General Standards Corporation PCIe4-SIO8BX2 User Manual

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PCIe4-SIO8BX2

User’s Manual

EIGHT CHANNEL HIGH PERFORMANCE

SERIAL I/O PCIe CARD

FEATURING RS422/RS485/RS232 SOFTWARE CONFIGURABLE

TRANSCEIVERS

AND 32K BYTE FIFO BUFFERS (512K BYTE TOTAL)

RS-485 RS-422/V.11 RS-232/V.28

General Standards Corporation

8302A Whitesburg Drive

Huntsville, AL 35802

Phone: (256) 880-8787

Fax: (256) 880-8788

URL: www.generalstandards.com

E-mail: techsupport@generalstandards.com

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PREFACE

Revision History

1. Rev NR – Mar 2013 – Original rev from PMC66-SIO4BXR manual.

Additional copies of this manual or other General Standards Corporation literature may be obtained from:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EIGHT CHANNEL HIGH PERFORMANCE SERIAL I/O PCIe CARD ..................................................... I

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 1

1.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Z16C30 UNIVERSAL SERIAL CONTROLLER .................................................................................................... 2

1.2 DEEP TRANSMIT/RECEIVE FIFOS ................................................................................................................... 2

1.3 MULTIPROTOCOL TRANSCEIVERS ................................................................................................................... 3

1.4 PMC/PCI INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................................... 3

1.5 GENERAL PURPOSE IO ................................................................................................................................... 3

1.6 CONNECTOR INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................ 3

1.7 NEW FEATURES .............................................................................................................................................. 3

CHAPTER 2: LOCAL SPACE REGISTERS .......................................................................................................... 4

2.0 REGISTER MAP ............................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1 GSC FIRMWARE REGISTERS ........................................................................................................................... 4

2.1.1 FIRMWARE REVISION: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0000 .............................................................................................. 5

2.1.2 BOARD CONTROL: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0004 .................................................................................................... 6

2.1.3 BOARD STATUS: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0008........................................................................................................ 7

2.1.4 TIMESTAMP: LOCAL OFFSET 0X000C ............................................................................................................. 7

2.1.5 CHANNEL TX ALMOST FLAGS: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0010 / 0X0020 / 0X0030 / 0X0040 .................................... 7

2.1.6 CHANNEL RX ALMOST FLAGS: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0014 / 0X0024 / 0X0034 / 0X0044 .................................... 8

2.1.7 CHANNEL FIFO: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0018 / 0X0028 / 0X0038 / 0X0048 .......................................................... 8

2.1.8 CHANNEL CONTROL/STATUS: LOCAL OFFSET 0X001C / 0X002C / 0X003C / 0X004C .................................... 8

2.1.9 CHANNEL SYNC DETECT BYTE: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0050 / 0X0054 / 0X0058 / 0X005C .................................. 9

2.1.10 INTERRUPT REGISTERS ................................................................................................................................... 9

2.1.10.1 INTERRUPT CONTROL: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0060 .................................................................................... 10

2.1.10.2 INTERRUPT STATUS/CLEAR: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0064 ............................................................................ 10

2.1.10.3 INTERRUPT EDGE/LEVEL: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0068 ............................................................................... 11

2.1.10.4 INTERRUPT HI/LO: LOCAL OFFSET 0X006C .......................................................................................... 11

2.1.11 CHANNEL PIN SOURCE: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0080 / 0X0084 / 0X0088 / 0X008C ............................................ 11

2.1.12 CHANNEL PIN STATUS: LOCAL OFFSET 0X0090 / 0X0094 / 0X0098 / 0X009C ............................................. 14

2.1.13 PROGRAMMABLE CLOCK REGISTERS: LOCAL OFFSET 0X00A0 / 0X00A4 / 0X00A8 / 0XAC ....................... 15

2.1.14 FIFO COUNT REGISTER: LOCAL OFFSET 0X00D0 / 0X00D4 / 0X00D8 / 0X00DC ....................................... 15

2.1.15 FIFO SIZE REGISTER: LOCAL OFFSET 0X00E0 / 0X00E4 / 0X00E8 / 0X00EC ............................................. 15

2.1.16 FW TYPE ID REGISTER: LOCAL OFFSET 0X00F8 ......................................................................................... 15

2.1.17 FEATURES REGISTER: LOCAL OFFSET 0X00FC ............................................................................................ 16

2.2 UNIVERSAL SERIAL CONTROLLER REGISTERS ................................ .............................................................. 16

2.2.1 USC RESET .................................................................................................................................................. 16

2.2.2 8-BIT USC REGISTER ACCESS ...................................................................................................................... 17

2.2.3 USC DATA TRANSFER .................................................................................................................................. 17

2.2.4 USC REGISTER MEMORY MAP ..................................................................................................................... 18

CHAPTER 3: PROGRAMMING ........................................................................................................................... 19

3.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 19

3.1 RESETS ......................................................................................................................................................... 19

3.2 FIFOS........................................................................................................................................................... 19

3.2.1 FIFO FLAGS ................................ ................................................................................................ ................. 19

3.2.2 FIFO COUNTERS .......................................................................................................................................... 20

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3.2.3 FIFO SIZE .................................................................................................................................................... 20

3.3 BOARD VS. CHANNEL REGISTERS ................................................................................................................. 20

3.4 PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLATOR / PROGRAMMABLE CLOCKS ......................................................................... 21

3.5 CLOCK SETUP ............................................................................................................................................... 21

3.6 MULTIPROTOCOL TRANSCEIVER CONTROL .................................................................................................. 23

3.7 DCE/DTE MODE ......................................................................................................................................... 23

3.8 LOOPBACK MODES ....................................................................................................................................... 23

3.9 GENERAL PURPOSE IO ................................................................................................................................. 24

3.10 INTERRUPTS ................................................................................................................................................. 24

3.11 PCI DMA ..................................................................................................................................................... 24

CHAPTER 4: PCI INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................ 26

4.0 PCI INTERFACE REGISTERS .......................................................................................................................... 26

4.1 PCI REGISTERS ............................................................................................................................................. 26

4.1.1 PCI CONFIGURATION REGISTERS .................................................................................................................. 26

4.1.2 LOCAL CONFIGURATION REGISTERS ............................................................................................................. 27

4.1.3 RUNTIME REGISTERS .................................................................................................................................... 27

4.1.4 DMA REGISTERS .......................................................................................................................................... 27

4.1.4.1 DMA CHANNEL MODE REGISTER: (PCI 0X80 / 0X94) ................................................................................. 27

CHAPTER 5: HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................ 28

5.0 BOARD LAYOUT ........................................................................................................................................... 28

5.1 BOARD ID JUMPER J1 .................................................................................................................................. 28

5.2 TERMINATION RESISTORS ............................................................................................................................. 29

5.3 LEDS ........................................................................................................................................................... 29

5.4 INTERFACE CONNECTOR .............................................................................................................................. 30

CHAPTER 6: ORDERING OPTIONS ................................................................................................................... 32

6.0 ORDERING INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 32

6.1 INTERFACE CABLE ........................................................................................................................................ 32

6.2 DEVICE DRIVERS .......................................................................................................................................... 32

6.3 CUSTOM APPLICATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 32

APPENDIX A: PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLATOR PROGRAMMING ......................................................... 33

APPENDIX B: FIRMWARE REVISIONS / FEATURES REGISTER .............................................................. 36

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.0 General Description

The PCIe4-SIO8BX2 is an eight channel serial interface card which provides high speed, full-duplex, multi-protocol serial capability for PCIe applications. The PCIe4-SIO8BX2 combines multi-protocol Dual Universal Serial Controllers, deep external FIFOs, and software selectable multi-protocol transceivers to provide eight fully independent synchronous/asynchronous serial channels. These features, along with a high performance four lane PCIe interface engine, give the PCIe4-SIO8BX2 unsurpassed performance in a serial interface card.

The PCIe4-SIO8BX2 is board based on the SIO4BX product line from General Standards Corporation. In order to maintain software compatibility, the PCIe4-SIO8BX2 is implemented as two independent four channel SIO4BX cards. This manual applies to a each of the 4 channel cards.

Features:

 Four Lane PCI Express (PCIe4) Interface  Eight Independent RS422/RS485/RS232 Serial Channels  Serial Mode Protocols include Asynchronous, Monosync, Bisync, SDLC, HDLC, Nine-Bit,

and IEEE 802.3

 Synchronous Serial Data Rates up to 10Mbps  Asynchronous Serial Data Rates up to 1Mbps  Independent Transmit and Receive FIFOs for each Serial Channel – 32K byte each  Multi-protocol Transceivers support RS422/RS485 and RS232  Parity and CRC detection capability  Programmable Oscillators provide increased flexibility for Baud Rate Clock generation  Low Force Helix (LFH) type 160 pin front edge I/O Connector  Eight signals per channel, configurable as either DTE or DCE:

3 Serial Clocks (TxC,RxC,AuxC), 2 Serial Data signals (TxD,RxD), CTS, RTS, DCD

 Unused signals may be reconfigured as General Purpose IO  Fast RS422/RS485 Differential Cable Transceivers Provide Data Rates up to 10Mbps  RS232 Cable Transceivers Provide Data Rates up to 250kbps  Industry Standard Zilog Z16C30 Multi-Protocol Universal Serial Controllers (USC®)  Standard Cable to eight DB25 connectors and Custom Cables available  Available drivers include VxWorks, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP, Linux, and Labview  Industrial Temperature Option Available

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Functional Diagram:

66MHz

32 bit

PCI

Interface

Control

Logic

32kb

FIFO

Universal

Serial

Controller

32kb

FIFO

Prog Osc

DTE

DCE

Multi-protocol

Transceiver

Cable

Interface

LFH

160 pin

Chan 1-4

Receiver

Transmitter

PCIe4-PCI

Bridge

Control

Logic

32kb

FIFO

Universal

Serial

Controller

32kb

FIFO

Prog Osc

DTE

DCE

Multi-protocol

Transceiver

Chan 5-8

Receiver

Transmitter

PCIe Bus

66MHz

32 bit

PCI

Interface

Figure 1-1 Block Diagram of PCIe4-SIO8BX2

1.1 Z16C30 Universal Serial Controller

The PCIe4-SIO8BX2 is designed around the Z16C30 Universal Serial Controller( USC). The Z16C30 is a dual channel multi-protocol serial controller which may be software configured to satisfy a wide variety of serial communications applications. The USC supports most common asynchronous and synchronous serial protocols. The USC provides many advanced features, including:

 Completely independent transmitter and receiver operation  Odd/Even/Space/Mark parity  Two 16-bit or one 32-bit CRC polynomial  Eight Data Encoding methods – NRZ, NRZB, NRZI-Mark, NRZI-Space, Biphase-Mark, Biphase-Space,

Biphase-Level, and Differential Biphase-Level

1.2 Deep Transmit/Receive FIFOs

Data is transferred to/from the serial interface through Transmit and Receive FIFOs. Each of the four serial channels has an independent Transmit FIFO and a Receive FIFO for a total of eight separate on-board FIFOs. These FIFOs are always 32K bytes deep. FIFOs allow data transfer to continue to/from the IO interface independent of PCI interface transfers and software overhead. The required FIFO size may depend on several factors including data transfer size, required throughput rate, and the software overhead (which will also vary based on OS). Generally, faster baud rates (greater than 500kbps) will require deeper FIFOs. Deeper FIFOs help ensure no data is lost for critical systems.

