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Preliminary Data Sheet
August 2000
ORCA Series 4 FPGAs
FPGA Configuration Modes
(continued)
5-4456(F)
Figure 39. Master Serial Configuration Schematic
Asynchronous Peripheral Mode
Figure 40 shows the connections needed for the asynchronous peripheral mode. In this mode, the FPGA system
interface is similar to that of a microprocessor-peripheral interface. The microprocessor generates the control sig-
nals to write an 8-bit byte into the FPGA. The FPGA control inputs include active-low
CS0
and active-high CS1 chip
selects and
WR
and
RD
inputs. The chip selects can be cycled or maintained at a static level during the configura-
tion cycle. Each byte of data is written into the FPGA’s D[7:0] input pins. D[7:0] of the FPGA can be connected to
D[7:0] of the microprocessor only if a standard prom file format is used. If a .bit or .rbt file is used from ORCA
Foundry, then the user must mirror the bytes in the .bit or .rbt file
or
leave the .bit or .rbt file unchanged and connect
D[7:0] of the FPGA to D[0:7] of the microprocessor.
The FPGA provides an RDY/
BUSY
status output to indicate that another byte can be loaded. A low on RDY/
BUSY
indicates that the double-buffered hold/shift registers are not ready to receive data, and this pin must be monitored
to go high before another byte of data can be written. The shortest time RDY/
BUSY
is low occurs when a byte is
loaded into the hold register and the shift register is empty, in which case the byte is immediately transferred to the
shift register. The longest time for RDY/
BUSY
to remain low occurs when a byte is loaded into the holding register
and the shift register has just started shifting configuration data into configuration RAM.
The RDY/
BUSY
status is also available on the D7 pin by enabling the chip selects, setting
WR
high, and applying
RD
low, where the
RD
input provides an output enable for the D7 pin when
RD
is low. The D[6:0] pins are not enabled to
drive when
RD
is low and, therefore, only act as input pins in asynchronous peripheral mode. Optionally, the user
can ignore the RDY/
BUSY
status and simply wait until the maximum time it would take for the RDY/
BUSY
line to go
high, indicating the FPGA is ready for more data, before writing the next data byte.
DIN
M2
M1
M0
ORCA
SERIES
FPGA
CCLK
DOUT
TO DAISY-
CHAINED
DEVICES
DATA
CLK
CE
CEO
DATA
CLK
RESET/OE
CEO
CE
TO MORE
SERIAL ROMs
AS NEEDED
DONE
PRGM
PROGRAM
RESET/OE