Falcon-A DMA ASIC Description This chip provides three channels of DMA for the Atari Falcon Computer. The ACSI DMA channel from the ST product line is fully contained and has been modified slightly to accommodate a 5380 SCSI controller as well as the 1772 FDC. A record and playback DMA channel for digital sound data are also contained in this chip. The playback channel is compatible with the existing eight bit stereo and mono modes from the STE and TT products and has sixteen bit stereo added. Pin List ================================================================================ ! # ! # ! CHIP ! SIGNAL # PGA BOND ! PGA PACKAGE # QFP BOND ! QFP PACKAGE PAD ! NAME # POST ! PIN # POST ! PIN NUMBER ! # NUMBER ! NUMBER # NUMBER ! NUMBER ! # ! # ! ================================================================================ 1 ! N/C1 # 1 ! D4 # 1 ! 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 ! N/C2 # 2 ! D3 # 2 ! 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 ! N/C3 # 3 ! C2 # 3 ! 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 ! A31 # 4 ! A1 # 4 ! 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 ! A30 # 5 ! D2 # 5 ! 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 ! A29 # 6 ! E4 # 6 ! 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 ! VDDI1 # 7 ! E3 # 7 ! 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 ! VSSI1 # 8 ! B1 # 8 ! 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 ! A28 # 9 ! C1 # 9 ! 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 ! A27 # 10 ! E2 # 10 ! 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 ! A26 # 11 ! F4 # 11 ! 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 ! A25 # 12 ! F3 # 12 ! 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 ! A24 # 13 ! D1 # 13 ! 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 ! A23 # 14 ! F2 # 14 ! 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 ! VDDI2 # 15 ! E1 # 15 ! 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 ! VSSI2 # 16 ! G4 # 16 ! 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 ! A22 # 17 ! G3 # 17 ! 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 ! A21 # 18 ! F1 # 18 ! 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 ! A20 # 19 ! G2 # 19 ! 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 ! A19 # 20 ! G1 # 20 ! 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 ! A18 # 21 ! H4 # 21 ! 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 ! A17 # 22 ! H3 # 22 ! 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 ! VDDI3 # 23 ! H2 # 23 ! 23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ ! # ! # ! CHIP ! SIGNAL # PGA BOND ! PGA PACKAGE # QFP BOND ! QFP PACKAGE PAD ! NAME # POST ! PIN # POST ! PIN NUMBER ! # NUMBER ! NUMBER # NUMBER ! NUMBER ! # ! # ! ================================================================================ 24 ! VSSI3 # 24 ! H1 # 24 ! 24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 ! A16 # 25 ! J2 # 25 ! 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 ! A15 # 26 ! J4 # 26 ! 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 ! A14 # 27 ! J3 # 27 ! 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 ! A13 # 28 ! J1 # 28 ! 28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 ! A12 # 29 ! K1 # 29 ! 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 ! A11 # 30 ! K2 # 30 ! 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 ! VDDI4 # 31 ! K4 # 31 ! 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 ! VSSI4 # 32 ! K3 # 32 ! 32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 ! A10 # 33 ! L1 # 33 ! 33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 ! A9 # 34 ! L2 # 34 ! 34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 ! A8 # 35 ! M1 # 35 ! 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 ! A7 # 36 ! L3 # 36 ! 36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 ! A6 # 37 ! L4 # 37 ! 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 ! A5 # 38 ! N1 # 38 ! 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 ! VDDI5 # 39 ! M2 # 39 ! 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 ! VSSI5 # 40 ! P1 # 40 ! 40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 ! A4 # 41 ! M3 # 41 ! 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 ! A3 # 42 ! M4 # 42 ! 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 ! A2 # 43 ! Q1 # 43 ! 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 ! A1 # 44 ! N2 # 44 ! 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 ! A0 # 45 ! R1 # 45 ! 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 ! VDDI6 # 46 ! N3 # 46 ! 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 ! VSSI6 # 47 ! P2 # 47 ! 47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 ! SIZ1 # 48 ! N4 # 48 ! 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 ! SIZ0 # 49 ! Q2 # 49 ! 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 ! N/C4 # 50 ! P3 # 50 ! 50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ ! # ! # ! CHIP ! SIGNAL # PGA BOND ! PGA PACKAGE # QFP BOND ! QFP PACKAGE PAD ! NAME # POST ! PIN # POST ! PIN NUMBER ! # NUMBER ! NUMBER # NUMBER ! NUMBER ! # ! # ! ================================================================================ 51 ! N/C5 # 51 ! R2 # 51 ! 51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 ! N/C6 # 52 ! Q3 # 52 ! 52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 ! N/C7 # 53 ! P4 # 53 ! 53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 ! N/C8 # 54 ! Q4 # 54 ! 54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 ! N/C9 # 55 ! R3 # 55 ! 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56 ! N/C10 # 56 ! S1 # 56 ! 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 ! TM2 # 57 ! R4 # 57 ! 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 ! TM1 # 58 ! P5 # 58 ! 58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 ! TM0 # 59 ! Q5 # 59 ! 59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 ! VDDI7 # 60 ! S2 # 60 ! 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61 ! VSSI7 # 61 ! S3 # 61 ! 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62 ! TT1 # 62 ! R5 # 62 ! 