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The SIO8BX2 provides access to complete FIFO status to optimize data transfers. In addition to Empty and Full indicators, each FIFO has a programmable Almost Empty Flag and a programmable Almost Full Flag. These FIFO flags may be used as interrupt sources to monitor FIFO fill levels. In addition, real-time FIFO counters showing the exact number of words in the FIFO are also provided for each FIFO. By utilizing these FIFO counters, data transfers can be optimized to efficiently send and receive data.

1.3 Multiprotocol Transceivers

The SIO8BX2 data is transferred over the user interface using high-speed multiprotocol transceivers. These multiprotocol transceivers are software selectable as RS422/RS485, or RS232 on a per channel basis. Each channel direction may also be configured as DTE or DCE configuration. This allows for either full duplex or half duplex configurations.

1.4 PMC/PCI Interface

The control interface to the SIO8BX2 is through the PMC/PCI interface. An industry standard PCI9056 bridge chip from PLX Technology is used to implement PCI Specification 2.2. The PCI9056 provides the 32bit, 66MHz (264MBit/sec) interface between the PCI bus and the Local 32 bit bus. It also provides for high-speed DMA transfers to efficiently move data to and from the board.

1.5 General Purpose IO

Since some signals may not be used in all applications, the SIO8BX2 provides the flexibility to remap unused signals to be used as general purpose IO. For example, this would allow support for an application requiring DTR/DSR signals to be implemented on an unused DCD or TxAuxC signals. This also allows signals from unused channels to be available as general purpose IO.

1.6 Connector Interface

The SIO8BX2 provides a user IO interface through a front-side card edge connector. All four serial channels interface through this high-density, 68 pin SCSI-3 type connector, and are grouped to simplify separating the cable into four distinct serial connectors.

Standard cables are available from General Standards in various lengths to adapt the single 68 pin SCSI-3 connector into four DB25 connectors (one per channel). A standard cable is also available with a single 68 pin SCSI-3 connector on one end and open on the other. This allows the user to add a custom connector (or connect to a terminal block). General Standards will also work with customers to fabricate custom cables. Consult factory for details on custom cables.

1.7 New Features

The PCIe4-SIO8BX2 has been enhanced with several new features. These include improved receive data status recording, timestamping of data, flexible FIFO memory allocation, sync/standard channel select, and channel reset.

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Local Address Range

Base Address Offset

0x0000 – 0x00FF

0x0000

GSC Firmware Registers

0x0100 – 0x013F

0x0100

Channel 1 USC Registers

0x0140 – 0x01FF Reserved

0x0200 – 0x023F

0x0200

Channel 2 USC Registers

0x0240 – 0x02FF Reserved

0x0300 – 0x033F

0x0300

Channel 3 USC Registers

0x0340 – 0x03FF Reserved

0x0400 – 0x043F

0x0400

Channel 4 USC Registers

Offset Address

Size

Access*

Default Value (Hex)

0x0000

D32

Read/Write

Firmware Revision

E50001XX

0x0004

D32

Read/Write

Board Control

00000000

0x0008

D32

Read Only

Board Status

000000XX

0x000C

D32

Read/Write

Timestamp

00000000

0x0010

D32

Read/Write

Ch 1 Tx Almost Full/Empty

00070007

0x0014

D32

Read/Write

Ch 1 Rx Almost Full/Empty

00070007

0x0018

D32

Read/Write

Ch l 1 Data FIFO

000000XX

0x001C

D32

Read/Write

Ch 1 Control/Status

0000CC00

0x0020

D32

Read/Write

Ch 2 Tx Almost Full/Empty

00070007

0x0024

D32

Read/Write

Ch 2 Rx Almost Full/Empty

00070007

0x0028

D32

Read/Write

Ch 2 FIFO

000000XX

0x002C

D32

Read/Write

Ch 2 Control/Status

0000CC00

0x0030

D32

Read/Write

Ch 3 Tx Almost Full/Empty

00070007

0x0034

D32

Read/Write

Ch 3 Rx Almost Full/Empty

00070007

0x0038

D32

Read/Write

Ch 3 Data FIFO

000000XX

CHAPTER 2: LOCAL SPACE REGISTERS

2.0 Register Map

The SIO8BX2 is accessed through three sets of registers – PCI Registers, USC Registers, and GSC Firmware Registers. The GSC Firmware Registers and USC Registers are referred to as Local Space Registers and are described below. The PCI registers are discussed in Chapter 3.

The Local Space Registers are divided into two distinct functional register blocks – the GSC Firmware Registers and the USC Registers. The GSC Firmware Registers perform the custom board control functions, while the USC Registers map the Zilog Z16C30 registers into local address space. The register block for each USC channel is accessed at a unique address range. The table below shows the address mapping for the local space registers.

The GSC Firmware Registers are detailed in Section 2.1. The USC Registers are briefly touched on in Section 2.2 of this manual, but are described in much greater detail in the Zilog Z16C30 Users Manuals.

2.1 GSC Firmware Registers

The GSC Firmware Registers provide the primary control/status for the SIO8BX2 board. The following table shows the GSC Firmware Registers.

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0x003C

D32

Read/Write

Ch 3 Control/Status

0000CC00

0x0040

D32

Read/Write

Ch 4 Tx Almost Full/Empty

00070007

0x0044

D32

Read/Write

Ch 4 Rx Almost Full/Empty

00070007

0x0048

D32

Read/Write

Ch 4 Data FIFO

000000XX

0x004C

D32

Read/Write

Ch 4 Control/Status

0000CC00

0x0050

D32

Read/Write

Ch 1 Sync Byte

00000000

0x0054

D32

Read/Write

Ch 2 Sync Byte

00000000

0x0058

D32

Read/Write

Ch 3 Sync Byte

00000000

0x005C

D32

Read/Write

Ch 4 Sync Byte

00000000

0x0060

D32

Read/Write

Interrupt Control

00000000

0x0064

D32

Read/Write

Interrupt Status

00000000

0x0068

D32

Read Only

Interrupt Edge/Level

FFFF7777

0x006C

D32

Read/Write

Interrupt High/Low

FFFFFFFF

0x0070-0x007C

---

RESERVED

--------

0x0080

D32

Read/Write

Ch 1Pin Source

00000020

0x0084

D32

Read/Write

Ch 2 Pin Source

00000020

0x0088

D32

Read/Write

Ch 3 Pin Source

00000020

0x008C

D32

Read/Write

Ch 4 Pin Source

00000020

0x0090

D32

Read Only

Ch 1Pin Status

000000XX

0x0094

D32

Read Only

Ch 2 Pin Status

000000XX

0x0098

D32

Read Only

Ch 3 Pin Status

000000XX

0x009C

D32

Read Only

Ch 4 Pin Status

000000XX

0x00A0

D32

Read/Write

Programmable Osc RAM Addr

00000000

0x00A4

D32

Read/Write

Programmable Osc RAM Data 1

00000000

0x00A8

D32

Read/Write

Programmable Osc Control/Status

00000000

0x00AC

D32

Read/Write

Programmable Osc RAM Data 2

00000000

0x00B0-0x00CC

---

RESERVED

--------

0x00D0

D32

Read Only

Ch1 FIFO Count

00000000

0x00D4

D32

Read Only

Ch2 FIFO Count

00000000

0x00D8

D32

Read Only

Ch3 FIFO Count

00000000

0x00DC

D32

Read Only

Ch4 FIFO Count

00000000

0x00E0

D32

Read Only

Ch1 FIFO Size

XXXXXXXX

0x00E4

D32

Read Only

Ch2 FIFO Size

XXXXXXXX

0x00E8

D32

Read Only

Ch3 FIFO Size

XXXXXXXX

0x00EC

D32

Read Only

Ch4 FIFO Size

XXXXXXXX

0x00F0-0x00F4

---

RESERVED

--------

0x00F8

D32

Read Only

FW Type Register

01010101

0x00FC

D32

Read Only

Features Register

00197AF4

2.1.1 Firmware Revision: Local Offset 0x0000

The Firmware ID register provides version information about the firmware on the board. This is useful for technical support to identify the firmware version. See Appendix B for more detailed information.

D31:16 HW Board Rev E500 = PCIE4-SIO8BX2 Rev NR

D15:8 Firmware Type ID 01 = SIO4B Standard

D7:0 Firmware Revision Firmware Version

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2.1.2 Board Control: Local Offset 0x0004

The Board Control Register defines the general control functions for the board.

D31 Board Reset

1 = Reset all Local Registers and FIFOs to their default values Notes: This bit will automatically clear to 0 following the board reset. Board Reset will NOT reset programmable oscillator.

Following a Board Reset, Reset-In-Progress bit (D31) of the Board Status Register will remain set until the Board reset is complete;

D30 RESERVED (Debug Test)

D29 FIFO Test (Debug Test)

0 = Normal Mode - FIFO Write to Tx FIFO / FIFO Read from Rx FIFO

1 = Test Mode - FIFO Write to Rx FIFO / FIFO Read from Tx FIFO

D28:27 FIFO Allocation (Unused)

D26 RESERVED

D25 LED D1/D6

1 = Turn on Red LED D1/D6

D24 LED D1/D6

1 = Turn on Green LED D1/D6

D23 Timestamp Clear

0 = timestamp counter is enabled

1 = reset timestamp count to zero

D22 Timestamp Source

0 = timestamp counter runs off internal 1us clock

D21:9 RESERVED

D8 Rx FIFO Stop on Full

1 = If Rx FIFO becomes full, stop receiving data (disable receiver).

D7 Demand Mode DMA Channel 1 Single Cycle Disable

D6:4 Demand Mode DMA Channel 1 Request

000 = Ch1 Rx

100 = Ch1 Tx

010 = Ch2 Rx

110 = Ch2 Tx

001 = Ch3 Rx

101 = Ch3 Tx

011 = Ch4 Rx

111 = Ch4 Tx

D3 Demand Mode DMA Channel 0 Single Cycle Disable

D2:0 Demand Mode DMA Channel 0 Request

000 = Ch1 Rx

100 = Ch1 Tx

010 = Ch2 Rx

110 = Ch2 Tx

001 = Ch3 Rx

101 = Ch3 Tx

011 = Ch4 Rx

111 = Ch4 Tx

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2.1.3 Board Status: Local Offset 0x0008

The Board Status Register gives general overall status for a board. The Board Jumpers (D1:D0) are physical jumpers which can be used to distinguish between boards if multiple SIO4 boards are present in a system.

D31:9 RESERVED

D8 0 = Standard

1 = Sync D7:D6 RESERVED D5:D4 FIFO Size

10 = 256K

D3:D0 Board Jumper (J1)

D3 Board ID4

0=J1:7-J1:8 jumper installed

D2 Board ID3

0=J1:5-J1:6 jumper installed

D1 Board ID2

0=J1:3-J1:4 jumper installed

D0 Board ID1

0=J1:1-J1:2 jumper installed

2.1.4 Timestamp: Local Offset 0x000C

The Timestamp is a new feature added with firmware rev 106. The timestamp will add a 24 bit timestamp value for each data value in the data stream. Timestamp is controlled

D31:24 RESERVED D23:0 Current timestamp value

2.1.5 Channel TX Almost Flags: Local Offset 0x0010 / 0x0020 / 0x0030 / 0x0040

The Tx Almost Flag Registers are used to set the Almost Full and Almost Empty Flags for the transmit FIFOs. The Almost Full/Empty Flags may be read as status bits in the Channel Control/Status Register, and are also edgetriggered interrupt sources to the Interrupt Register.

