

1M bits

(128K bytes)

2 I/O

DRAM (4M)

4M bits

(512K bytes)

3 I/O

DRAM (16M)

16M bits

(2M bytes)

4 DRAM (1M)

DRAM (1M)

2M bits

(256K bytes)

5 DRAM (4M)

DRAM (4M)

8M bits

(1M bytes)

6 DRAM (16M)

DRAM (16M)

32M bits

(4M bytes)