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 ! TT0 # 63 ! P6 # 63 ! 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64 ! ST0* # 64 ! Q6 # 64 ! 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65 ! ST1* # 65 ! S4 # 65 ! 65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 ! BCLK # 66 ! R6 # 66 ! 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 ! TA1* # 67 ! S5 # 67 ! 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 ! TA0* # 68 ! P7 # 68 ! 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 ! VDDI8 # 69 ! Q7 # 69 ! 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 ! VSSI8 # 70 ! S6 # 70 ! 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71 ! RXW # 71 ! R7 # 71 ! 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 72 ! BR* # 72 ! S7 # 72 ! 72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73 ! BGO* # 73 ! P8 # 73 ! 73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 ! BGI* # 74 ! Q8 # 74 ! 74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 75 ! RESET* # 75 ! R8 # 75 ! 75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 ! TE* # 76 ! S8 # 76 ! 76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77 ! VDDC1 # 77 ! R9 # 77 ! 77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ ! # ! # ! CHIP ! SIGNAL # PGA BOND ! PGA PACKAGE # QFP BOND ! QFP PACKAGE PAD ! NAME # POST ! PIN # POST ! PIN NUMBER ! # NUMBER ! NUMBER # NUMBER ! NUMBER ! # ! # ! ================================================================================ 78 ! VSSC1 # 78 ! P9 # 78 ! 78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 ! PSGIN # 79 ! Q9 # 79 ! 79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80 ! CDDIN # 80 ! S9 # 80 ! 80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 81 ! EXTCLK # 81 ! S10 # 81 ! 81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 82 ! CLK25I # 82 ! R10 # 82 ! 82 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 83 ! BA* # 83 ! P10 # 83 ! 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84 ! BMODE # 84 ! Q10 # 84 ! 84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 85 ! PLYCLK # 85 ! S11 # 85 ! 85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 86 ! VDDI9 # 86 ! R11 # 86 ! 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 87 ! VSSI9 # 87 ! S12 # 87 ! 87 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88 ! PLYSYNC # 88 ! Q11 # 88 ! 88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 ! PLYDATA # 89 ! P11 # 89 ! 89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 90 ! RECCLK # 90 ! S13 # 90 ! 90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 91 ! RECSYNC # 91 ! R12 # 91 ! 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 92 ! CDDOUT # 92 ! S14 # 92 ! 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93 ! CDSYNC # 93 ! Q12 # 93 ! 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 ! VDDI10 # 94 ! P12 # 94 ! 94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 95 ! VSSI10 # 95 ! S15 # 95 ! 95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 96 ! CDCLK # 96 ! R13 # 96 ! 96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 97 ! SCLOCK # 97 ! S16 # 97 ! 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 98 ! SC0 # 98 ! Q13 # 98 ! 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99 ! SCLK # 99 ! R14 # 99 ! 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100 ! RECDATA # 100 ! P13 # 100 ! 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 101 ! STD # 101 ! R15 # 101 ! 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 102 ! N/C11 # 102 ! Q14 # 102 ! 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 103 ! N/C12 # 103 ! R16 # 103 ! 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 104 ! N/C13 # 104 ! Q15 # 104 ! 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ ! # ! # ! CHIP ! SIGNAL # PGA BOND ! PGA PACKAGE # QFP BOND ! QFP PACKAGE PAD ! NAME # POST ! PIN # POST ! PIN NUMBER ! # NUMBER ! NUMBER # NUMBER ! NUMBER ! # ! # ! ================================================================================ 105 ! N/C14 # 105 ! P14 # 105 ! 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 106 ! N/C15 # 106 ! P15 # 106 ! 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 107 ! HDINT # 107 ! Q16 # 107 ! 107 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 108 ! SINT # 108 ! S17 # 108 ! 108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 109 ! SCNT # 109 ! P16 # 109 ! 109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 110 ! SC1 # 110 ! N14 # 110 ! 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 111 ! SC2 # 111 ! N15 # 111 ! 111 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 112 ! VDDI11 # 112 ! R17 # 112 ! 112 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 113 ! VSSI11 # 113 ! Q17 # 113 ! 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 114 ! CLK25O # 114 ! N16 # 114 ! 114 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115 ! FCS* # 115 ! M14 # 115 ! 115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 116 ! DSKIRQ* # 116 ! M15 # 116 ! 116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 117 ! FDINT # 117 ! P17 # 117 ! 117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 118 ! SRD # 118 ! M16 # 118 ! 118 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 119 ! CD0 # 119 ! N17 # 119 ! 119 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 120 ! CD1 # 120 ! L14 # 120 ! 120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 121 ! VDDI12 # 121 ! L15 # 121 ! 121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 122 ! VSSI12 # 122 ! M17 # 122 ! 122 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 123 ! CD2 # 123 ! L16 # 123 ! 123 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 124 ! CD3 # 124 ! L17 # 124 ! 124 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 125 ! CD4 # 125 ! K14 # 125 ! 125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 126 ! CD5 # 126 ! K15 # 126 ! 126 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 127 ! CD6 # 127 ! K16 # 127 ! 