USAR ACPITrollerTM342 UR8HC342
Preliminary
USAR System Management family
product specifications
Internal Virtual SMBus Devices
Modeled on SMBus devices, Internal Virtual SMBus Devices (IVSDs) are
general-purpose devices that can be used for system tasks. The Host can
address these devices through the ACPI EC interface in the same way it
would address any external device residing on a SMBus port.
The IVSDs are implemented on shared pins of the UR8HC342. Specific
pins can be used in other keyboard or embedded controller functions and
the ISVDs need to be enabled through the configuration registers residing
either in the EC or in the HID controller area. Once the devices are
enabled, they can be accessed by the Host through standard interfaces
defined in the relevant industry specification.
IVSDs can include port expanders, flat panel digital controls, 10 bit A/D or
GPIO port.
AlphaMouseTMPointing Devices Manager
The USAR AlphaMouse™ pointing devices manager can simultaneously
support up to three mice (including those with MouseWheel) connected to
both the external and internal PS/2 ports of the USAR ACPITroller™ 342.
Different types of standard mice (two-button, three-button, MouseWheel)
can be connected simultaneously, as the AlphaMouseTMpointing device
manager multiplexes the input. The manager supports hot plugging and
hot swapping of standard two-button and three-button mice without a
special driver, and of MouseWheel-enabled mice with a standard
MouseWheel-capable driver.
The USAR AlphaMouse™ pointing devices manager receives its pointing
device input through one or more of the USAR ACPITroller™ 342 PS/2
ports. The PS/2 Ports Driver will auto-detect the type of device connected
to each PS/2 port. If the device reports itself as a pointing device, it will
connect it to the USAR AlphaMouse™ pointing devices manager for proper
initialization and further data and command handling. The USAR
AlphaMouse™ pointing device manager communicates with the host
system through the mouse port of the HID controller.
AlphaMouse
TM
Features
• Handles both internal and external mouse command communications
• Hot-plug and hot swapping support for external mice
• Transparent MouseWheel support for external mouse
• Simulates MouseWheel support for internal mouse
• Simulates MouseWheel operation, by merging normal mouse data with
AlphaKey™ keyboard codes
• Merges internal and external mouse data
• Operates safely with PS/2 mouse protocol
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Datasheet
DOC8-342-DS-101
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Interrupts and General
Purpose Events
The UR8H359 provides up to 5
customizable ACPI General
Purpose Events (GPE). The IC
generates two types of interrupts:
SCI and SWI. The type of interrupt
generated depends on the type of
event that caused it. When a
standard SMBus command occurs,
the EC generates an SCI interrupt.
For any other General Purpose
Events (GPE), an SWI interrupt
occurs. GPE events can include
lid and dock events or power
button presses.
SWI interrupts have the ability to
wake-up the system if it is in
suspend. SCI interrupts cannot
do this.D
Power Management
The USAR ACPITrollerTM342
typically consumes less than 1 µA.
For further power savings, the
three PS/2 ports use USAR's
patented Zero-PowerTMPS/2
technology and the one SMBus
port uses USAR's patented ZeroPowerTMSMBus technology. The IC
can power down even when
devices are connected and active,
and wake up when needed without
data loss.