
Data Sheet
March 2000
DSP1629 Digital Signal Processor
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Lucent Technologies Inc.
4 Hardware Architecture
(continued)
In the configuration shown in Figure 6, the master DSP
(DSP0) generates active SYNC1 and OCK1 signals
while the slave DSPs use the SYNC1 and OCK1 signals
in passive mode to synchronize operations. In addition,
all DSPs must have their ILD1 and OLD1 signals in ac-
tive mode.
While ILD1 and OLD1 are not required externally for
multiprocessor operation, they are used internally in the
DSP's SIO. Setting the LD field of the master's sioc reg-
ister to a logic level 1 will ensure that the active genera-
tion of SYNC1, ILD1, and OLD1 is derived from OCK1
(see Table 22). With this configuration, all DSPs should
use ICK1 (tied to OCK1) in passive mode to avoid con-
flicts on the clock (CK) line (see the DSP1611/17/18/27
Digital Signal Processor Information Manual for more
information).
Four registers (per SIO) configure the multiprocessor
mode: the time-division multiplexed slot register (tdms
or tdms2), the serial receive and transmit address reg-
ister (srta or srta2), the serial data transmit register (sdx
or sdx2), and the multiprocessor serial address/protocol
register (saddx or saddx2).
Multiprocessor mode requires no external logic and
uses a TDM interface with eight 16-bit time slots per
frame. The transmission in any time slot consists of
16 bits of serial data in the data channel and 16 bits of
address and protocol information in the address/proto-
col channel. The address information consists of the
transmit address field of the srta register of the transmit-
ting device. The address information is transmitted con-
currently with the transmission of the first 8 bits of data.
The protocol information consists of the transmit proto-
col field written to the saddx register and is transmitted
concurrently with the last 8 bits of data (see Table 25,
Multiprocessor Protocol Register). Data is received or
recognized by other DSP(s) whose receive address
matches the address in the address/protocol channel.
Each SIO port has a user-programmable receive ad-
dress and transmit address associated with it. The
transmit and receive addresses are programmed in the
srta register.
In multiprocessor mode, each device can send data in
a unique time slot designated by the tdms register trans-
mit slot field (bits 7—0). The tdms register has a fully de-
coded transmit slot field in order to allow one DSP1629
device to transmit in more than one time slot. This pro-
cedure is useful for multiprocessor systems with less
than eight DSP1629 devices when a higher bandwidth
is necessary between certain devices in that system.
The DSP operating during time slot 0 also drives
SYNC1.
In order to prevent multiple bus drivers, only one DSP
can be programmed to transmit in a particular time slot.
In addition, it is important to note that the address/pro-
tocol channel is 3-stated in any time slot that is not being
driven.
Therefore, to prevent spurious inputs, the address/pro-
tocol channel should be pulled up to V
DD
with a 5 k
re-
sistor, or it should be guaranteed that the bus is driven
in every time slot. (If the SYNC1 signal is externally gen-
erated, then this pull-up is required for correct initializa-
tion.)
Each SIO also has a fully decoded transmitting address
specified by the srta register transmit address field (bits
7—0). This is used to transmit information regarding the
destination(s) of the data. The fully decoded receive ad-
dress specified by the srta register receive address field
(bits 15—8) determines which data will be received.
The SIO protocol channel data is controlled via the sad-
dx register. When the saddx register is written, the lower
8 bits contain the 8-bit protocol field. On a read, the
high-order 8 bits read from saddx are the most recently
received protocol field sent from the transmitting DSP's
saddx output register. The low-order 8 bits are read as
0s.
An example use of the protocol channel is to use the top
3 bits of the saddx value as an encoded source address
for the DSPs on the multiprocessor bus. This leaves the
remaining 5 bits available to convey additional control
information, such as whether the associated field is an
opcode or data, or whether it is the last word in a trans-
fer, etc. These bits can also be used to transfer parity in-
formation about the data. Alternatively, the entire field
can be used for data transmission, boosting the band-
width of the port by 50%.
Using SIO2
The SIO2 functions the same as the SIO. Please refer
to Pin Multiplexing in Section 4.1 for a description of pin
multiplexing of BIO, PHIF, VEC[3:0], and SIO2.