127 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 128 ! CD7 # 128 ! K17 # 128 ! 128 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 129 ! VDDI13 # 129 ! J16 # 129 ! 129 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 130 ! VSSI13 # 130 ! J14 # 130 ! 130 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 131 ! CA0 # 131 ! J15 # 131 ! 131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ ! # ! # ! CHIP ! SIGNAL # PGA BOND ! PGA PACKAGE # QFP BOND ! QFP PACKAGE PAD ! NAME # POST ! PIN # POST ! PIN NUMBER ! # NUMBER ! NUMBER # NUMBER ! NUMBER ! # ! # ! ================================================================================ 132 ! CA1 # 132 ! J17 # 132 ! 132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 133 ! CA2 # 133 ! H17 # 133 ! 133 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 134 ! CRW # 134 ! H16 # 134 ! 134 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 135 ! FRQ # 135 ! H14 # 135 ! 135 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 136 ! CLK32 # 136 ! H15 # 136 ! 136 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 137 ! VDDC2 # 137 ! G17 # 137 ! 137 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 138 ! VSSC2 # 138 ! G16 # 138 ! 138 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 139 ! DISKCHNG # 139 ! F17 # 139 ! 139 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 140 ! MDET1 # 140 ! G15 # 140 ! 140 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 141 ! MDET2 # 141 ! G14 # 141 ! 141 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 142 ! MODE1 # 142 ! E17 # 142 ! 142 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 143 ! MODE2 # 143 ! F16 # 143 ! 143 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 144 ! CLK8 # 144 ! D17 # 144 ! 144 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 145 ! FCCLK # 145 ! F15 # 145 ! 145 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 146 ! VDDI14 # 146 ! F14 # 146 ! 146 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 147 ! VSSI14 # 147 ! C17 # 147 ! 147 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 148 ! GPIO0 # 148 ! E16 # 148 ! 148 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 149 ! GPIO1 # 149 ! B17 # 149 ! 149 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 150 ! GPIO2 # 150 ! E15 # 150 ! 150 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 151 ! ACK* # 151 ! D16 # 151 ! 151 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 152 ! HCS* # 152 ! E14 # 152 ! 152 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 153 ! HRQ # 153 ! C16 # 153 ! 153 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 154 ! TEST # 154 ! D15 # 154 ! 154 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 155 ! N/C16 # 155 ! B16 # 155 ! 155 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 156 ! N/C17 # 156 ! C15 # 156 ! 156 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 157 ! N/C18 # 157 ! D14 # 157 ! 157 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 158 ! N/C19 # 158 ! C14 # 158 ! 158 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ ! # ! # ! CHIP ! SIGNAL # PGA BOND ! PGA PACKAGE # QFP BOND ! QFP PACKAGE PAD ! NAME # POST ! PIN # POST ! PIN NUMBER ! # NUMBER ! NUMBER # NUMBER ! NUMBER ! # ! # ! ================================================================================ 159 ! N/C20 # 159 ! B15 # 159 ! 159 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 160 ! D31 # 160 ! A17 # 160 ! 160 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 161 ! D30 # 161 ! B14 # 161 ! 161 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 162 ! D29 # 162 ! D13 # 162 ! 162 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 163 ! D28 # 163 ! C13 # 163 ! 163 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 164 ! VDDI15 # 164 ! A16 # 164 ! 164 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 165 ! VSSI15 # 165 ! A15 # 165 ! 165 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 166 ! D27 # 166 ! B13 # 166 ! 166 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 167 ! D26 # 167 ! D12 # 167 ! 167 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 168 ! D25 # 168 ! C12 # 168 ! 168 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 169 ! D24 # 169 ! A14 # 169 ! 169 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 170 ! D23 # 170 ! B12 # 170 ! 170 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 171 ! D22 # 171 ! A13 # 171 ! 171 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 172 ! VDDI16 # 172 ! D11 # 172 ! 172 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 173 ! VSSI16 # 173 ! C11 # 173 ! 173 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 174 ! D21 # 174 ! A12 # 174 ! 174 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 175 ! D20 # 175 ! B11 # 175 ! 175 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 176 ! D19 # 176 ! A11 # 176 ! 176 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 177 ! VDDC3 # 177 ! D10 # 177 ! 177 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 178 ! VSSC3 # 178 ! C10 # 178 ! 178 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 179 ! D18 # 179 ! B10 # 179 ! 179 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 180 ! D17 # 180 ! A10 # 180 ! 180 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 181 ! D16 # 181 ! B9 # 181 ! 181 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 182 ! VDDI17 # 182 ! D9 # 182 ! 182 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 183 ! VSSI17 # 183 ! C9 # 183 ! 183 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 184 ! D15 # 184 ! A9 # 184 ! 184 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 185 ! D14 # 185 ! A8 # 185 ! 185 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ ! # ! # ! CHIP ! SIGNAL # PGA BOND ! PGA PACKAGE # QFP BOND ! QFP PACKAGE PAD ! NAME # POST ! PIN # POST ! PIN NUMBER ! # NUMBER ! NUMBER # NUMBER ! NUMBER ! # ! # ! ================================================================================ 186 ! D13 # 186 ! B8 # 186 ! 186 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 187 ! D12 # 187 ! D8 # 187 ! 