TB011
Using SRAM With A PIC16CXXX
Author: Rick Evans
Microchip Technology Inc.
INTRODUCTION
There are applications where a significant amount of data memory is required beyond what is in the micro-controller. For example, buffering communications data, creating large volatile tables and arrays. One interesting application is voice storage and playback. Some applications require relatively low frequencies, so a fast address/data bus and expensive FSRAM are not necessary.
This application note uses the PIC16C74. Since the PIC16C74 does not have an external address/data bus, one was created using the I/O ports. A software implementation of a multiplexed address/data bus is more than adequate for some applications. This application note discusses the read and write speeds
achievable with the PIC16C74 running at 20 MHz, hardware connections necessary, and software routines for reading and writing to external memory.
IMPLEMENTATION
The multiplexed address/data bus was created using nineteen port pins (Figure 1). PORTD is address lines 0 through 7 multiplexed with data lines 0 through 7. PORTB is the upper address lines 8-15. PORTE<0> is the RD, PORTE<1> is WR and PORTE<2> is ALE (address latch enable). One SRAM chip is address range 0000h-7FFFh, and the other SRAM chip is address range 8000h-FFFFh. The chip selecting is done using A15 and A15. A 74LS373 latch is needed to demultiplex the low order address/data bus.
The software needed to initialize the ports is in the subroutine init_muxbus (Appendix A). The initial states of the address lines and bus control signals are shown in the comments of the subroutine.
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READ CYCLE
The software to do the read cycle is very straight forward. The read cycle drives the address onto the 16-bit bus, then latches the low order address lines 0-7 on to the memory device (Figure 2). When ALE goes low, address 0-7 is latched. Then the low order bus lines 0-7 are changed to input pins. Next, the read pin (RD) goes low which turns on the output buffers of the memory device. Some time later, the data from the memory is driven on to the data lines 0-7. Then RD goes high and the output buffers of the memory device are disabled. Next, the low order data lines are changed back to outputs. The subroutine read_extmem shows the code used to emulate a read cycle on PORTB and PORTD.
You can ascertain from Table 1, that a slow SRAM can be used. There are three critical SRAM read cycle specifications:
TACC: Address access time TOE: Output enable time TDF: Data float time
The address access time TACC corresponds to the TAVDV (1.6 ms) of the emulated muxed bus. A FUJITSU MB84256C-70 has an access time of 70 ns. The output enable time TOE from the Fujitsu data sheet is 35 ns. The emulated muxed bus specification TRLDV (200 ns) corresponds to the TOE of the Fujitsu SRAM. The data float time TDF is only important if you are doing back to back bus cycles.
WRITE CYCLE
The write cycle moves data to the external SRAM. The address is driven on the sixteen address lines, then the low order address is latched by making ALE go high and then low. The data is moved to the low order address lines (data lines). Finally, the WR pin is driven low and then high. When write goes high, the data is written to the SRAM. Figure 3 shows the bus timing diagram for the write cycle.
The write cycle is even simpler to implement in software than the read cycle. The subroutine write_extmem shows code used to write out data to an external SRAM.
The write pulse width is an important specification in memory design as well. For the PIC16C74 emulated address/data bus the write pulse width is TWLWH. The value for the write pulse width is very large compared to actual address/data bus implementations. The TAVWH specification corresponds to the TAW specifica-tion of most memory devices. The emulated address/ data bus has relatively slow bus timings compared with most memory access times such as EPROMs and SRAMs.
SUMMARY
A 40-pin PIC16CXXX device such as the PIC16C74 can interface to external memory. This application note used sixteen address lines multiplexed with eight data lines to read/write to two external SRAMs. The read/ write cycle times can be calculated easily given the single cycle instruction architectures of the PIC16CXXX. Flash, EPROM and other parallel bus memory devices can be similarly utilized.
TABLE 1: READ AND WRITE CYCLE BUS TIMINGS | ||||
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TCY Instruction cycle time @ 20 MHz | 200 ns | DC | ||
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TLLLH ALE pulse width | 1 TCY | | ||
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TAVDV Address valid to data valid | | 7 TCY | ||
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TRLDV Read low to data valid | 1 TCY | | ||
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TRHDZ Read high to data float | 0 | 1 TCY | ||
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TWLWH WRITE pulse width | 1 TCY | | ||
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TWHDX WRITE high to data no longer valid (data hold time) | | 2 TCY | ||
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TAVWH Address valid to write high | | 5 TCY | ||
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APPENDIX A:PROGRAM LISTING: EXTERNAL MEMORY SUBROUTINES
;*******************************************************************
;* Initialize the Multiplexed Address/Data Bus ;*
;*
;*
;*******************************************************************
Init_MUXBUS
bsf | STATUS,RP0 | ;switch to bank 1 registers |
clrf | TRISB | ;set A8-A15 as output |
clrf | TRISD | ;set AD0-AD7 as output |
movlw | 0xf8 | |
andwf | TRISE,F | ;ALE,RD#,WR# as output |
bcf | STATUS,RP0 | ;switch to bank 0 registers |
clrf | ADHIGH | ;set A8-A15 to 0 (PORTB) |
clrf | ADLOW | ;set AD0-AD7 to 0 (PORTD) |
movlw | 3 | ;ale=0,rd#=1,wr#=1 |
movwf PORTE return
;*******************************************************************
;* Read External Memory of muxed bus ;*
;* | ||
;******************************************************************** | ||
read_extmem | ||
movf | ADLOW,W | ;save low order address |
movwf | ADLOW_IMAGE | |
bsf | PORTE,ALE | ;ALE high for 200ns, RD#, WR# low |
bcf | PORTE,ALE | ;ALE goes low (A0-7 latched) |
bsf | STATUS,RP0 | |
movlw | 0xff | |
movwf | TRISD | ;make PORTD input |
bcf | STATUS,RP0 | |
bcf | PORTE,RD | ;drop READ low |
movf | ADLOW,W | ;move read data from AD bus to w reg |
bsf | PORTE,RD | ;pull READ high (RD pulse is 400ns) |
bsf | STATUS,RP0 | |
clrf | TRISD | ;make PORTD (ADLOW) output again |
bcf | STATUS,RP0 | |
movwf | w_image | ;save READ data |
movf | ADLOW_IMAGE,W | ;restore low order address |
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movwf | ADLOW | ;on port |
movf | w_image,W | ;restore READ data to w |
return |
;*******************************************************************
;* Write to External Memory on muxed bus
;******************************************************************* | ||
write_extmem | ||
movwf | w_image | ;save w (data to write) |
movf | ADLOW,W | |
movwf | ADLOW_IMAGE | ;save the low order address |
movf | w_image,W | ;restore w (data to write) |
bsf | PORTE,ALE | ;ALE high for 200ns, RD#,WR# low |
bcf | PORTE,ALE | ;latch lower address |
movwf | ADLOW | ;move write data to AD0-7 |
bcf | PORTE,WR | ;WR# low for 200ns |
bsf | PORTE,WR | ;latch data in external memory |
movf | ADLOW_IMAGE,W | |
movwf | ADLOW | ;restore low order address |
return | ||
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