ASIC Datasheet

2016
D8254 IP Core
Programmable Interval Timer v. 1.08
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Digital Core Design is a leading IP Core provider
and a System-on-Chip design house. The company
was founded in 1999 and since the very beginning
has been focused on IP Core architecture improvements. Our innovative, silicon proven solutions have been employed by over 300 customers
and with more than 500 hundred licenses sold to
companies like Intel, Siemens, Philips, General
Electric, Sony and Toyota. Based on more than 70
different architectures, starting from serial interfaces to advanced microcontrollers and SoCs, we
are designing solutions tailored to your needs.
IP CORE OVERVIEW
The D8254 is a programmable interval timer/counter, binary compatible with the 82C54
industry standard. The D8254 solves one of the
most common problems in any microcomputer
system, the generation of accurate time delays
under software control. The D8254 can be used as:
Real time clock
Even counter
Digital one-shot
Programmable rate generator
Square wave generator
Binary rate multiplier
Complex waveform generator
Complex motor controller
KEY FEATURES
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Three independent 16-bit counters
Six programmable Counter modes
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Interrupt on terminal count
Hardware retriggerable One-Shot
Rate Generator
Square wave mode
Software triggered strobe
Hardware triggered strobe
Binary or BCD counting
Status Read Back Command
Simple interface allows easy connection
to microcontrollers
Fully synthesizable, static design with no internal
tri-states
DELIVERABLES
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Source code:
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VHDL & VERILOG test bench environment
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VHDL Source Code or/and
VERILOG Source Code or/and
Encrypted, or plain text EDIF
Active-HDL automatic simulation macros
ModelSim automatic simulation macros
Tests with reference responses
Technical documentation
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Installation notes
HDL core specification
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Datasheet
Synthesis scripts
Example application
Technical support
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IP Core implementation support
3 months maintenance
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Delivery of the IP Core and documentation updates, minor
and major versions changes
Phone & email support
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PINS DESCRIPTION
PIN
rst
datai(7:0)
ddr(1:0)
cs
rd
wr
clk0
gate0
clk1
gate1
clk2
gate2
atao(7:0)
out0
out1
out2
TYPE
input
input
input
input
input
input
input
input
input
input
input
input
output
output
output
output
DESCRIPTION
Global reset
Processor data bus (input)
Processor address lines
Chip select
Processor read strobe
Processor write strobe
Clock input for Counter 0
Gate input for Counter 0
Clock input for Counter 1
Gate input for Counter 1
Clock input for Counter 2
Gate input for Counter 2
Processor data bus (output)
Output of Counter 0
Output of Counter 1
Output of Counter 2
BLOCK DIAGRAM
rst
addr(1:0)
wr
rd
cs
datai(7:0)
datao(7:0)
Read/Write
Logic
Counter 0
clk0
gate0
out0
Data Bus
Buffer
Counter 1
clk1
gate1
out1
Control Word
Register
Counter 2
clk1
gate1
out1
SYMBOL
rst
datai(7:0)
datao(7:0)
addr(1:0)
cs
rd
wr
clk0
gate0
out0
clk1
gate1
out1
clk2
gate2
out2
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LICENSING
COUNTERS BLOCK DIAGRAM
Comprehensible and clearly defined licensing
methods without royalty-per-chip fees make use
of our IP Cores easy and simple.
Single-Site license – dedicated to small and middle
sized companies, which run their business in one
place.
Multi-Site license – dedicated to corporate customers,
who operate at several locations. The licensed product can be used in selected company branches.
In all cases the number of IP Core instantiations within a project and the number of manufactured chips
are unlimited. The license is royalty-per-chip free.
There are no restrictions regarding the time of use.
All three Counters (0, 1, 2) are functionally identical and fully independent. Each can work as a 16
bit wide Binary or BCD counter, in one of the six
available modes:
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Interrupt on terminal count
Hardware retriggerable One-Shot
Rate Generator
Square wave mode
Software triggered strobe
Hardware triggered strobe
The internal block diagram of a single counter is
shown in the figure below.
datai(7:0)
There are two formats of the delivered IP Core:
clkn
gaten
VHDL or Verilog RTL synthesizable source code
FPGA EDIF/NGO/NGD/QXP/VQM (Netlist)
Ctrl. Word
Register
UNITS SUMMARY
Read Write Logic - The Read/Write Logic accepts
inputs from the system bus and generates control
signals, for the other functional blocks of the D8254.
ADDR(1:0) select one of the three counters or the
Control Word Register, to be read from/written into.
A “low'' on the RD input tells the D8254, that the CPU
is reading one of the counters. A “low'' on the WR
input tells the D8254 that the CPU is writing either a
Control Word or an initial count. Both RD and WR are
qualified by CS; RD and WR are ignored, unless the
82C54 has been selected by holding CS low. The WR
and CLK signals should be synchronous. This is accomplished by using a CLK input signal to the D8254
counters, which is a derivative of the system clock
source. Another technique is, to externally synchronize the WR and CLK input signals. This is done by
gating WR with CLK.
Data Bus Buffer 8-bit buffer is used to interface the
D8254 to the system bus.
Control Word - The Control Word Register is selected
by the Read/Write Logic when ADDR(1:0) = 11. If the
CPU does a write operation to the D8254, the data is
stored in the Control Word Register and is interpreted, as a Control Word used to define the operation of
the Counters.
Status Register, Status Latch – Status register, which
contains actual mode declaration and value of output
signal. Latched in Status Latch, after receiving ReadBack Command with STATUS Bit = 0.
Control Unit – Controls read/write operation
and decrementing of CE
CR M, CR L – Input data registers. When a new count
is written to counter, the count is written in the CR
and later transferred to CE
OL L, OL M – Output data registers. Latched when the
suitable Counter Latch Command is sent to the D8254
Control
Unit
outn
CRM
Satus
Register
Status
Latch
CRL
CE
OLM
OLL
datao(7:0)
The central element of each Counter is the CE
module - Counting Element – 16 bit pre-settable
synchronous down BIN/BCD counter.
PERFORMANCE
The following table gives a survey about the Core
area and performance in ASIC devices (all key features included):
Technology
0.25 typical
0.25 typical
Optimization
Gates
area
1800
speed
2700
Core performance in ASIC devices
Fmax
120 MHz
380 MHz
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