187 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 188 ! D11 # 188 ! C8 # 188 ! 188 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 189 ! D10 # 189 ! A7 # 189 ! 189 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 190 ! VDDI18 # 190 ! B7 # 190 ! 190 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 191 ! VSSI18 # 191 ! A6 # 191 ! 191 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 192 ! D9 # 192 ! C7 # 192 ! 192 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 193 ! D8 # 193 ! D7 # 193 ! 193 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 194 ! D7 # 194 ! A5 # 194 ! 194 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 195 ! D6 # 195 ! B6 # 195 ! 195 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 196 ! D5 # 196 ! A4 # 196 ! 196 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 197 ! D4 # 197 ! C6 # 197 ! 197 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 198 ! VDDI19 # 198 ! D6 # 198 ! 198 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 199 ! VSSI19 # 199 ! A3 # 199 ! 199 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 200 ! D3 # 200 ! B5 # 200 ! 200 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 201 ! D2 # 201 ! A2 # 201 ! 201 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 202 ! D1 # 202 ! C5 # 202 ! 202 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 203 ! D0 # 203 ! B4 # 203 ! 203 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 204 ! N/C21 # 204 ! D5 # 204 ! 204 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 205 ! N/C22 # 205 ! B3 # 205 ! 205 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 206 ! N/C23 # 206 ! C4 # 206 ! 206 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 207 ! N/C24 # 207 ! B2 # 207 ! 207 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 208 ! N/C25 # 208 ! C3 # 208 ! 208 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pin Description TM0-TM2 BiDir Fbus function code. These lines are normally inputs. They become outputs during DMA when the Fbus is granted. Only values of 5 and 6 (supervisor program and data) will allow IO access. A value of 5 is output during DMA. A0-A31 BiDir Fbus address. These lines are normally inputs. They become outputs during DMA when the Fbus is granted. They are used to select registers during IO and to address memory during DMA. D0-D31 BiDir Fbus data. These lines are inputs for IO writes and DMA reads and outputs for IO reads and DMA writes. They are used for data transfer between the chip and the Fbus. BCLK Input Falcon Bus clock. BMODE BiDir Fbus mode select line. It is input during IO to indicate the current Fbus mode. It is driven low during DMA. ST0_-ST1 BiDir Fbus strobes. These lines are inputs during IO and outputs during DMA. They are used to qualify the Fbus cycle. SIZ0-SIZ1 BiDir Fbus size select lines. These lines are input during IO and an output during DMA. They are used to qualify the active portion of the data bus. TT0-TT1 BiDir Fbus transfer type select. These lines is an input during IO and an output during DMA. They are used to qualify the type of Fbus transfer. R/W BiDir Fbus read write. This line is an input during IO and indicates a read of the chip when high and a write to the chip when low. This line is an output during DMA and indicates a read of the bus when high and a write to the bus when low. TA0_-TA1 BiDir Fbus transfer acknowledge and transfer burst inhibit. These lines are output during IO and indicate to the Fbus master that the current cycle can be terminated and should be burst inhibited. During DMA these lines are input to determine when to terminate a DMA cycle. TE_ Input This signal is used to terminate a DMA cycle when the system detects a bus error. It is provided to prevent system lockup when a bus error occurs during DMA. It is also used by the register decode circuitry to detect a bus error on a faulty 040 mode register access. BR_ OD output This output is driven low when the Fbus is needed to perform DMA cycles. BGI_ Input A low on this input indicates that the Fbus is granted and that the chip can assume control of the bus at the completion of the current cycle, if one is in progress, or immediately. BGO_ Output This output is provided to support a daisy chain on the bus grant line to arbitrate multiple bus requests. When the chip is not requesting the bus, this output is driven to match the BGI_ input else it is driven high (inactive). BA_ TS output This output is driven low when the chip assumes the bus after the request grant handshake. When DMA operations have been completed and the chip releases the bus, this line is driven high then tri-stated. RESET_ Input A low on this input resets the chip and clears any current operational mode. GPIO0-GPIO2 BiDir These pins are general purpose IO pins which may be programmed as inputs or outputs. CLK25I Input This input is the 25Mhz clock used by the sound logic. CLK25O Output This output is a buffered version of the CLK25I input pin. EXTCLK Input This input is the sound channel external clock. RECCLK Output The clock for the external serial data input. RECSYNC BiDir The sync signal for the external serial data coming into the chip when an output. The handshake control when an input. RECDATA Input This input is the data from the external serial input channel. PLYCLK Output The clock for the external serial data output. PLYSYNC BiDir The sync signal for the external serial data leaving the chip when an output. The handshake control when an input PLYDATA Output This output is the data to the external serial output channel. SCLOCK Output This is the main clock to the CODEC. CDCLK Output This is the serial bit clock to the CODEC. CDSYNC Output The sync for the CODEC serial interface. CDDOUT Output The serial data for the CODEC DAC. CDDIN Input The serial data from the CODEC ADC. SC0 TS Output The serial clock output to the DSP receive serial channel. The output is enabled by setting bit 7 of the RCV register. SC1 BiDir The sync for the DSP receive serial channel. when the output is enabled by setting bit 4 of the RCV