D31:16 TX Almost Full Flag Value

Number of words from FIFO Full when the Almost Full Flag will be asserted (i.e. FIFO contains {FIFO Size – Almost Full Value} words or more.)

D15:0 TX Almost Empty Flag Value

Number of words from FIFO Empty when the Almost Empty Flag will be asserted

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2.1.6 Channel RX Almost Flags: Local Offset 0x0014 / 0x0024 / 0x0034 / 0x0044

The Rx Almost Flag Registers are used to set the Almost Full and Almost Empty Flags for the transmit FIFOs. The Almost Full/Empty Flags may be read as status bits in the Channel Control/Status Register, and are also edgetriggered interrupt sources to the Interrupt Register.

D31:16 RX Almost Full Flag Value

Number of words from FIFO Full when the Almost Full Flag will be asserted (i.e. FIFO contains {FIFO Size – Almost Full Value} words or more.)

D15:0 RX Almost Empty Flag Value

Number of words from FIFO Empty when the Almost Empty Flag will be asserted

2.1.7 Channel FIFO: Local Offset 0x0018 / 0x0028 / 0x0038 / 0x0048

The Channel FIFO Register passes serial data to/from the serial controller. The same register is used to access both the Transmit FIFO (writes) and Receive FIFO (reads).

D31:8 RESERVED D7:0 Channel FIFO Data

2.1.8 Channel Control/Status: Local Offset 0x001C / 0x002C / 0x003C / 0x004C

The Channel Control/Status Register provides the reset functions and data transceiver enable controls, and the FIFO Flag status for each channel.

D31:24 RESERVED D23:20 LED Control

Each Channel controls 2 LEDs on the back of the PCB. See Section 5.3 for more detailed

information about the LEDs.

D19 RESERVED D18:8 Channel Status Bits

D18 Rx FIFO Underflow

D17 Tx FIFO Overflow (Latched)

D16 Rx FIFO Overflow (Latched)

1= Rx Data was lost due to Rx Overflow.

Note: This bit is latched. Write D16=1 to clear.

D15 Rx FIFO Full Flag Lo (0 = Rx FIFO Full)

D14 Rx FIFO Almost Full Flag Lo (0 = Rx FIFO Almost Full)

D13 Rx FIFO Almost Empty Flag Lo (0 = Rx FIFO Almost Empty)

D12 Rx FIFO Empty Flag Lo (0 = Rx FIFO Empty)

D11 Tx FIFO Full Flag Lo (0 = Tx FIFO Full)

D10 Tx FIFO Almost Full Flag Lo (0 = Tx FIFO Almost Full)

D9 Tx FIFO Almost Empty Flag Lo (0 = Tx FIFO Almost Empty)

D8 Tx FIFO Empty Flag Lo (0 = Tx FIFO Empty)

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IRQ #

Source

Default Level

Alternate Level

IRQ0

Channel 1 Sync Detected

Rising Edge

NONE

IRQ1

Channel 1 Tx FIFO Almost Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ2

Channel 1 Rx FIFO Almost Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ3

Channel 1 USC Interrupt

Level Hi

NONE

IRQ4

Channel 2 Sync Detected

Rising Edge

NONE

IRQ5

Channel 2 Tx FIFO Almost Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ6

Channel 2 Rx FIFO Almost Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ7

Channel 2 USC Interrupt

Level Hi

NONE

IRQ8

Channel 3 Sync Detected

Rising Edge

NONE

IRQ9

Channel 3 Tx FIFO Almost Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ10

Channel 3 Rx FIFO Almost Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ11

Channel 3 USC Interrupt

Level Hi

NONE

IRQ12

Channel 4 Sync Detected

Rising Edge

NONE

IRQ13

Channel 4 Tx FIFO Almost Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

D7:0 Channel Control Bits

1 = Reset USC ((Pulsed - will automatically clear to ‘0’)

Notes:  Following a USC Reset, the next access to the USC must be a write of 0x00 to Local

Offset 0x100 (Ch1/2) or Local Offset 0x300 (Ch3/4).

 Since two channels share each USC (Ch1 & Ch2, Ch3 & Ch4), resetting a USC will

affect both channel.

D6 1 = Reset Channel (Pulsed - will automatically clear to ‘0’)

D5:D4 RESERVED (FIFO Rx/Tx Allocation )

D3 Receive Status Word Enable

1 = Receive status word (RSR) is saved in data stream with every received data word.

D2 Timestamp Enable

1 = 24-bit timestamp word is saved in data stream with every received data word.

D1 1 = Reset Channel Rx FIFO (Pulsed - will automatically clear to ‘0’)

D0 1 = Reset Channel Tx FIFO (Pulsed - will automatically clear to ‘0’).

2.1.9 Channel Sync Detect Byte: Local Offset 0x0050 / 0x0054 / 0x0058 / 0x005C

The Sync Detect Byte allows an interrupt to be generated when the received data matches the Sync Detect Byte.

D31:8 RESERVED D7:0 Channel Sync Detect Byte

If the data being loaded into the Receive FIFO matches this data byte, an interrupt request (Channel Sync Detect IRQ) will be generated. The interrupt source must be enabled in the Interrupt Control Register in order for an interrupt to be generated.

2.1.10 Interrupt Registers

There are 32 on-board interrupt sources (in addition to USC interrupts and PLX interrupts) which may be individually enabled. Four interrupt registers control the on-board interrupts – Interrupt Control, Interrupt Status, Interrupt Edge/Level, and Interrupt Hi/Lo. The 32 Interrupt sources are:

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IRQ14

Channel 4 Rx FIFO Almost Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ15

Channel 4 USC Interrupt

Level Hi

NONE

IRQ16

Channel 1 Tx FIFO Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ17

Channel 1 Tx FIFO Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ18

Channel 1 Rx FIFO Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ19

Channel 1 Rx FIFO Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ20

Channel 2 Tx FIFO Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ21

Channel 2 Tx FIFO Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ22

Channel 2 Rx FIFO Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ23

Channel 2 Rx FIFO Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ24

Channel 3 Tx FIFO Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ25

Channel 3 Tx FIFO Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ26

Channel 3 Rx FIFO Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ27

Channel 3 Rx FIFO Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ28

Channel 4 Tx FIFO Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ29

Channel 4 Tx FIFO Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ30

Channel 4 Rx FIFO Empty

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

IRQ31

Channel 4 Rx FIFO Full

Rising Edge

Falling Edge

For all interrupt registers, the IRQ source (IRQ31:IRQ0) will correspond to the respective data bit (D31:D0) of each register. (D0 = IRQ0, D1 = IRQ1, etc.)

All FIFO interrupts are edge triggered active high. This means that an interrupt will be asserted (assuming it is enabled) when a FIFO Flag transitions from FALSE to TRUE (rising edge triggered) or TRUE to FALSE (falling edge). For example: If Tx FIFO Empty Interrupt is set for Rising Edge Triggered, the interrupt will occur when the FIFO transitions from NOT EMPTY to EMPTY. Likewise, if Tx FIFO Empty Interrupt is set as Falling Edge Triggered, the interrupt will occur when the FIFO transitions from EMPTY to NOT EMPTY.

All Interrupt Sources share a single interrupt request back to the PCI9056 PLX chip. Likewise, all USC interrupt sources share a single interrupt request back to the interrupt controller and must be further qualified in the USC.

2.1.10.1 Interrupt Control: Local Offset 0x0060

The Interrupt Control register individually enables each interrupt source. A ‘1’ enables each interrupt source; a ‘0’ disables. An interrupt source must be enabled for an interrupt to be generated.

2.1.10.2 Interrupt Status/Clear: Local Offset 0x0064

The Interrupt Status Register shows the status of each respective interrupt source. If an interrupt source is enabled in the Interrupt Control Register, a ‘1’ in the Interrupt Status Register indicates the respective interrupt has occurred. The interrupt source will remain latched until the interrupt is cleared, either by writing to the Interrupt Status/Clear Register with a ‘1’ in the respective interrupt bit position, or the interrupt is disabled in the Interrupt Control register. If an interrupt source is not asserted or the interrupt is not enabled, writing a ‘1’ to that bit in the Interrupt Status/Clear Register will have no effect on the interrupt.

If the interrupt source is a level triggered interrupt (USC interrupt), the interrupt status may still be ‘1’ even if the interrupt is disabled. This indicates the interrupt condition is true, regardless of whether the interrupt is enabled.

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Transceiver

Enable

Termination

Disable

Loopback

Enable

DCE/DTE

Mode

Transceiver Protocol Mode

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Int Lp

TxD

Source

Unused

DCD

Source

RTS

Source

USC_DCD

Direction

USC_CTS

Direction

TxC

Source

USC_RXC

Source

USC_TxC

Source

Likewise, if a level interrupt is enabled and the interrupt source is true, the interrupt status will be reasserted immediately after clearing the interrupt, and an additional interrupt will be requested.

2.1.10.3 Interrupt Edge/Level: Local Offset 0x0068

The Interrupt Edge Register is an information only (read only) register. This register can be used by a generic driver to determine if the interrupt source is edge or level triggered. Only the USC interrupts are level triggered. All other interrupt sources on the SIO8BX2 are edge triggered.

2.1.10.4 Interrupt Hi/Lo: Local Offset 0x006C

The Interrupt Edge Register is an information only register which denotes all interrupt sources as edge triggered. The Interrupt Hi/Lo Register defines each interrupt source as rising edge or falling edge. For example, a rising edge of the TX Empty source will generate an interrupt when the TX FIFO becomes empty. Defining the source as falling edge will trigger an interrupt when the TX FIFO becomes “NOT Empty”.

2.1.11 Channel Pin Source: Local Offset 0x0080 / 0x0084 / 0x0088 / 0x008C

The Channel Pin Source Register configures the Output source for the Clocks, Data, RTS, and DCD outputs.

Pin Source Register D31 Cable Transceiver Enable Setting this bit turns on the cable transceivers. If this bit is cleared, the transceivers are tristated.

D30 Termination Disable

For RS422/RS485, the receive signals (RxC, RxD, RxAuxC, CTS, and DCD) have built in termination at the transceivers. These internal terminations may be disabled to allow external terminations (or no terminations) to be used. Setting this bit will disable the internal transceiver termination resistors.

D29 External Loopback Mode When DCE/DTE Mode is enabled (Bit D31=1), this bit will automatically loopback the TxC/RxC,

TxD/RxD, and RTS/CTS signals at the cable (transceivers enabled). This allows the transceivers to be tested in a standalone mode.

Notes:

 The DCE/DTE mode will select the set of signals (DCE or DTE) to be looped back  Since the transceivers will be enabled in this mode, all external cables should be

disconnected to prevent interference from external sources.

