
C h i p selec t co ntro ller
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NS 75 20 Da ta shee t
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Chip select controller
The NS7520 supports five unique chip select configurations.
Chip select controller signal descriptions
Symbol
Pin
I/O
OD
Description
CS4_
B4
O
4
Chip select/DRAM RAS_
CS3_
A4
O
4
Chip select/DRAM RAS_
CS2_
C5
O
4
Chip select/DRAM RAS_
CS1_
B5
O
4
Chip select/DRAM RAS_
CS0_
D5
O
4
Chip select (boot select)
CAS3_
A1
O
4
FP/EDO DRAM column strobe D31:D24/SDRAM RAS_
CAS2_
C4
O
4
FP/EDO DRAM column strobe D23:D16/SDRAM CAS_
CAS1_
B3
O
4
FP/EDO DRAM column strobe D15:D08/SDRAM WE_
CAS0_
A2
O
4
FP/EDO DRAM column strobe D07:D00/SDRAM A10(AP)
WE_
C6
O
4
Write enable for NCC Ctrl’d cycles
OE_
B6
O
4
Output enable for NCC Ctrl’d cycles
Mnemonic
Signal
Description
CS0_
CS1_
CS2_
CS3_
CS4_
Chip select 0
Chip select 1
Chip select 2
Chip select 3
Chip select 4
Unique chip select outputs supported by the NS7520. Each chip select
can be configured to decode a portion of the available address space
and can address a maximum of 256 Mbytes of address space. The
chip selects are configured using registers in the memory module.
A chip select signal is driven low to indicate the end of the current
memory cycle. For FP/EDO DRAM, these signals provide the RAS
signal.
CAS0_
CAS1_
CAS2_
CAS3_
Column address
strobe signals
Activated when an address is decoded by a chip select module
configured for DRAM mode. The CAS_ signals are active low and
provide the column address strobe function for DRAM devices.
The CAS_ signals also identify which 8-bit bytes of the 32-bit data bus
are active during any given system bus memory cycle.
For SDRAM, CAS[3:1]_ provides the SDRAM command field. CAS0_
provides the auto-precharge signal.
For non-DRAM settings, these signals are 1.
WE_
Write enable
Active low signal that indicates that a memory write cycle is in
progress. This signal is activated only during write cycles to
peripherals controlled by one of the chip selects in the memory
module.
OE_
Output enable
Active low signal that indicates that a memory read cycle is in
progress. This signal is activated only during read cycles from
peripherals controlled by one of the chip selects in the memory
module.