register. The handshake control when an input. SRD TS Output The serial data output to the DSP receive serial channel. This output is enabled if either bit 7 or bit 4 of the RCV register are set. SCLK BiDir The serial clock output to the DSP transmit serial channel. The output is enabled by setting bit 7 of the SRC register. SC2 BiDir The sync for the DSP transmit serial channel. when the output is enabled by setting bit 4 of the SRC register. The handshake control when an input. STD Input The serial data input from the DSP transmit serial channel. SINT Output This output is low when sound DMA is active and high otherwise. It will make a high to low transition at the beginning of a frame of sound data and a low to high transition at the end of the frame. This signal can be programmed to come from either the record or play channels. SCNT Output This output is similar to SINT but is wider. TEST Input When this input is high, the ACSI sector count can be read in the high byte of the ACSI status register. Also a low to high transition on this signal increments the sound DMA address counters and the ACSI sector prescale and count. This pin should be tied low for normal system operation. DSKIRQ_ OD output FDINT high or HDINT_ low make this output low. FDINT Input This input affects DSKIRQ_ only. HDINT_ Input This input affects DSKIRQ_ only. FRQ Input Active high DMA request from the FDC. FCS_ Output Active low chip select to the FDC. HRQ Input Active high DMA request from the SCSI controller. HCS_ Output Active low chip select to the SCSI controller. ACK_ Output Active low DMA acknowledge to the SCSI controller. CD0-CD7 BiDir Data bus for the FDC and SCSI controller. CA0-CA2 Output Register address to the FDC and SCSI controller. Used to select FDC or SCSI controller registers during IO. CRW Output A high means transfer from the FDC or SCSI controller. A low means transfer to the FDC or SCSI controller. DISKCHNG Input Status input for the floppy density select register. MODE0-MODE1 Outputs Status outputs for the floppy density select register. MDET0-MDET1 Inputs Status inputs for the floppy density select register. CLK32 Input The 32 Mhz clock input. CLK8 Output Free-running 32 Mhz clock divided by four. FCCLK Output 32 Mhz clock divided by 1, 2, or 4 as selected by the floppy density select register. Hierarchical Map and Description ADMA The 12 page schematic ADMA is the highest level of the chip. Page 10 contains the address IO buffers. Page 11 contains the data IO buffers and page 8 the data selector (DMUX). Page 7 contains several other IO buffers. Page 6 is the reference to the address decoder (DECODER). Page 9 contains the DSP IO buffers. Page 1 contains the bus interface circuitry for DMA (BCYLGEN, ARBIT, and AOUTMUX). Page 2 is the reference to the ACSI DMA channel. Page 12 is the IO buffers for the ACSI channel data. Page 3 is the reference to the sound DMA channel. Page 4 refers to the sound serial data matrix circuitry. Page 5 contains the 32 Mhz clock divider chain, the pulse stretcher circuits for SINT and SCNT, and the disk interrupt gate. Decode The 8 page schematic is the address decoding for the chip. This circuit decodes the internal register selects, data path, and IO acknowledges. DMux This circuit selects from the various internal data sources and converts to the 32 bit output data format as appropriate. Arbit This state machine controls each DMA channels arbitration for the Fbus. BCylGen This state machine generates the bus control strobes during DMA. AOutMux This 1 of 3 by 30 selector with imbedded latches is used to select the current DMA channels address for output during DMA. ACSIDMA This collection of circuits form the ACSI DMA channel. ACSI These 12 pages of schematic are the ST DMA (ST-4140) chip converted to an internal cell. ThruCntl This state machine generates IO control for the ACSI cell. DMACntl This state machine generates DMA control for the ACSI cell. MFifo A bidirectional FIFO with conversion from 32 bit to 16 bit data formats. ADCntr 31 bit counter for address generation during ACSI DMA. DOutMux 1 of 2 by 16/8 selector for data selection. RGLH16 16 LH latches. RGMux16 16 MX21 selectors. FDSelRg Floppy density select register. Contains the register and circuit for generating FCCLK. SndChan Three pages integrate the playback and record sound DMA channels. Page 1 contains the part of the sound DMA control register which selects the playback or record channel source for the SINT and SCNT signals. Pages two and three reference the Playback and Record channels. SDOutMux Contains buffers to drive otherwise tri-stated data lines. SndTop 31 bit register to hold the address of the top of the sound frame. SndComp 31 bit comparitor to detect when the sound address equals the top of the frame. SndCntr 31 bit counter to hold the sound address. SndBase 31 bit register to hold the base address of the sound frame. PlayMReg Play mode register. PlyTGen Timing control circuitry for the serial output. PFifo A 16 word FIFO for playback data. Has a 32 bit input and 16 bit output. RFifo A 16 word FIFO for record data. Has a 16 bit input and 32 bit output. SndSteer A circuit to convert the data from 8 bit stereo or mono to 16 bit stereo for output. SDOut A shift register to serialize play data for output. SDIn A shift register to receive the serial record data. PlayCntl A small circuit to interface the ARBIT logic to the playback channel. RecCntl A small circuit to interface the ARBIT logic to the record channel. RecTGen Timing control circuitry for the serial input. Matrix This collection of circuits form a 4x4 matrix to route the sound serial data through the chip. MtrxRegs The registers controlling the matrix. ClkMatrx The portion of the matrix routing the various serial clocks. AClkSw A synchronous clock selector. FramGen This circuit derives the various sub clocks from the selected master clock. Fram32 A subset of FRAMGEN for the 32Mhz clock. CODECMux The portion of the matrix dealing with the CODEC interface. Reg8 A eight bit register. Reg4 A four