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D27

D26

D25

D24

Transceiver Mode

0 0 0

RS-422 / RS-485

0 0 0

RESERVED

0 0 1

RS-232

0 0 1

RESERVED

0 1 X

RESERVED

1 X X

RESERVED

D21

D20

D19

TxD Source

0 0 X

USC_TxD

0 0 0

Output ‘0’

0 1 1

Output ‘1’

1 0 0

Differential Biphase Mark

1 0 1

Differential Biphase Space

1 1 0

Level

1 1 1

Differential Biphase Level

D18

D17

TxAuxC Source

Tristate

On-board Programmable Clock

Output ‘0’

Output ‘1’

D16

D15

Output Source

Notes

0 0 USC_DCD Output

USC_DCD field (D12:D11) must equal ‘11’

RTS Output

Rx FIFO Almost Full

‘0’

Drive low

‘1’

Drive Hi

D28 DCE/DTE Mode

When DCE/DTE Mode is enabled (Bit D31=1), this bit set the mode to DCE (1) or DTE (0). DCE/DTE mode changes the direction of the signals at the IO Connector.

D27:24 Transceiver Protocol Mode

D23 Internal Loopback Mode When DCE/DTE Mode is enabled (Bit D31=1), this bit will automatically loopback the TxC/RxC,

TxD/RxD, and RTS/CTS signals internal to the board.

D22 Reserved

D21:19 Cable TxD Output Control

Allows TxD output to be used as a general purpose output.

D18:17 Cable TxAuxC Output Control

Defines the Clock Source for the TxAuxC signal to the IO connector.

D16:15 Cable DCD Output Source

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D14:13 Cable RTS Output Source

D14

D13

Output Source

Notes

0 0 USC_CTS Output

USC_CTS field (D10:D9) must equal ‘11’

RTS Output

Rx FIFO Almost Full

‘0’

Drive low

‘1’

Drive Hi

D12

D11

DCD Buffer Direction

USC IOCR D13:D12 Setup

0 0 Buffer Disabled

XX (Don’t Care)

0 1 Input from IO Connector - DCD

0X (Input)

Reserved

XX (Don’t Care)

1 1 Output to IO Connector

1X (Output)

D10

CTS Buffer Direction

USC IOCR D15:D14 Setup

Tristate

XX (Don’t Care)

0 1 Input from IO Connector – CTS

0X (Input)

Reserved

XX (Don’t Care)

1 1 Output to IO Connector

1X (Output)

TxC Source

0 0 0

Prog Clock

0 0 1

Inverted Prog Clock

0 1 0

‘0’ (Drive Line Lo)

0 1 1

‘1’ (Drive Line Hi)

1 0 0

USC_TxC

1 0 1

USC_RxC

1 1 0

Cable RxC Input

1 1 1

Cable RxAuxC Input

D12:11 USC_DCD Direction Setup

 If DCD is used as GPIO, set this field to ‘00’ and set Pin Source Register

D16:D15 for output / Pin Status Register D3 for input.

 If set, the DCD direction must agree with the USC DCD setup (USC IOCR

D13:12) to ensure proper operation.

 If field set to ‘11’ (Output), DCD Source field (D16:15) must be set to ‘00’.

D10:9 USC_CTS Direction Setup

 If CTS is used as GPIO, set this field to ‘00’ and set Pin Source Register

D14:D13 for output / Pin Status Register D2 for input.

 If set, the CTS direction must agree with the USC CTS setup (USC IOCR

D15:14) to ensure proper operation.

 If field set to ‘11’ (Output), RTS Source field (D14:13) must be set to ‘00’.

D8:6 Cable TxC Source

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D5:3 USC_RxC Source

USC_RxC Source

USC IOCR D2:D0 Setup

0 0 0

Prog Clock

000 (Input)

0 0 1

Inverted Prog Clock

000 (Input)

0 1 0

‘0’

000 (Input)

0 1 1

‘1’

000 (Input)

1 0 0

Cable RxC Input

000 (Input)

1 0 1

Cable RxAuxC Input

000 (Input)

1 1 0

RESERVED

--------

1 1 1

Driven from USC

IOCR D2:D0 != 000 (Output)

USC_TxC Source

USC IOCR D5:D3 Setup

0 0 0

Prog Clock

000 (Input)

0 0 1

Inverted Prog Clock

000 (Input)

0 1 0

‘0’

000 (Input)

0 1 1

‘1’

000 (Input)

1 0 0

Cable RxC Input

000 (Input)

1 0 1

Cable RxAuxC Input

000 (Input)

1 1 0

RESERVED

--------

1 1 1

Driven from USC

IOCR D5:D3 != 000 (Output)

The clock source must agree with the USC Clock setup (USC I/O Control Reg D5:3) to ensure the signal is not being driven by both the USC and the FPGA.

D2:0 USC_TxC Source

Since this signal is bidirectional (it may be used as either an input or output to the USC), the clock source must agree with the USC Clock setup (USC IO Control Reg D2:0) to ensure the signal is not being driven by both the USC and the FPGA.

2.1.12 Channel Pin Status: Local Offset 0x0090 / 0x0094 / 0x0098 / 0x009C

Unused inputs may be utilized as general purpose input signals. The Channel Pin Status Register allows the input state of all the IO pins to be monitored. Output signals as well as inputs are included to aid in debug operation.

D31:D10 RESERVED D9 TxAuxC Output D8 RxAuxC Input D7 DCD Output D6 RTS Output D5 TxD Output D4 TxC Output D3 DCD Input D2 CTS Input D1 RxD Input D0 RxC Input

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2.1.13 Programmable Clock Registers: Local Offset 0x00A0 / 0x00A4 / 0x00A8 / 0xAC

The Programmable Clock Registers allow the user to program the on-board programmable oscillator and configure the channel clock post-dividers. As GSC should provide software routines to program the clock, the user should have no need to access these registers. See section 3.6 for more information.

2.1.14 FIFO Count Register: Local Offset 0x00D0 / 0x00D4 / 0x00D8 / 0x00DC

The FIFO Count Registers display the current number of words in each FIFO. This value, along with the FIFO Size Registers, may be used to determine the amount of data which can be safely transferred without over-running (or under-running) the FIFOs.

D31:16 Number of words in Rx FIFO D15:0 Number of words in Tx FIFO

2.1.15 FIFO Size Register: Local Offset 0x00E0 / 0x00E4 / 0x00E8 / 0x00EC

The FIFO Size Registers display the sizes of the installed data FIFOs. This value is calculated at power-up. This value, along with the FIFO Count Registers, may be used to determine the amount of data which can be safely transferred without over-running (or under-running) the FIFOs.

D31:16 Size of installed Rx FIFO D15:0 Size of installed Tx FIFO

2.1.16 FW Type ID Register: Local Offset 0x00F8

This register allows boards to be designed with different functionality on each channel. For example, a board could contain two Standard SIO channels (with Z16C30), and two Raw Synchronous channels. Each byte corresponds to a channel. This register is read only – it reflects the implemented logic.

D31:D24 Channel 4 FW Type – 01 = Standard D23:D16 Channel 3 FW Type – 01 = Standard D15:D8 Channel 2 FW Type – 01 = Standard D7:D0 Channel 1 FW Type – 01 = Standard

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2.1.17 Features Register: Local Offset 0x00FC

The Features Register allows software to account for added features in the firmware versions. Bits will be assigned as new features are added. See Appendix B for more details.

D31:21 RESERVED

D20 1 = No Rx Status byte (std only) D19:D18 10 = Internal Timestamp (std only) D17:D16 01 = FPGA Reprogram field D15:D14 01 = Configurable FIFO space D13 1 = FIFO Test Bit D12 1 = FW Type Reg

D11:8 Features Rev Level

OA = BX level

D7 1 = Demand Mode DMA Single Cycle Disable feature implemented D6 1 = Board Reset D5 1 = FIFO Counters/Size D4 1 D3:0 Programmable Clock Configuration

0x4 = Two CY22393 - 6 Oscillators

2.2 Universal Serial Controller Registers

The internal registers of the Zilog Z16C30 Universal Serial Controller (USC) are memory mapped into Local Address space. It is beyond the scope of this manual to provide comprehensive USC programming information. For detailed programming information, please refer to the Zilog High Speed Communication Controller Product Specifications Databook for the Z16C30 and the Zilog Z16C30USC User’s Manual. These manuals may be obtained directly from Zilog (www.zilog.com), or copies of these manuals may be downloaded from the General Standards website (www.generalstandards.com).

Some specific setup information may be needed for a driver to interface to the USC. Typically, the driver will handle the hardware specific characteristics and the end user will only need to be concerned with the driver interface

- the following hardware setup information may be safely ignored. If you aren’t sure if you need this information, you probably don’t.

2.2.1 USC Reset

The four serial channels are implemented in two Z16C30 Universal Serial Controllers – Channels 1 and 2 share one USC, and Channels 3 and 4 share the other. This implementation is important to realize since resetting a Z16C30 chip will have an effect on two serial channels. Since the USC chips are typically reset upon initialization, this means a “Reset USC” for Channel 1 will also “Reset USC” for Channel 2. In addition to making the second reset redundant and unnecessary, a Reset USC on one channel may inadvertently adversely affect normal operation on the second channel. Therefore, care must be exercised when resetting a USC (USC Reset bit in the Board Control Register), especially in multithreaded environments.

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Since the USC Reset physically resets the USC, the first access to the USC following the reset must reinitialize the BCR in the USC. To complete the Reset process, the user should write data 0x00 to USC base address offset 0x100 or 0x300 to correctly initialize the BCR. Following this initial byte write, the USC may be accessed normally.

Due to the ability for a USC Reset to affect two channels, it is recommended that a single USC Channel be Reset via the RTReset bit of the USC Channel Command/Address Register (CACR).

2.2.2 8-Bit USC Register Access

As the USC has a configurable bus interface, the USC must be set to match the 8-bit non-multiplex interface implementation of the SIO8BX2. This setup information must be programmed into the USC Bus Configuration Register (BCR) upon initial power up and following every hardware reset of the USC. The BCR is accessible only following a USC hardware reset – the first write to the USC following a USC Reset programs the BCR. Even though the Zilog manual states the BCR has no specific address, the driver must use the channel USC base address – 0x100 for Ch 1 & Ch 2, 0x300 for Ch 3 & Ch 4 – as the BCR address. Failure to do so may result in improper setup. Since the user interface to the USC is an 8 bit interface, the software only needs to set the lower byte to 0x00 (hardware implementation will program the upper byte of the BCR).

2.2.3 USC Data Transfer

Although the Z16C30 USC contains 32 byte internal FIFOs for data transfer, these are typically not used on the SIO8BX2. Since the SIO8BX2 has much deeper external FIFOs (or internal FPGA FIFOs), the internal USC FIFOs are setup to immediately transfer data to/from the external FIFOs. Immediate transfer of received data to the external FIFOs eliminates the possibility of data becoming “stuck” in the USC internal receive FIFOs, while bypassing the USC internal transmit FIFOs ensures better control of the transmit data.

In order to automatically transfer data to and from the external FIFOs, the USC should use DMA to request a data transfer whenever one byte is available in the USC internal FIFOs. This “DMA” should not be confused with the DMA of data from the SIO8BX2 external FIFOs to the PCI interface. To accomplish the USC-to-External FIFO DMA transfer, the TxReq/RxReq pins should be set as DMA Requests in the IOCR, and the TxAck/RxAck pins should be set as DMA Acknowledge inputs in the HCR. In addition, the Tx Request Level should be set to 0x1F (31) using TCSR/TICR and the Rx Request Level should be set to 0 using RCSR/RICR. See Z16C30 manual for further details on programming the DMA request levels.

