GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The ADSP-218xL series consists of four single chip microcomputers optimized for digital signal processing applications. The functional block diagram for the ADSP-218xL series members appears in Figure 1 on Page 1. All series members are pin-compatible and are differentiated solely by the amount of on-chip SRAM. This feature, combined with ADSP-21xx code compatibility, provides a great deal of flexibility in the design decision. Specific family members are shown in Table 1.

PERFORMANCE FEATURES

Up to 19 ns instruction cycle time, 52 MIPS sustained performance

Single-cycle instruction execution

Single-cycle context switch

3-bus architecture allows dual operand fetches in every instruction cycle

Multifunction instructions

Power-down mode featuring low CMOS standby power dissipation with 400 CLKIN cycle recovery from power-down condition

Low power dissipation in idle mode

INTEGRATION FEATURES

ADSP-2100 family code compatible (easy to use algebraic syntax), with instruction set extensions

Up to 160K bytes of on-chip RAM, configured Up to 32K words program memory RAM Up to 32K words data memory RAM

Dual-purpose program memory for both instruction and data storage

Independent ALU, multiplier/accumulator, and barrel shifter computational units

2 independent data address generators

Powerful program sequencer provides zero overhead looping conditional instruction execution

Programmable 16-bit interval timer with prescaler 100-lead LQFP and 144-ball BGA

SYSTEM INTERFACE FEATURES

16-bit internal DMA port for high-speed access to on-chip memory (mode selectable)

4M-byte memory interface for storage of data tables and program overlays (mode selectable)

8-bit DMA to byte memory for transparent program and data memory transfers (mode selectable)

Programmable memory strobe and separate I/O memory space permits “glueless” system design

Programmable wait state generation

2 double-buffered serial ports with companding hardware and automatic data buffering

Automatic booting of on-chip program memory from bytewide external memory, for example, EPROM, or through internal DMA Port

6 external interrupts

13 programmable flag pins provide flexible system signaling

UART emulation through software SPORT reconfiguration

ICE-Port emulator interface supports debugging in final systems