bit register. GCkGen A circuit for gating the clock as controlled by handshake. Cnt3Rpl A three bit ripple counter. Cnt4Rpl A four bit ripple counter. Registers The following registers are contained with the chip: xxFF8604 - ACSI DMA Data Register WDC (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 XX write only sector counter (14 bits) XXXXXXXX IO data (8 bits) The ACSI DMA data register (WDC) is described in the ACSI Integration Guide. xxFF8606 - ACSI Mode Register WDL (WO) D15 D8 D7D0 0000000 dir src r ff scs ts ad dir - ACSI DMA direction (0=into mem) src - ACSI DMA source (0=SCSI, 1=floppy) r - reserved ff - fifo flush (1 causes fifo flush operation) scs - sector counter select (1 enables sector counter access) ts - IO target select (0=FDC, 1=SCSI) ad - IO register select (3 bits, CA2-CA0) The ACSI mode register (WDL) is described in the ACSI Integration Guide. New to the SDMA is the addition of a register select bit 0 (CA0). This bit is used as the LSB of the register address when accessing the SCSI controller. It has no effect on accesses to the floppy controller. xxFF8606 - ACSI Status Register (RO) D15 D8 D7D0 00000000000 f d r z e f - Fifo status (0 = ACSI fifos empty) d - State of DIR bit in ACSI mode register r - DMA request (1 if selected port requesting) z - low if sector counter is zero e - ERROR, low if ACSI data overrun or underrun Bits 0-2 are referenced in the ACSI Integration Guide. Bit 3 has existed in previous designs but has never been documented (nor is very useful). Bit 4, fifo status, is intended to facilitate use of the ACSI fifo flush function. Note: The ACSI registers must be accessed as words even though less than 16 bits are defined for the registers. xxFF8601 rw ACSI base addr upper-upper byte xxFF8609 rw ACSI base addr upper-middle byte xxFF860B rw ACSI base addr lower-middle byte xxFF860D rw ACSI base addr lower-lower (7 bits, bit 0 fixed) Note: The ACSI base address registers exist on the odd bytes only. xxFF860F - Floppy Density Select Register (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 00000000 dc mt2 md2 fs1 sta mt1 md1 fs0 dc - DISKCHNG input pin state (read only) mt2 - MDET2 input pin state (read only) md2 - MODE2 output pin state sta - Internal DMA status (read only)1 mt1 - MDET1 input pin state (read only) md1 - MODE1 output pin state fs - FCCLK frequency select 00 - 8Mhz (default) 01 - 16 Mhz 10 - 32 Mhz 11 - off Note 1: This bit was added to the SDMA to help avoid a problem created by the decoupling of the bus and ACSI peripheral timing. Accessing the WDC or WDL registers when the ACSI DMA channel is active can potentially lock up the system. Software should poll the status bit before any access to either the WDC or WDL registers. If the bit reads high, continue polling until it reads low. This is intended primarily for the case where an ACSI DMA write has been initiated by setting the sector count and the peripheral must be instructed to begin the transfer by sending a command via the WDL and WDC registers. Polling the status bit will insure that the command transfer happens after the fifo fill DMA operation has completed. Software should otherwise avoid accesses to WDC or WDL anytime the sector count is believed to be non-zero. xxFF8900 - Sound DMA Control Register (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 0000 sc si rs 0 rf re 00 pf pe si - SINT source select 00 - SINT high 01 - play (default) 10 - record 11 - play OR record sc - SCNT source select 00 - SCNT high 01 - play (default) 10 - record 11 - play OR record rs - register set select (0=playback register set) rf - record frame repeat (0=single frame) re - record DMA enable (1=on) pf - playback frame repeat (0=single frame) pe - playback DMA enable (1=on) Sound DMA address pointers: xxFF8915 rw Sound frame base addr upper-upper byte xxFF8903 rw Sound frame base addr upper-middle byte xxFF8905 rw Sound frame base addr lower-middle byte xxFF8907 rw Sound frame base addr lower-lower (7 bits) xxFF8917 rw Sound frame addr upper-upper byte xxFF8909 rw Sound frame addr upper-middle byte xxFF890B rw Sound frame addr lower-middle byte xxFF890D rw Sound frame addr lower-lower (7 bits) xxFF8919 rw Sound frame top addr upper-upper byte xxFF890F rw Sound frame top addr upper-middle byte xxFF8911 rw Sound frame top addr lower-middle byte xxFF8913 rw Sound frame top addr lower-lower (7 bits) Note: The sound frame address registers exist on the odd bytes only. xxFF8920 Playback Mode Control Register (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 00 pms 00 pts md 0000 pc pms - Playback monitor select 00 - tracks 1 & 2 01 - tracks 3 & 4 10 - tracks 5 & 6 11 - tracks 7 & 8 pts - Playback track select 00 - 2 tracks 01 - 4 tracks 10 - 6 tracks 11 - 8 tracks md - play mode 00 - 8 bit stereo 10 - 8 bit mono X1 - 16 bit stereo pc - sample rate prescaler select1 00 - /1280 01 - /640 10 - /320 11 - /160 FF8922 rw MicroWire data register2 FF8924 rw MicroWire mask register Note 1: Only effective if the internal clock prescaler is off. (xxFF8935 - D0-D3=0000) Note 2: The Microwire registers are dummy registers existing for compatibility only and must be accessed as words. xxFF8930 Data Path and Clock Matrix Source: SRC (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 CODEC xmit1 Ext. transmit DSP transmit Playback 00b0 0abhe dabhd sabg ab - Clock Selector 00 - 25.175MHz 01 - External 10 - 32MHz 11 - Reserved d - DSP Transmit Clock Direction2 1 - The DSP transmit clock (SCLK) is output. he - Sync direction (RECSYNC)3 1 - Output enabled hd - Sync direction (SC2)3 1 - Output enabled g - Gated clock (handshake) disable4 1 - continuous clock mode s - Source for Handshake Control4 0 - DSP Receive 1 - External Output Note 1: The CODEC may only select the 25.175Mhz or external clocks. Note 2: SCLK should normally be configured as an output. This bit is provided to be used in conjunction with bit 4 to disable both the clock and sync outputs when the DSP SSI port is controlled exclusively by an external source. Note 3: These bits should only be set to 