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Channel Offset

Address

Access*

0x01 / 0x00

CCAR Hi / Lo

Channel Command / Address Register

0x03 / 0x02

CMR Hi / Lo

Channel Mode Register

0x05 / 0x04

CCSR Hi / Lo

Channel Command / Status Register

0x07 / 0x06

CCR Hi / Lo

Channel Control Register

0x11 / 0x10

CMCR Hi / Lo

Clock Mode Control Register

0x13 / 0x12

HCR Hi / Lo

Hardware Configuration Register

0x17 / 0x16

IOCR Hi/Lo

I/O Control Register

0x19 / 0x18

ICR Hi / Lo

Interrupt Control Register

0x1B / 0x1A

DCCR Hi / Lo

Daisy Chain Control Register

0x1D / 0x1C

MISR Hi / Lo

Miscellaneous Interrupt Status Register

0x1F / 0x1E

SICR Hi / Lo

Status Interrupt Control Register

0x20

RDR

Receive Data Register

0x23 / 0x22

RMR

Receive Mode Register

0x25 / 0x24

RCSR Hi / Lo

Receive Command / Status Register

0x27 / 0x26

RICR Hi / Lo

Receive Interrupt Control Register

0x29 / 0x28

RSR Hi / Lo

Receive Sync Register

0x2B / 0x2A

RCLR Hi / Lo

Receive Count Limit Register

0x2D / 0x2C

RCCR Hi / Lo

Receive Character Count Register

0x2F / 0x2E

TC0R

Time Constant 0 Register

0x30

TDR

Transmit Data Register

0x33 / 0x32

RMR

Transmit Mode Register

0x35 / 0x34

TCSR Hi / Lo

Transmit Command / Status Register

0x37 / 0x36

TICR Hi / Lo

Transmit Interrupt Control Register

0x39 / 0x38

TSR Hi / Lo

Transmit Sync Register

0x3B / 0x3A

TCLR Hi / Lo

Transmit Count Limit Register

0x3D / 0x3C

TCCR Hi / Lo

Transmit Character Count Register

0x3F / 0x3E

TC1R

Time Constant 1 Register

2.2.4 USC Register Memory Map

To access the USC in 8-bit mode, the driver is required to access the upper and lower bytes of each register independently. The odd address byte will access the upper byte of each register (D15-D8), and the even address byte will access the lower byte (D7-D0). Each USC register must be accessed independently as a byte access– the software cannot perform word or long word accesses to the USC registers.

The USC register map is provided below. The Channel Offset Address depicted is from the Channel Base Address – (Ch 1 Base Address = 0x100, Ch 2 Base Address = 0x200, Ch 3 Base Address = 0x300, Ch 4 Base Address = 0x400). For further programming details, please refer to the Zilog Z16C30 data books.

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CHAPTER 3: PROGRAMMING

3.0 Introduction

This section addresses common programming questions when developing an application for the SIO8BX2. General Standards has developed software libraries to simplify application development. These libraries handle many of the low-level issues described below, including Resets, FIFO programming, and DMA. These libraries may default the board to a “standard” configuration (one used by most applications), but still provide low-level access so applications may be customized. The following sections describe the hardware setup in detail for common programming issues.

3.1 Resets

Each serial channel provides control for four unique reset sources: a USC Reset, a Channel Reset, a Transmit FIFO Reset, and a Receive FIFO Reset. All resets are controlled from the GSC Channel Control/Status Registers. In addition, a Board Reset has been implemented in the Board Control Register. This board reset will reset all local registers to their default state as well as reset all FIFOs and USCs (all channels will be reset).

It is important to realize that since each Zilog Z16C30 chip contains two serial channels, a USC Reset to either channel will reset the entire chip (both channels affected). Due to the limitation of a USC Reset to affecting two channels, it is recommended that a single USC Channel be Reset via the RTReset bit of the USC Channel Command/Address Register (CCAR), as well as the Channel Reset.

The FIFO resets allow each individual FIFO (Tx and Rx) to be reset independently. Setting the FIFO reset bit will clear the FIFO immediately.

3.2 FIFOs

Deep transmit and receive FIFOs are the key to providing four high speed serial channels without losing data. Several features have been implemented to help in managing the on-board FIFOs. These include FIFO flags (Empty, Full, Almost Empty and Almost Full) presented as both real-time status bits and interrupt sources, and individual FIFO counters to determine the exact FIFO fill level. DMA of data to/from the FIFOs provides for fast and efficient data transfers.

A single memory address is used to access both transmit and receive FIFOs for each channel. Data written to this memory location will be written to the transmit FIFO, and data read from this location retrieves data from the receive FIFO. Individual resets for the FIFOs are also provided in the Channel Control/Status Register.

3.2.1 FIFO Flags

Four FIFO flags are present from each on-board FIFO: FIFO Empty, FIFO Full, FIFO Almost Empty, and FIFO Almost Full. These flags may be checked at any time from the Channel Control/Status Register. Note these flags are presented as active low signals (‘0’ signifies condition is true). The Empty and Full flags are asserted when the FIFO is empty or full, respectively. The Almost Empty and Almost Full flags are software programmable such that they may be asserted at any desired fill level. This may be useful in determining when a data transfer is complete or to provide an indicator that the FIFO is in danger of overflowing and needs immediate service.

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The Almost Flag value represents the number of bytes from each respective “end” of the FIFO. The Almost Empty value represents the number of bytes from empty, and the Almost Full value represents the number of bytes from full

(NOT the number of bytes from empty). For example, the default value of “0x0007 0007” in the FIFO Almost

Register means that the Almost Empty Flag will indicate when the FIFO holds 7 bytes or fewer. It will transition as the 8th byte is read or written. In this example, the Almost Full Flag will indicate that the FIFO contains (FIFO Size – 7) bytes or more. For the standard 32Kbyte FIFO, an Almost Full value of 7 will cause the Almost Full flag to be asserted when the FIFO contains 32761 (32k – 7) or more bytes of data .

The values placed in the FIFO Almost Registers take effect immediately, but should be set while the FIFO is empty (or the FIFO should be reset following the change). Note that this is a little different than the method for FIFO Flag programming which has previously been implemented on SIO4 boards. No FIFO programming delay is necessary.

3.2.2 FIFO Counters

The FIFO Size and FIFO count registers can be used to determine the exact amount of data in a FIFO as well as the amount of free space remaining in a FIFO. The size of each FIFO is auto-detected following a board reset. Realtime FIFO counters report the exact number of data words currently in each FIFO. By utilizing this information, the user can determine the exact amount of data which can safely be transferred to the transmit FIFOs or transferred from the receive FIFO. This information should help streamline data transfers by eliminating the need to continuously check empty and full flags, yet still allow larger data blocks to be transferred.

3.2.3 FIFO Size

Unlike previous SIO4 boards which had ordering options for different FIFO sizes, the PCIe-SIO4BX2 always uses 32k byte deep FIFOs.

3.3 Board vs. Channel Registers

Since four serial channels are implemented on a single board, some registers apply to the entire board, while others are unique to each channel. It is intended that each channel can act independently, but the user must keep in mind that certain accesses will affect the entire board. Typically, the driver will adequately handle keeping board and channel interfaces separate. However, the user must also be mindful that direct access to certain registers will affect the entire board, not just a specific channel.

The Board Control and Board Status registers provide board level controls. Fundamentally, a board reset will do just that, reset all the GSC registers and FIFOs to their default state. Interrupt control is also shared among all registers, although local bits are segregated by channel. The device driver should take care of appropriately handling the inter-mixed channel interrupts and pass them on to the application appropriately.

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3.4 Programmable Oscillator / Programmable Clocks

Two On-Board Programmable Oscillator provides each channel with a unique programmable clock source using Cypress Semiconductor CY22393 Programmable Clock generators. In order to program the oscillator, it is necessary to calculate and program values for different clock frequencies. General Standards has developed routines to calculate the necessary values for a given setup and program the clock generator. As these routines are written in C on a windows based PC, they may need to be ported for user specific applications. Contact GSC for help in porting these routines.

The default clock configuration at power-up for the programmable clock on all channels is 20MHz.

See Appendix A for more detailed information concerning programming the on-board clock frequencies.

3.5 Clock Setup

Figure 3-1 shows the relationship of the various clock sources on the SIO8BX2 board. These clock sources can be most simply viewed in three sections: On-Board Programmable Clocks, IO Connector Clocks, and USC Clocks.

The Programmable Clocks consist of a one on-board programmable PLL (with postdivider) per channel. This allows each channel to have a unique programmable clock (ProgClk).

The IO Connector Clocks consist of a Receive Clock (RxC), a Transmit Clock (TxC), and a bidirectional Auxillary Clock (AuxC) for each channel. RxC is always an input and may be used as a clock source for either TxC or the USC Clocks. The Auxiliary clock may be set as an input (RxAuxC) or output (TxAuxC).

TxC is always an output. It may be generated from ProgClk, inverted ProgClk, RxC, RxAuxC , either of the USC clocks (USC_TxC or USC_RxC), or forced hi or low (for software control). The TxC Source is controlled by bits D8-D6 of the Pin Source Register.

The USC Clocks (USC RxC and USC TxC) are bidirectional signals. Even though the names of these clocks seem to imply a receive clock and a transmit clock, both clocks are fully programmable and identical in function – either clock may be used for transmit or receive. The USC clocks may be sourced from either the USC or the FPGA (via the Pin Source register). The user must be careful to ensure that both the USC and Pin Source Register are setup to agree. If a USC clock is set as an output in the USC, it should be programmed as an input in the Pin Source register. Likewise, if a USC clock source is driven from the Pin Source register, the user should program the pin as an input to the USC.

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On-Board

Programmable

Oscillator

ProgClk

TxC Source

Pin Source Reg

D8:D6

Connector

TxC

RxCRxC

USC TxC

Source

Pin Source Reg

D2:D0

USC RxC

Source

Pin Source Reg

D5:D3

RxC

FPGA CLOCK CONTROL

USC TxC

USC RxC

USC TxC

USC RxC

RxAuxC

USC

RxAuxC /

TxAuxC

TxAuxC Source

Pin Source Reg

D18:D17

ProgClk

TxAuxC

Figure 3-1 – Clock Configuration

The programmable clocks on the SIO8BX2 provide flexibility to handle almost any clock configuration scenario. However, this flexibility can also complicate the clock setup, especially for simple setups. The following guidelines are typical asynchronous and synchronous setups which should work for most setups.

In asynchronous mode, the clock does not need to be transmitted with the data. Therefore, the USC Clock pins will be used for the input baud rate clock. Since the RxC and TxC pins have identical functions, the RxC and TxC pins may be used interchangeably. The async baud rate clock will be 16x / 32x / or 64x the actual baud rate due to the async oversampling. This oversample rate is set in the USC Channel Mode Register when async mode is selected. The simplest method will be to program the channel programmable clock to be 16/32/64 times the desired baudrate and use this clock as the source for the TxC/RxC pin. Section 2.1.11 describes how to program the Pin Source Register to set TxC / RxC = Programmable Clock. The USC should be programmed such that TxC / RxC is an input (in the USC I/O Control Register), and the USC baudrate generator will be bypassed completely. If both Rx and Tx are operating at the same baud rate, the same USC clock pin can be used for both the transmit and receive clocks.

