Functional Description
The ACT899 has three principal modes of operation which
are outlined below. These modes apply to both the A-to-B
and B-to-A directions.
•
BusA (B) communicates to Bus B (A), parity is generated
and passed on to the B (A) Bus as BPAR (APAR).If LEB
(LEA) is HIGH and the Mode Select (SEL) is LOW, the
parity generated from B[0:7] (A[0:7]) can be checked and
monitored by ERRB (ERRA).
•
Bus A (B) communicates to Bus B (A) in a feed-through
mode if SEL is HIGH. Parity is still generated and
checked as ERRA and ERRB in the feed-through mode
(can be used as an interrupt to signal a data/parity bit error to the CPU).
•
Independent Latch Enables (LEA and LEB) allow other
permutations of generating/checking (see Function Table
below).
Function Table
Inputs Operation
GAB
GBA SEL LEA LEB
H H X X X Busses A and B are TRI-STATE
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H L L L H Generates parity from B[0:7] based on O/E (Note 1). Generated parity
→
APAR. Generated parity checked against BPAR and output as
ERRB.
H L L H H Generates parity from B[0:7] based on O/E. Generated parity
→
APAR. Generated parity checked against BPAR and output as ERRB.
Generated parity also fed back through the A latch for generate/check
as ERRA.
H L L X L Generates parity from B latch data based on O/E. Generated parity
→
APAR. Generated parity checked against latched BPAR and output as
ERRB.
H L H X H BPAR/B[0:7]→APAR/A0:7] Feed-through mode. Generated parity
checked against BPAR and output as ERRB.
H L H H H BPAR/B[0:7]→APAR/A[0:7]
Feed-through mode. Generated parity checked against BPAR and
output as ERRB. Generated parity also fed back through the A latch
for generate/check as ERRA.
L HLHLGenerates parity for A[0:7] based on O/E. Generated parity→BPAR.
Generated parity checked against APAR and output as ERRA.
L H L H H Generates parity from A[0:7] based on O/E. Generated parity
→
BPAR. Generated parity checked against APAR and output as ERRA.
Generated parity also fed back through the B latch for generate/check
as ERRB.
L H L L X Generates parity from A latch data based on O/E. Generated parity
→
BPAR. Generated parity checked against latched APAR and output as
ERRA.
L H H H L APAR/A[0:7]→BPAR/B[0:7]
Feed-through mode. Generated parity checked against APAR and
output as ERRA.
L HHHHAPAR/A[0:7]→BPAR/B[0:7]
Feed-through mode. Generated parity checked against APAR and
output as ERRA. Generated parity also fed back through the B latch
for generate/check as ERRB.
H=HIGH Voltage Level
L=LOW Voltage Level
X=Immaterial
Note 1: O/E=ODD/EVEN
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