0 if the corresponding port is directed via the matrix to the record DMA channel and the record DMA channel is configured for gated clock mode. Bit 4 (hd) can also be set to zero for the condition outlined in note 2 above. Otherwise these bits should be set to 1. Note 4: When bit 0 (g)is set to 0, the clock to the receiving port is gated off when no data is available, when the sync signal from the port selected by bit 3 (s) is low, or when the DMA channel is not active. The selected port sync signal should be configured as an input in this case. When this bit is set to a 1, the receiving port is sent a continuous clock. FF8932 DATA and Clock Matrix :Receive (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 CODEC rcv. Ext. receive DSP receive Record 0ab0 0abhe dabhd sabg ab - Source Device Data and Clock 00 - DMA Out (Playback) 01 - DSP Transmit 10 - External Input 11 - ADC d - DSP Receive Clock Direction1 1 - The DSP receive clock (SC0) is output. he - Sync direction (PLYSYNC)2 1 - Output enabled hd - Sync direction (SC1)2 1 - Output enabled g - Gated clock (handshake) disable3 1 - continuous clock mode s - Source For Handshake Control3 0 - DSP Transmit 1 - External Input Note 1: SC0 should normally be configured as an output. This bit is provided to be used in conjuction with bit 4 to disable both the clock and sync outputs when the DSP SSI port is controlled exclusively by an external source. Note 2: These bits should only be set to 0 if the corresponding port is receiving via the matrix from the playback DMA channel and the playback DMA channel is configured for gated clock mode. Bit 4 (hd) can also be set to zero for the condition outlined in note 1 above. Otherwise these bits should be set to 1. Note 3: When bit 0 (g)is set to 0, the clock to the transmitting port is gated off when the input FIFO is full, when the sync signal from the port selected by bit 3 (s) is low, or when the DMA channel is not active. The selected port sync signal should be configured as an input in this case. When this bit is set to a 1, the transmitting port is sent a continuous clock. FF8934 Prescaler for Internal and External Clocks (RW) D15D8 D7D0 External Clock Internal Clock 0000 dddd 0000 dddd dddd - Prescaler for Internal and External Clocks 0000 - off1 0001 - Divide by 2 . 1011 - Divide by 12 Note 1: When the internal clock is prescale value is set to 0000, the prescale value selected by bits 0 and 1 of the Playback Mode Control Register (xxFF8920) will take effect. FF8936 DAC and Record Control (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 000000 rr 0000 r p e a rr - Record Channel Select 00 - Record tracks 1 and 2 01 - Record tracks 1 thru 4 10 - Record tracks 1 thru 6 11 - Record tracks 1 thru 8 ( ie. all ) r - Global Sound Reset 1 - Reset Sound Subsection ( Not self clearing ) p - Input Select1 0 - CODEC ADC 1 - PSG e - Matrix output to CODEC enable2 1 - Enable matrix data output to the CODEC a - Alternate data output to CODEC enable1,2 1 - Enable PSG data output to CODEC Note 1: Bit 2 selects either data from the PSGIN pin or the CDDIN pin. That is data from the PSG or from the CODEC ADC. The selected data is presented to the matrix and to the adder described in note 2. The prototypes and probably early systems will not have the digital PSG available. In that case the PSGIN and CDDIN pins are connected together and the analog PSG output is fed to the CODEC channel 2 input. Note 2: There are two sources of data for the CODEC DAC. Data coming from the matrix is enabled into an adder by a setting bit 1. The output of the adder is the data sent to the CODEC DAC. The other input to the adder is the data selected by bit 2 (see note 1). FF8938 AUX A Control Field (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 L16-L19 expn mute mux left gain right gain L16-L19 - Left sample 4 least significant bits expn - Expand mute - Mute 1 - Mute output mux - Input Mux1 00 - Channel 1 (microphone) 11 - Channel 2 (PSG input) left gain , right gain 0000 - 0 dB gain for ADC . . ( 1.5dB increments ) . 1111 - 22.5 dB gain for ADC Note 1: Prototypes and probably early systems will have an analog PSG which will be connected to the CODEC ADC channel 2 input as indicated. Eventually, a digital PSG will be used and connected as described under DAC control. Future use of channel 2 is reserved. FF893A AUX B Control Field (RW) D15 D8 D7D0 R16-R19 Left Attn Right Attn OPort R16-R19 - 4 least significant bits for right sample Left Attn - Left Channel D/A Attenuation 0000 - No attenuation . . ( 1.5 dB steps ) . 1111 - 22.5 dB attenuation Right attn - Right Attenuation in 1.5dB steps OPort - Output Port Control FF893C AUX A Input Field (R) D15 D8 D7D0 L16-L19 Exp Vld Oflw sts rev Ls - Left Sample L16-L19 Exp - Expand 0 - no expansion Vld - Valid Data from ADC 1 - Valid Oflw - Overflow 10 - Overflow Left 01 - Overflow Right Sts - Status 0000 - no error 0001 - Invalid control field 0010 - Invalid sync format 0011 - Serial clock outof valid range rev - Revision Number -> 0000 iport - Input Port - not supported FF893E AUX B Input Field (R) D15 D8 D7D0 R16-R19 0000 0000 iport R16 - R19 Right Sample Least significant bits iport - Input Port - Not supported xxFF8940 General Purpose I/O Control (R) D15 D8 D7D0 0000 xddd 0000 xccc xxFF8940 General Purpose I/O Control (W) D15 D8 D7D0 XXXXXXXX XXXX xccc xxFF8942 General Purpose I/O Data (R) D15 D8 D7D0 0000 xddd 0000 xiii xxFF8942 General Purpose I/O Data (W) D15 D8 D7D0 XXXXXXXX XXXX xddd ccc - General Purpose I/O Control Register 1 - Corresponding bit is an output iii - GPIOx pin state ddd - General Purpose I/O DATA Register (D0 is GPIO0)1 x - reserved Note 1: The value of the data register bit is driven out when the corresponding bit of the control register is 1. The GPIO pin is an input when the control register bit is 0. The least significant 3 bits of the data register read the state of the pin regardless of its programmed direction. Description The Falcon ADMA circuit provides three DMA channels. One channel is bidirectional and supports