For synchronous modes, the clock is transmitted and received on the cable along with the data. This can present a problem since the USC only has two clock pins. Since one clock is necessary for receive clock and the other is necessary for the transmit clock, there is no clock pin available for an input to the USC baud rate generators. The on-board programmable clocks provide a solution for this situation. By using the programmable oscillator and the programmable clock post-divider, the on-board programmable clock can usually be set directly to the desired transmit baud rate. The USC TxC pin and the Cable TxC are both set equal to the Programmable Clock in the Pin Source Register. The USC RxC pin is used for the receive clock from the cable interface, so it will be set to the

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Mode

TxC

RxC

AuxC

TxD

RxD

RTS

CTS

DCD

RS-422/RS-485

RS-422

RS-232

Signal

DTE

DCE

TxC

TxC Out

RxC In

RxC

RxC In

TxC Out

TxD

TxD Out

RxD In

RxD

RxD In

TxD Out

RTS

RTS Out

CTS In

CTS

CTS In

RTS Out

DCD

Direction controlled by Pin Source Reg D16:15

AuxC

Direction controlled by Pin Source Reg D18:17

cable RxC in the Pin Source Register. Since the FPGA will source both USC clocks, they must be programmed as inputs in the USC I/O Control Register.

The preceding suggestions should work for most applications. The default Pin Source Register value should set the clocks to work with both scenarios – USC TxC pin = Programmable Clock, USC RxC Pin = Cable RxC, Cable TxC = Programmable Clock. (For async, use USC TxC is input clock).

3.6 Multiprotocol Transceiver Control

The SIO8BX2 has multiprotocol transceivers which allow RS422/RS485 and RS232 modes. The mode is set by the Protocol Mode field in the Pin Source Register.

3.7 DCE/DTE Mode

As all signals are bidirectional, the DCE or DTE mode will set the direction for each signal. For the transceivers to be configured as either DTE or DCE, set the DCE/DTE Enable bit in the Pin Source register (D31). The following table gives the input/output configuration for each signal: The DCD and AuxC direction is set in the Pin Source register fields, independent of DCE/DTE mode.

3.8 Loopback Modes

For normal operation, the Cable Transceiver Enable bit of the Pin Source Register will turn on the cable transceivers, and the DTE/DCE Mode bit will set the transceiver direction. These bits must be set before any data is transmitted over the user interface.

Additionally, there are several ways to loopback data to aid in debug operations. Data may be physically looped back externally by connecting one channel to another. For DB25 cable applications, this simple loopback method will require a gender changer to connect one channel to another. One channel will be set to DTE mode, the other to DCE mode. Data sent from one channel will be received on the other.

An External Loopback mode (External Loopback bit set in the Pin Source Register) is also provided to loop back data on the same channel without requiring any external cabling. In this mode, the DTE/DCE mode will control the

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location for the transmit signals (TxC, TXD, RTS), and the receive signals will use these same signals as the receive inputs. Since signals are transmitted and received through the transceivers, this mode allows the setup to be verified (including signal polarity) without any external connections. Since external signals could interfere with loopback operation, all cables should be disconnected when running in external loopback mode.

An Internal Loopback Mode is also provided which loops back on the same channel internal to the board. This provides a loopback method which does not depend on DTE/DCE mode or signal polarity. This can remove cable transceiver and signal setup issues to aid in debugging.. If the Cable Transceivers are enabled, the transmit data will still appear on the appropriate transmit pins (based on DTE/DCE Mode setting). The Pin Status register will not reflect internally looped back signals, only signals to/from the transceivers.

3.9 General Purpose IO

Unused signals at the cable may be used for general purpose IO. The Pin Source and Pin Status Registers provide for simple IO control of all the cable interface signals. For outputs, the output value is set using the appropriate field in the Pin Source Register. All inputs can be read via the Pin Status register.

3.10 Interrupts

The SIO8BX2 has a number of interrupt sources which are passed to the host CPU via the PCI Interrupt A. Since

there is only one physical interrupt source, the interrupts pass through a number of “levels” to get multiplexed onto

this single interrupt. The interrupt originates in the PCI9056 PCI Bridge, which combines the internal PLX interrupt sources (DMA) with the local space interrupt. The driver will typically take care of setting up and handling the PCI9056 interrupts. The single Local Interrupt is made up of the interrupt sources described in Section 2.1.10. In addition, the Zilog USC contains a number of interrupt sources which are combined into a single Local Interrupt. The user should be aware that interrupts must be enabled at each level for an interrupt to occur. For example, if a USC interrupt is used, it must be setup and enabled in the USC, enabled in the GSC Firmware Interrupt Control Register, and enabled in the PCI9056. In addition, the interrupt must be acknowledged and/or cleared at each level following the interrupt.

3.11 PCI DMA

The PCI DMA functionality allows data to be transferred between host memory and the SIO4BXR onboard FIFOs with the least amount of CPU overhead. The PCI9056 bridge chip handles all PCI DMA functions, and the device driver should handle the details of the DMA transfer. (Note: DMA refers to the transfer of Data from the on-board FIFOs over the PCI bus. This should not be confused with the DMA mode of the USC – transfer of data between the USC and the on-board FIFOs. This On-Board DMA is setup by the driver and should always be enabled).

There are two PCI DMA modes – Demand Mode DMA and Non-Demand Mode DMA. Demand Mode DMA refers to data being transferred on demand. For receive, this means data will be transferred as soon as it is received into the FIFO. Likewise, for transmit, data will be transferred to the FIFOs as long as the FIFO is not full. The disadvantage to Demand Mode DMA is that the DMA transfers are dependent on the user data interface. If the user data transfer is incomplete , the Demand mode DMA transfer will also stop. If a timeout occurs, there is no way to determine the exact amount of data transferred before it was aborted.

Non-Demand Mode DMA does not check the FIFO empty/full flags before or during the data transfer – it simply assumes there is enough available FIFO space to complete the transfer. If the transfer size is larger than the available

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data, the transfer will complete with invalid results. This is the preferred mode for DMA operation. The FIFO Counters may be used to determine how much space is available for DMA so that the FIFO will never over/under run. Demand Mode DMA requires less software control, but runs the risk of losing data due to an incomplete transfer. The GSC library uses this method (Non-Demand DMA and checking the FIFO counters) as the standard transfer method.

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CHAPTER 4: PCI INTERFACE

4.0 PCI Interface Registers

The PMC/PCI interface is handled by a PCI9056 I/O Accelerator from PLX Technology. The PCI interface is compliant with the 5V, 66MHz 32-bit PCI Specification 2.2. The PCI9056 provides dual DMA controllers for fast data transfers to and from the on-board FIFOs. Fast DMA burst accesses provide for a maximum burst throughput of 264MB/s to the PCI interface. To reduce CPU overhead during DMA transfers, the controller also implements Chained (Scatter/Gather) DMA, as well as Demand Mode DMA.

Since many features of the PCI9056 are not utilized in this design, it is beyond the scope of this document to duplicate the PCI9056 User’s Manual. Only those features, which will clarify areas specific to the PCIe4-SIO8BX2 are detailed here. Please refer to the PCI9056 User’s Manual (See Related Publications) for more detailed information. Note that the BIOS configuration and software driver will handle most of the PCI9056 interface. Unless the user is writing a device driver, the details of this PCI Interface Chapter may be skipped.

4.1 PCI Registers

The PLX 9056 contains many registers, many of which have no effect on the SIO8BX2 performance. The following section attempts to filter the information from the PCI9056 manual to provide the necessary information for a SIO8BX2 specific driver.

The SIO8BX2 uses an on-board serial EEPROM to initialize many of the PCI9056 registers after a PCI Reset. This allows board specific information to be preconfigured correctly.

4.1.1 PCI Configuration Registers

The PCI Configuration Registers allow the PCI controller to identify and control the cards in a system.

PCI device identification is provided by the Vendor ID/Device ID (Addr 0x0000) and Sub-Vendor ID/Sub-Device ID Registers (0x002C). The following definitions are unique to the General Standards SIO8BX2 boards. All drivers should verify the ID/Sub-ID information before attaching to this card. These values are fixed via the Serial EEPROM load following a PCI Reset, and cannot be changed by software.

Vendor ID 0x10B5 PLX Technology Device ID 0x9056 PCI9056 Sub-Vendor ID 0x10B5 PLX Technology Sub-Device ID 0x3198 GSC SIO4BXR

The configuration registers also setup the PCI IO and Memory mapping for the SIO8BX2. The PCI9056 is setup to use PCIBAR0 and PCIBAR1 to map the internal PLX registers into PCI Memory and IO space respectively. PCIBAR2 will map the Local Space Registers into PCI memory space, and PCIBAR3 is unused. Typically, the OS will configure the PCI configuration space.

For further information of the PCI configuration registers, please consult the PLX Technology PCI9056 Manual.

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Bit

Description

Value

Notes

D1:0

Local Bus Width

11 = 32 bit 00 = 8 bit

Although the serial FIFOs only contain 8 bits of data, the register access is still a 32bit access. It is

possible to “pack” the data by setting the Local

Bus Width to 8, but this is only guaranteed to work with Non-Demand Mode DMA

D5:2

Internal Wait States

0000 = Unused

Ready Input Enable

1 = Enabled

Bterm# Input Enabled

0 = Unused

Local Burst Enable

1 = Supported

Bursting allows fast back-to-back accesses to the FIFOs to speed throughput

Chaining Enable (Scatter Gather DMA)

DMA source addr, destination addr, and byte count are loaded from memory in PCI Space.

D10

Done Interrupt Enable

DMA Done Interrupt

D11

Local Addressing Mode

1 = No Increment

DMA to/from FIFOs only

D12

Demand Mode Enable

Demand Mode DMA is supported for FIFO accesses on the SIO4BXR. (See Section 3.3)

D13

Write & Invalidate Mode

D14

DMA EOT Enable

0 = Unused

D15

DMA Stop Data Transfer Enable

0 = BLAST terminates DMA

D16

DMA Clear Count Mode

0 = Unused

D17

DMA Channel Interrupt Select

D31:18

Reserved

4.1.2 Local Configuration Registers

The Local Configuration registers give information on the Local side implementation. These include the required memory size. The SIO8BX2 memory size is initialized to 4k bytes. All other Local Registers initialize to the default values described in the PCI9056 Manual.

4.1.3 Runtime Registers

The Runtime registers consist of mailbox registers, doorbell registers, and a general-purpose control register. The mailbox and doorbell registers are not used and serve no purpose on the SIO8BX2. All other Runtime Registers initialize to the default values described in the PCI9056 Manual.

4.1.4 DMA Registers

The Local DMA registers are used to setup the DMA transfers to and from the on-board FIFOs. DMA is supported only to the four FIFO locations. The SIO8BX2 supports both Demand (DREQ# controlled) and NonDemand mode DMA. Both Channel 0 and Channel 1 DMA are supported.

4.1.4.1 DMA Channel Mode Register: (PCI 0x80 / 0x94)

The DMA Channel Mode register must be setup to match the hardware implementation.

