摘要:
A microcontroller with selectable function external pins. Program controllable configuration registers control pin function selection through multiplexers which select between data/address lines and special function unit output lines and which control line drivers which are disabled when the pins are used as input pins.
摘要:
An improved clock synthesizer system and method therefor is described which uses a plurality of dual function pins to apply a frequency selection code while in a first operating mode and to transmit buffered clock signal while in a second operating mode to accomplish required system functions with a reduced overall pin count.
摘要:
An integrated circuit (20) configures the active level of an input, output, or input/output pin by sensing a logic state on the pin's bonding pad (21) at the inactivation of a reset signal, such as a power-on reset signal. The integrated circuit (20) selects a true or complement signal to provide to or from an internal circuit (25). The voltage level on the pin is latched on the active-to-inactive transition of the power-on reset signal. Thus, the use of proper board-level termination resistors (70, 71) programs the pins to the desired active logic level without the need for additional logic circuitry or a dedicated device pin.
摘要:
A structure and a method to implement in-system programming (ISP) and boundary-scan testing in an integrated circuit using the same pins to control both functions. The SDI, SCLK, MODE and SDO connections required for in-system programming and the TDI, TCK, TMS and TDO connections required for boundary-scan testing are multiplexed such that they are provided from the same four pins. An in-system programming enable pin is used to control the multiplexing of these pins. In an alternative embodiment, both in-system programming and boundary-scan testing are performed using the same pins and the same state machine. The test logic architecture specified in IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 is utilized. To implement the in-system programming instructions, the instruction register of Std. 1149.1-1990 is modified to include private instructions which perform the desired programming functions.
摘要:
A battery-backed ancillary power-management chip, in combination with a battery-backed microprocessor or microcontroller, permits a low-power system to achieve a zero-power standby mode with full nonvolatility. The ancillary chip contains transmission gates which can cut off the connection between two other chips if one of them is turned off. This avoids problems of power leakage, substrate pumping, etc., when two chips which are connected together can be independently powered up or powered down.Also provided is a portable data module, which includes a microprocessor and a large LCD display. The disclosed inventions permit the user to operate the display without powering up the microprocessor (to preserve a complex display, e.g. when the user has provided no inputs for a certain length of time), or to operate the microprocessor without the display (e.g. for data transfer or reduction operations).
摘要:
A microcomputer universal package has testing terminals and switching circuitry for selecting first and second operations. In the first operation, as an evaluator type, a test device is connected to the testing terminals of the package. In the second operation, as a piggyback type, a rewritable ROM (EPROM) is connected to the testing terminals of the package. The testing terminals are automatically switched for the particular operation by the switching circuitry. Accordingly, the same device can be used as the evaluator type chip and the piggyback-type chip, which reduces the time and the cost of developing the program. In addition, since the piggyback-type chip, the evaluator-type chip, and a mask-type ROM chip can be constructed with the same pin arrangement, the program can be evaluated by the evaluator-type chip in the mask-type ROM mounting board that becomes the final product without requiring an interface board.
摘要:
A specially designed module and integrated circuit chip therefor which permits the sharing of module EC pads between chip receiver and driver circuits. The chip has a direct normal input line to each receiver circuit therein and a direct normal output line from each driver circuit therein along with signal lines from each of those circuits to various EC pads. The chip further includes a switching and control circuit for switching the receiver circuits and driver circuits between their normal and EC lines to effect an electronic delete function. In a preferred embodiment, a majority of the EC pads are switchably connected via the switching and control circuit to different sets of three adjacent receiver circuits, driver circuits, or a combination thereof. The design permits the use of approximately half the EC pads normally required for a module, while permitting EC connections to be made in most cases to three adjacent receiver or driver circuits simultaneously.
摘要:
A single chip microcomputer responsive to internal and external instructions in normal and debug modes, respectively, comprises a program counter and first, second, third, and fourth port groups in both of the normal and the debug modes. The first through the fourth port groups are operable in the normal mode to process each internal instruction. Master and slave modes are defined in the debug mode to selectively change operations of the first through the fourth port groups by the use of port controllers to process each external instruction. The master mode is specified by using the first and the second groups as an instruction input port group for each external instruction and as a transfer bus for data related to each external instruction, respectively. In contrast, the third and the fourth port groups are used as an instruction input port group and a transfer bus, respectively. The master and the slave modes are indicated through a single terminal used in the normal mode. The program counter may be left unused in the debug mode. A pair of the microcomputers are connected to each other together with an external device for each external instruction, so as to carry out a debug operation. The debug operation can be voluntarily interrupted and stepwise advanced by the use of a specific instruction representative of jump to present address.
摘要:
A mode setting control system comprising a one-chip microprocessor and a mode setting circuit provided outside the microprocessor. The mode setting circuit comprises mode designating switches, diodes and a flip-flop. Data representing the mode designated by the switches is written into the one-chip microprocessor through I/O pins. After the one-chip microprocessor has been brought out of the reset state, an ADR signal is supplied from the one-chip microprocessor through an ADR pin thereof, whichever operation mode the microprocessor is set to. The ADR signal is supplied to the mode setting circuit, thus electrically disconnecting the same from the one-chip microprocessor. Consequently, data other than the mode data can be written into the I/O pins.
摘要:
A desk-top electronic computer with MOS circuit logic comprising an input device, an output device and a logic unit adapted to carry out the various operations of the computer. The logic unit is disposed on at least two MOS circuit chips synchronized by a main oscillator. Each MOS chip is provided with a corresponding timing circuit adapted to generate mutually coordinated timing signals. The logic unit includes a read only memory or ROM for storing the microinstructions commanding the various functions, a computing unit and a control unit adapted to permit the selection of the microinstructions from the ROM by addressed access for the purpose of supplying a sequence of microinstructions to the computing unit, access of the address and output of the microinstructions taking place through a single connection between the ROM and the control unit.