Avago Technologies LSI53C876E - Manual (Page 66)

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bus shortly after the release of the Reset signal and configures the ROM
Base Address register and the memory cycle state machines for the
appropriate conditions.
The external memory interface works with a variety of ROM sizes and
speeds. An example set of interface drawings is in
Appendix B, “External
Memory Interface Diagram Examples.”
The LSI53C876 supports a variety of sizes and speeds of expansion
ROM, using pull-down resistors on the MAD[3:0] pins. The encoding of
pins MAD[3:1] allows the user to define how much external memory is
available to the LSI53C876.
Table 2.6 shows the memory space
associated with the possible values of MAD[3:1]. The MAD[3:1] pins are
fully defined in
Chapter 3, “Signal Descriptions.”
To use one of the configurations mentioned above in a host adapter
board design, put 4.7 k
Ω
pull-down resistors on the MAD pins
corresponding to the available memory space. For example, to connect
to a 32 Kbytes external ROM, use pull-downs on MAD[3] and MAD[2]. If
the external memory interface is not used, then no external resistors are
necessary since there are internal pull-ups on the MAD bus. The internal
pull-up resistors are disabled when external pull-down resistors are
detected, to reduce current drain.
Table 2.6 Parallel ROM Support
MAD[3:1] Available Memory Space
000 16 Kbytes
001 32 Kbytes
010 64 Kbytes
011 128 Kbytes
100 256 Kbytes
101 512 Kbytes
110 1024 Kbytes
111 No external memory present