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USC

P 2

D2D1

RP1

USC

PCIe

Bridge

PCI Bridge PCI Bridge

FPGA

RP2

RP4 RP6

RP8

RP9

RP10 RP12

RP14

RP15

RP16 RP18

RP20

RP21

RP22 RP23

D4D3

D13D12

D7D6 D9D8

D11

D5 D10

J1 Jumper

Description

Notes

1 - 2

Board ID 1

Board ID 1 in Board Status Register (D0)

3 - 4

Board ID 2

Board ID 2 in Board Status Register (D1)

5 - 6

Board ID 3

Board ID 3 in Board Status Register (D2)

7 - 8

Board ID 4

Board ID 4 in Board Status Register (D3)

CHAPTER 5: HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

5.0 Board Layout

The following figure is a drawing of the physical components of the PCIe4-SIO8BX2:

Figure 5-1: Board Layout – Top

5.1 Board ID Jumper J1

Jumper J1 allows the user to set the Board ID in the GSC Board Status Register (See Section 2.1.3). This is useful to uniquely identify a board if more than one SIO8BX2 card is in a system. When the Board ID jumper is installed, it

will read ‘1’ in the Board Status Register. The Board Status Register bit will report ‘0’ when the jumper is removed.

Refer to Figure 5-1 for Jumper J1 location.

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5.2 Termination Resistors

The PCIE4-SIO8BX2 transceivers have built in termination resistors for RS-422 mode. The built in RS-422 termination is a 120 Ohm parallel termination only on the high speed receiver signals – RxC, RxD, RxAuxC, and DCD. If desired, the internal termination resistors may be disabled by setting bit D30 in the Pin Source Register.

The board is designed with socketed external parallel termination (if a different value than the internal termination is required). The external termination resistors are 8 pin SIPs. There are 16 termination SIPs – RP1, RP2, RP4, RP6, RP8, RP9, RP10, RP12, RP14, RP15, RP16, RP18, RP20, RP21, RP22, and RP23. The external parallel resistors are for RS422/RS485 termination only. Refer to Figure 5-1 for resistor pack locations.

Please contact quotes@generalstandards.com if a different termination value is required.

5.3 LEDs

Ten green LEDs (D1-D10) are accessible via software, five to each 4 channel board Refer to Figure 5-2 for these LED locations.

LED D1/D6 is controlled from the Board Control Register. LED D1 /D6 Red is controlled by D25, and LED D1/D6 Green is controlled D24.

The remaining 4 LEDs are controlled from D23:D20 of the four Channel Control Registers. Each Channel Control Register controls 1 LED. If D23:D22="10", the Red LED will turn off. Likewise, if D23:D22="11", the Red LED will turn on. D21:D20 controls the Green LED in the pair.

LED_D2/D7 is controlled by Ch 4

LED_D3/D8 is controlled by Ch 3 LED_D4/D9 is controlled by Ch 2 LED_D5/D10 is controlled by Ch 1

Additionally, if all the LED controls are set to 0 in all four of the Channel Control Registers (power up default), the LEDs will display the lower 4 bits of the firmware revision in Green LED_D2/D7 to LED_D5/D10.

The remaining 2 LEDs (D12/D13) display the firmware status. Both LEDs should flash at power up or after a PCIe reset, then will turn off. These LEDs should be off during normal operation.

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Pin 1

Pin 160

Pin 40

Pin 68

Pin 121

Pin 80

Pin 81

Pin 120

Pin 41

RS422/RS485

RS232

RS422/RS485

RS232

DTE

DCE

DTE

DCE

DTE

DCE

DTE

DCE

TXC1+

RXC1+

Unused (Hi)

TXD1+

RXD1+

Unused (Hi)

TXC1-

RXC1-

TXC1

RXC1

TXD1-

RXD1-

TXD1

RXD1

RXC1+

TXC1+

Unused (Hi)

RXD1+

TXD1+

Unused (Hi)

RXC1-

TXC1-

RXC1

TXC1

RXD1-

TXD1-

RXD1

TXD1 5 AUXC1+

Unused (Hi)

DCD1+

Unused (Hi)

AUXC1-

AUXC1

DCD1-

DCD1

Unused

CTS1+

RTS1+

Unused (Hi)

Unused

CTS1-

RTS1-

CTS1

RTS1

RTS1+

CTS1+

Unused (Hi)

SGND1

RTS1-

CTS1-

RTS1

CTS1

Unused

TXC2+

RXC2+

Unused (Hi)

Unused

TXC2-

RXC2 -

TXC2

RXC2

SGND2

RXC2+

TXC2+

Unused (Hi)

TXD2+

RXD2+

Unused (Hi)

RXC2 -

TXC2-

RXC2

TXC2

TXD2-

RXD2-

TXD2

RXD2

AUXC2+

Unused (Hi)

RXD2+

TXD2+

Unused (Hi)

AUXC2-

AUXC2

RXD2-

TXD2-

RXD2

TXD2

Unused

DCD2+

Unused (Hi)

Unused

DCD2-

DCD2

RTS2+

CTS2+

Unused (Hi)

CTS2+

RTS2+

Unused (Hi)

RTS2-

CTS2-

RTS2

CTS2

CTS2-

RTS2-

CTS2

RTS2

TXC5+

RXC5+

Unused (Hi)

TXD5+

RXD5+

Unused (Hi)

TXC5-

RXC5-

TXC5

RXC5

TXD5-

RXD5-

TXD5

RXD5

RXC5+

TXC5+

Unused (Hi)

RXD5+

TXD5+

Unused (Hi)

RXC5-

TXC5-

RXC5

TXC5

RXD5-

TXD5-

RXD5

TXD5

AUXC5+

Unused (Hi)

DCD5+

Unused (Hi)

AUXC5-

AUXC5

DCD5-

DCD5

Unused

CTS5+

RTS5+

Unused (Hi)

Unused

CTS5-

RTS5-

CTS5

RTS5

RTS5+

CTS5+

Unused (Hi)

SGND5

RTS5-

CTS5-

RTS5

CTS5

Unused

TXC6+

RXC6+

Unused (Hi)

Unused

TXC6-

RXC6-

TXC6

RXC6

SGND6

RXC6+

TXC6+

Unused (Hi)

TXD6+

RXD6+

Unused (Hi)

RXC6-

TXC6-

RXC6

TXC6

TXD6-

RXD6-

TXD6

RXD6

AUXC6+

Unused (Hi)

RXD6+

TXD6+

Unused (Hi)

AUXC6-

AUXC6

RXD6-

TXD6-

RXD6

TXD6

Unused

DCD6+

Unused (Hi)

Unused

DCD6-

DCD6

RTS6+

CTS6+

Unused (Hi)

CTS6+

RTS6+

Unused (Hi)

RTS6-

CTS6-

RTS6

CTS6

CTS6-

RTS6-

CTS6

RTS6

5.4 Interface Connector

User Interface Connector: 160-pin LFH connector (female) - P2. Part Number: Molex 51-24-1040. Mating Connector: Molex 70984-4009 (contacts – qty 4) Molex 71624-3000 (housing).

Note: RS422/RS485 mode or RS232 mode is set on a per channel basis

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Table 1- Front Panel (P2) IO Connections

System I/O Connections (cont):

Pin 1

Pin 160

Pin 40

Pin 68

Pin 121

Pin 80

Pin 81

Pin 120

Pin 41

RS422/RS485

RS232

RS422/RS485

RS232

DTE

DCE

DTE

DCE

DTE

DCE

DTE

DCE

TXD3+

RXC3+

Unused (Hi)

160

TXC3+

RXC3+

Unused (Hi)

TXD3-

RXC3-

TXD3

RXD3

159

TXC3-

RXC3-

TXC3

RXC3

RXD3+

TXC3+

Unused (Hi)

158

RXC3+

TXC3+

Unused (Hi)

RXD3-

TXC3-

RXD3

TXD3

157

RXC3-

TXC3-

RXC3

TXC3

DCD3+

Unused (Hi)

156

AUXC3+

Unused (Hi)

DCD3-

DCD3

155

AUXC3-

AUXC3

CTS3+

RTS3+

Unused (Hi)

154

Unused

CTS3-

RTS3-

CTS3

RTS3

153

Unused

SGND3

152

RTS3+

CTS3+

Unused (Hi)

Unused

151

RTS3-

CTS3-

RTS3

CTS3

Unused

150

TXC4+

RXC4+

Unused (Hi)

SGND4

149

TXC4-

RXC4-

TXC4

RXC4

TXD4+

RXD4+

Unused (Hi)

148

RXC4+

TXC4+

Unused (Hi)

TXD4 -

RXD4-

TXD4

147

RXC4-

TXC4-

RXC4

TXC4

RXD4+

TXD4+

Unused (Hi)

146

AUXC4+

Unused (Hi)

RXD4-

TXD4-

RXD4

TXD4

145

AUXC4-

AUXC4

DCD4+

Unused (Hi)

144

Unused

DCD4-

DCD4

143

Unused

CTS4+

RTS4+

Unused (Hi)

142

RTS4+

CTS4+

Unused (Hi)

100

CTS4-

RTS4-

CTS4

RTS4

141

RTS4-

CTS4-

RTS4

CTS4

101

TXD7+

RXD7+

Unused (Hi)

140

TXC7+

RXC7+

Unused (Hi)

102

TXD7-

RXD7-

TXD7-

RXD7-

139

TXC7-

RXC7-

TXC7

RXC7

103

RXD7+

TXD7+

Unused (Hi)

138

RXC7+

TXC7+

Unused (Hi)

104

RXD7-

TXD7-

RXD7-

TXD7-

137

RXC7-

TXC7-

RXC7

TXC7

105

DCD5+

Unused (Hi)

136

AUXC7+

Unused (Hi)

106

DCD7-

DCD7

135

AUXC7-

AUXC7

107

CTS7+

RTS7+

Unused (Hi)

134

Unused

108

CTS7-

RTS7-

CTS7

RTS7

133

Unused

109

SGND7

132

RTS7+

CTS7+

Unused (Hi)

110

Unused

131

RTS7-

CTS7-

RTS7

CTS7

111

Unused

130

TXC8+

RXC8+

Unused (Hi)

112

SGND8

129

TXC8-

RXC8-

TXC8

RXC8

113

TXD8+

RXD8+

Unused (Hi)

128

RXC8+

TXC8+

Unused (Hi)

114

TXD8-

RXD8-

TXD8

RXD8

127

RXC8-

TXC8-

RXC8

TXC8

115

RXD8+

TXD8+

Unused (Hi)

126

AUXC8+

Unused (Hi)

116

RXD8-

TXD8-

RXD8

TXD8

125

AUXC8-

AUXC8

117

DCD8+

Unused (Hi)

124

Unused

118

DCD8-

DCD8

123

Unused

119

CTS8+

RTS8+

Unused (Hi)

122

RTS8+

CTS8+

Unused (Hi)

120

CTS8-

RTS8-

CTS8

RTS8

121

RTS8-

CTS8-

RTS6

CTS6

Note: RS422/RS485 mode or RS232 mode is set on a per channel basis

Table 1- Front Panel IO (P2) Connections (continued)

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Option

Valid Selections

Description

Temperature

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0oC to +70oC – Commercial (Standard)

-40oC to +85oC – Industrial

CHAPTER 6: ORDERING OPTIONS

6.0 Ordering Information

PCIe4 – SIO8BX2 - <Temperature>

Please consult our sales department with your application requirements to determine the correct ordering options. (quotes@generalstandards.com).