the backward compatible ACSI interface. The other two channels are unidirectional, one into memory for recording sound, and one out of of memory for playback. Both the playback and record support 16 bit stereo format. The playback channel also supports 8 bit stereo and mono formats compatible with previous Atari products. A 4x4 switching matrix and format converter connects the external sound peripherals and the DMA channels. There are four sources of sound data, the playback DMA, the DSP SSI port, the external SSI like port, and the CODEC ADC. There are also four destinations for sound data, the record DMA, the DSP SSI port, the external SSI like port, and the CODEC DAC. Each source, except for the CODEC, can select one of three clock sources. The CODEC can only select one of two clock sources. The matrix circuitry converts the data format of the selected source to the destination format. When data is transfered between either the playback or record DMA ports and one of the SSI style ports, there is also an option of gated clock (handshake) or continuous clock modes. Each receiving device can have its data path connected to any one source device. All the data connections shown above, are actually serial data paths which include a bit clock, data, and synchronization signal. There are three possible clock sources in the system: CLK25 (25.175 MHz) CLK32 (32 MHz) EXTCLK (external clock) Each source device must select one of these clocks as its master clock. The CODEC can use the Internal 25.175MHz, or External clock. The bit clock is taken from the master clock divided by 4 to 24. The Sample rate is then the bit rate, divided by 128: The maximum data rate of the DMA record or playback channels is one Megabyte per second each. Since the FIFOs are 32 bytes deep each sound DMA channel will require bus access approximately every 32us. Communication between the DMA ports and the SSI style ports can use a handshake to regulate data flow. The port synchronization signal is input to the DMA port controller in handshake mode. When the synchronization signal is low (inactive) or when the DMA port is not ready, the bit rate clock is gated off at the end of the current transfer to halt data flow. In non-handshake mode, the bit rate clock runs continuously and the synchronization signal is output to the port. Data overflow or underruns can occur in non- handshake mode. The CODEC can only operate in non-handshake mode. The SSI style ports use a three wire serial interface to transfer data. Data transfers use either continuous mode or a handshaked (gated clock) mode: Signal Non-handshake Handshake DATA output output CLOCK output output SYNC output input In either mode, data changes on the rising edge of the clock. Data should be sampled on the falling edge of the clock. In Continuous mode there are 128 clock cycles per sample period. SYNC will go high for the first 16 bits of a sample period and then low for the remaining 96 bits. In each sample period a maximum of 8 tracks of 16 bit data can be transferred. Data words are transmitted MSB first, end-on-end, with no gaps in between them. The number of words per sample period is determined by the source device. In Handshaked mode SYNC becomes an input. The external device will pull XO_SYNC high, and if the source device is ready, CLOCK will become active for 16 cycles (or one word) together with DATA. SYNC is sampled by the source device at the end of each word. If SYNC is high and another word is ready to be sent, CLOCK and DATA will become active for another 16 cycles. A minimum of two clock periods will always be inserted between data words. The CODEC port has 256 bit clock cycles per frame. There are four sub-frames per frame. Each sub-frame consists of two 32 bit words. The first half of each word is the 16 bit sample (left sample first). The second half of each word is a control field for the CODEC. Only the first two sub-frames of each frame are used. The contents of the AUX A and AUX B Control registers are output for the control fields of of the first two sub-frames of the channel to the CODEC DAC. The contents of the control fields from the CODEC ADC input channel can be read in the AUX A and AUX B input registers. In the 8-bit modes (playback only) each sample is stored as an eight bit quantity. The most significant bit is the sign and the other seven bits are magnitude. In the stereo 8-bit modes there is one word per sample, the upper byte contains the left channel sample and the lower byte contains the right channel sample. In the 8-bit mono mode bytes are accessed sequentially. However, they are still fetched a word at a time. Therefore, there must be an even number of samples in a frame of mono data. In the 16-bit stereo mode each sample is stored as a word in memory. The most significant bit is the sign and the other fifteen bits are magnitude. The left channel word is first with the remaining words alternating right-left-right etc. The DMA channel into memory (record) can only store samples in the 16 bit form. A group of samples is called a frame. A frame may be played once or can automatically be repeated forever. Frames occupy a contiguous block of memory and are specified by their starting and ending addresses. The ending address is the address of the last sample + 2 (the address of the word following the last sample). The SCNT and SINT signals are generated at each frame boundary. Frames may be linked together by defining a new frame while the current frame is being played. The new frame will begin at the end of the current frame. The DMA channel does not determine how the samples are defined, only their location in memory and the order in which they are handled. The data need not be digitized sound at all. The MICROWIRE interface has been deleted from the current design. The Microwire registers are simulated in the current circuit only to prevent older software attempting to use the interface from locking up. Three general purpose I/O signals have been added. These are programmable as inputs or outputs.