Introduction

The SEROCCO-M is a Serial Communication Controller with two independent serial channels1). The serial channels are derived from updated protocol logic of the ESCC and DSCC4 device family providing a large set of protocol support and variety in serial interface configuration. This allows easy integration to different environments and applications.

Features

Serial communication controllers (SCCs)

• Two independent channels

• Full duplex data rates on each channel of up to 16 Mbit/s sync - 2 Mbit/s with DPLL

• 64 Bytes deep receive FIFO per SCC

• 64 Bytes deep transmit FIFO per SCC

Serial Interface

• On-chip clock generation or external clock sources

• On-chip DPLLs for clock recovery

• Baud rate generator

• Clock gating signals

• Clock gapping capability

• Programmable time-slot capability for connection to TDM interfaces (e.g. T1, E1)

• NRZ, NRZI, FM and Manchester data encoding

• Optional data flow control using modem control lines (RTS, CTS, CD)

• Support of bus configuration by collision detection and resolution

Bit Processor Functions

• HDLC/SDLC Protocol Modes

   – Automatic flag detection and transmission

   – Shared opening and closing flag

   – Generation of interframe-time fill ’1’s or flags

   – Detection of receive line status

   – Zero bit insertion and deletion

   – CRC generation and checking (CRC-CCITT or CRC-32)

   – Transparent CRC option per channel and/or per frame

   – Programmable Preamble (8 bit) with selectable repetition rate

   – Error detection (abort, long frame, CRC error, short frames)

• Bit Synchronous PPP Mode

   – Bit oriented transmission of HDLC frame (flag, data, CRC, flag)

   – Zero bit insertion/deletion

– 15 consecutive ’1’ bits abort sequence

• Octet Synchronous PPP Mode

   – Octet oriented transmission of HDLC frame (flag, data, CRC, flag)

   – Programmable character map of 32 hard-wired characters (00H-1FH)

   – Four programmable characters for additional mapping

   – Insertion/deletion of control-escape character (7DH) for mapped characters

• Asynchronous PPP Mode

   – Character oriented transmission of HDLC frame (flag, data, CRC, flag)

   – Start/stop bit framing of single character

   – Programmable character map of 32 hard-wired characters (00H-1FH)

   – Four programmable characters for additional mapping

   – Insertion/deletion of control-escape character (7DH) for mapped characters

• Asynchronous (ASYNC) Protocol Mode

   – Selectable character length (5 to 8 bits)

   – Even, odd, forced or no parity generation/checking

   – 1 or 2 stop bits

   – Break detection/generation

   – In-band flow control by XON/XOFF

   – Immediate character insertion

   – Termination character detection for end of block identification

   – Time out detection

   – Error detection (parity error, framing error)

• BISYNC Protocol Mode

   – Programmable 6/8 bit SYN pattern (MONOSYNC)

   – Programmable 12/16 bit SYN pattern (BISYNC)

   – Selectable character length (5 to 8 bits)

   – Even, odd, forced or no parity generation/checking

   – Generation of interframe-time fill ’1’s or SYN characters

   – CRC generation (CRC-16 or CRC-CCITT)

   – Transparent CRC option per channel and/or per frame

   – Programmable Preamble (8 bit) with selectable repetition rate

   – Termination character detection for end of block identification

   – Error detection (parity error, framing error)

• Extended Transparent Mode

   – Fully bit transparent (no framing, no bit manipulation)

   – Octet-aligned transmission and reception

• Protocol and Mode Independent

   – Data bit inversion

   – Data overflow and underrun detection

   – Timer

  

Protocol Support

• Address Recognition Modes

   – No address recognition (Address Mode 0)

   – 8-bit (high byte) address recognition (Address Mode 1)

   – 8-bit (low byte) or 16-bit (high and low byte) address recognition (Address Mode 2)

• HDLC Automode

   – 8-bit or 16-bit address generation/recognition

   – Support of LAPB/LAPD

   – Automatic handling of S- and I-frames

   – Automatic processing of control byte(s)

   – Modulo-8 or modulo-128 operation

   – Programmable time-out and retry conditions

   – SDLC Normal Response Mode (NRM) operation for slave

• Signaling System #7 (SS7) support

   – Detection of FISUs, MSUs and LSSUs

   – Unchanged Fill-In Signaling Units (FISUs) not forwarded

   – Automatic generation of FISUs in transmit direction (incl. sequence number)

   – Counting of errored signaling units

• Optional DTACK/READY controlled cycles

Microprocessor Interface

• 8/16-bit bus interface

• Multiplexed and De-multiplexed address/data bus

• Intel/Motorola style

• Asynchronous interface

• Maskable interrupts for each channel