6.1 Interface Cable

General Standards Corporation can provide an interface cable for the SIO8BX2 board. This standard cable is a twisted pair cable for increased noise immunity. Several standard cable lengths are offered, or the cable length can

be custom ordered to the user’s needs. Versions of the cable are available with connectors on both ends, or the cable

may be ordered with a single connector to allow the user to adapt the other end for a specific application. A standard cable is available which will breakout the serial channels into eight DB25 connectors. Shielded cable options are also available. Please consult our sales department for more information on cabling options and pricing.

6.2 Device Drivers

General Standards has developed many device drivers for The SIO8BX2 boards, including VxWorks, Windows, Linux, and LabView. As new drivers are always being added, please consult our website (www.generalstandards.com) or consult our sales department for a complete list of available drivers and pricing.

6.3 Custom Applications

Although the SIO8BX2 board provides extensive flexibility to accommodate most user applications, a user application may require modifications to conform to a specialized user interface. General Standards Corporation has worked with many customers to provide customized versions based on the SIO8BX2 boards. Please consult our sales department with your specifications to inquire about a custom application.

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APPENDIX A: PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLATOR PROGRAMMING

The 4 on-baord clock frequencies are supplies via two Cypress Semiconductor CY22393 Programmable Clock Generatosr. In order to change the clock frequencies, this chip must be reprogrammed. This document supplies the information necessary to reprogram the on-board clock frequencies. GSC has developed routines to calculate and program the on-board oscillator for a given set of frequencies, so it should not be necessary for the user need the following information – it is provided for documentation purposes. Please contact GSC for help in setting up the onboard oscillator.

The CY22393 contains several internal address which contain the programming information. GSC has mirrored this data internal to the FPGA (CLOCK RAM) to allow the user to simply setup the data in the FPGA RAM and then command the on-board logic to program the clock chip. This isolates the user from the hardware serial interface to the chip. For detailed CY22393 programming details, please refer to the Cypress Semiconductor CY22393 dat sheet.

For the SIO8BX2, a second programmable oscillator has been added to assure that each channel has a dedicated PLL. (The older SIO4BX uses 3 PLLs in a single CY22393 to generate all four clocks). To implement this, a second CLOCK RAM block was added. CLOCK RAM1 programs the first CY22393 (using CLKA=Ch1_Clk, CLKB=Ch2_Clk, CLKC=Ch3_Clk), and CLOCK_RAM2 programs the second CY22393 (using CLKD=Ch4_Clk). Since the original SIO4BX (with a single CY22393) used CLKD for Ch4_Clk, the same code can be made to support both schemes by simply programming CLKD of the first CY22393.

Each CLOCK RAM block is accessed through 2 registers – Address Offset at local offset 0x00A0 and Data at local ffset at 0x00A4 (CLOCK RAM1) or 0x00AC (CLOCK RAM2). The user simply sets the RAM Address register to the appropriate offset, then reads or writes the the RAM data. The Programmable Osc Control/Status register allows the user to program the CY22393 or setup the clock post-dividers.

The GSC Local Programmable Clock Registers are defined as follows:

0x00A0 – RAM Address Register

Defines the internal CLOCK RAM address to read/write

0x00A4 – RAM Data1 Register

Provides access to the CLOCK RAM1 pointed to by the RAM Addr Register.

0x00AC – RAM Data2 Register

Provides access to the CLOCK RAM2 pointed to by the RAM Addr Register.

0x00A8 – Programmable Osc Control/Status Register

Provides control to write the contents of the CLOCK RAM to the CY22393 and setup additional postdividers for the input clocks.

Control Word (Write Only)

D0 Program Oscillator 1 = Program contents of CLOCK RAM to CY22393. Automatically resets to 0. D1 Measure Channel 1 Clock

D2 Measure Channel 2 Clock

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D3 Measure Channel 3 Clock

D4 Measure Channel 4 Clock D5 Reserved (Unused) D6 Status Word Readback Control

0 => Status Word D31-D8 == Measured Channel Value 1 => Status Word D31-D8 == Control Word D23-D0

D7 Post-divider set

0 = Ignore D23-D8 during Command Word Write 1 = Set Channel Post-Dividers from D23-D8 during Command Word Write

D11-D8 Channel 1 Post-Divider D15-D12 Channel 2 Post-Divider D19-D16 Channel 3 Post-Divider D23-D20 Channel 4 Post-Divider D31-D24 Reserved (Unused)

Status Word (Read Only)

D0 Program Oscillator Done 0 = Oscillator Programming in progress. D1 Program Oscillator Error 1 = Oscillator Programming Error has occurred.

D2 Clock Measurement complete.

0 = Clock Measurement in progress.

D7-D3 Reserved (Unused) D31-D8 If Command Word D6 = 0,

Measured Channel Clock Value

If Command Word D6 = 1,

Control Word D23-D0

Channel Clock Post-Dividers:

The Control Word defines 4 fields for Channel Clock Post-dividers. These post-dividers will further divide

down the input clock from the programmable oscillator to provide for slow baud rates. Each 4 bit field will allow a post divider of 2^n. For example, if the post-divider value=0, the input clock is not post-divided. A value of 2 will provide a post-divide of 4 (2^2). This will allow for a post-divide value of up to 32768 (2^15) for each input clock. Bit D7 of the Control word qualifies writes to the post-divide registers. This allows other bits in the command register to be set while the post-divide values are maintained.

Channel Clock Measurement:

The Control Word defines 4 bits which will select one of the 4 channel clocks (input clock + post-divide)

for a measurement. This will allow the user feedback as to whether the programmable oscillator was programmed correctly. To measure a clock, select the clock to measure in the Control word, and also clear Bit D6 to allow for readback of the result. Read back the Status Word until D2 is set. Status Word D31-D8 should contain a value representing 1/10 the measured clock frequency (Value * 10 = Measured Frequency in MHz). Keep in mind that this value will not be exactly the programmed frequency due to the 100ppm (0.01%) accuracy of the on-board reference.

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Address

Description

Default Value

0x00 – 0x05

Reserved (Unused)

0x00

0x06

Reserved

0xD2

0x07

Reserved

0x08

ClkA Divisor (Setup0)

0x01

0x09

ClkA Divisor (Setup1)

0x01

0x0A

ClkB Divisor (Setup0)

0x01

0x0B

ClkB Divisor (Setup1)

0x01

0x0C

ClkC Divisor

0x01

0x0D

ClkD Divisor

0x01

0x0E

Source Select

0x00

0x0F

Bank Select

0x50

0x10

Drive Setting

0x55

0x11

PLL2 Q

0x00

0x12

PLL2 P Lo

0x00

0x13

PLL2 Enable/PLL2 P Hi

0x00

0x14

PLL3 Q

0x00

0x15

PLL3 P Lo

0x00

0x16

PLL3 Enable/PLL3 P Hi

0x00

0x17

OSC Setting

0x00

0x18

Reserved

0x00

0x19

Reserved

0x00

0x1A

Reserved

0xE9

0x1B

Reserved

0x08

0x1C-0x3F

Reserved (Unused)

0x00

0x40

PLL1 Q (Setup0)

0x00

0x41

PLL1 P Lo 0 (Setup0)

0x00

0x41

PLL1 Enable/PLL1 P Hi (Setup0)

0x00

0x43

PLL1 Q (Setup1)

0x00

0x44

PLL1 P Lo 0 (Setup1)

0x00

0x45

PLL1 Enable/PLL1 P Hi (Setup1)

0x00

0x46

PLL1 Q (Setup2)

0x00

0x47

PLL1 P Lo 0 (Setup2)

0x00

0x48

PLL1 Enable/PLL1 P Hi (Setup2)

0x00

0x49

PLL1 Q (Setup3)

0x00

0x4A

PLL1 P Lo 0 (Setup3)

0x00

0x4B

PLL1 Enable/PLL1 P Hi (Setup3)

0x00

0x4C

PLL1 Q (Setup4)

0x00

0x4D

PLL1 P Lo 0 (Setup4)

0x00

0x4E

PLL1 Enable/PLL1 P Hi (Setup4)

0x00

0x4F

PLL1 Q (Setup5)

0x00

0x50

PLL1 P Lo 0 (Setup5)

0x00

0x51

PLL1 Enable/PLL1 P Hi (Setup5)

0x00

0x52

PLL1 Q (Setup6)

0x00

0x53

PLL1 P Lo 0 (Setup6)

0x00

0x54

PLL1 Enable/PLL1 P Hi (Setup6)

0x00

0x55

PLL1 Q (Setup7)

0x00

0x56

PLL1 P Lo 0 (Setup7)

0x00

0x57

PLL1 Enable/PLL1 P Hi (Setup7)

0x00

0x58-0xFF

Reserved (Unused)

0x00

The Internal RAM is defined as follows: RAM Address 0x08–0x57 correspond directly to the CY22393 registers.

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APPENDIX B: FIRMWARE REVISIONS / FEATURES REGISTER

Since SIO4 boards can exist across multiple form factors and with various hardware features, the firmware/features registers attempt to help identify the exact version of a SIO4 board. This appendix provides a more detailed breakdown of what the firmware and features registers, and detail differences between the firmware revisions.

Firmware Register - Local Offset 0x00 (0xE5000101)

D31:16 HW Board Rev 0xE00 PCIe4-SIO8BX2 Rev NR

D31 1 = Features Register Present D30 1 = Complies with this standard D29 1 = 66MHz PCI bus interface 0 = 33MHz PCI bus interface D28 1 = 64 bit PCI bus interface 0 = 32 bit bus interface D27:D24 Form Factor 0 = Reserved 1 = PCI 2 = PMC 3 = cPCI 4 = PC104P 5 = PCIe 6 = XMC D23:D20 HW Board (sub-field of form factor) 0 = PCIe4-SIO8BX2 1 = PCIe-SIO4BX D19:D16 HW Board Rev (lowest rev for firmware version) 0=NR 1=A, 2=B

D15:8 Firmware Type ID

0x01 - Std Firmware default 0x04 - Sync Firmware default

D7:0 Firmware Revision XX Firmware Version

0x00 – Original Release 0x01 – fix possible data corruption through FIFO

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Feature Register - Local Offset 0xFC (0x00197AF4)

D31:D21 Unused D20 1 - Rx Status byte inserted in FIFO D19:D18 Timestamp 01 = single external clock 10 = single internal clock D17:D16 FPGA Reprogram field 01 = Present 00 = Not Present D15:D14 Configurable FIFO space 01 - Rx/Tx select. Up to 32k deep FIFOs D13 1 = FIFO Test Bit D12 1 = FW Type Reg D11:D8 FW Feature Level (Set at common code level) 0x01 = RS232 support, Pin Source Change 0x02 = Multi-Protocol support 0x03 = Common Internal/External FIFO Support 0x04 = FIFO Latched Underrun/Overrun/Level 0x05 = Demand mode DMA Single Cycle for Tx 0x06 = DMA_Single_Cycle_Dis, updated Pin_Src 0x07 = Rx Underrun Only, Reset Status 0x08 = Clock to 50Hz with 10Hz resolution 0x09 = No Legacy Support (No Clock Control Register)

0x0A = Falling Int fix D7 1 = DMA Single Cycle Disable D6 1 = Board Reset, FIFO present bits D5 1 = FIFO Size/Counters present D4 1 = FW ID complies with this standard D3:D0 Clock Oscillator 0x0 = Fixed 0x1 = ICD2053B (1 Osc) 0x2 = ICD2053B (4 Osc) 0x3 = CY22393 (4 Osc) 0x4 = 2 x CY22393 (6 Osc)

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