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Hello, I have a design in which I have S29GL01GS connected 16-bit data bus to a Microsemi Smartfusion FPGA with a processor and the External Memory Controller. https://www.microsemi.com/document-portal/doc_download/130935-ug0250-smartfusion-microcontroller-sub... I followed the directions, but perhaps not closely enough because I missed the part about connecting one of the byte-enables from the EMC to the WE# pin on the flash; in this manner, what is supposed to happen (set CSFE = 0) that CS# is low all the time, and BYTE_EN# from the memory controller becomes WE# on the flash and it toggles every transaction.
Well, what I did do is connect RW_N on the memory controller to WE# on the flash. In write operations, WE# will be a constant low. The previously mentioned byte enable lines are not used. Oh well. However, then I read Section 9.5.1 Asynchronous Write in the S29GL01GS datasheet, where it says:
When WE# is Low before CE# goes Low and remains Low after CE# goes High, the access is called a CE# controlled Write. A CE#
controlled Write transitions to the Standby state.
If WE# is Low before CE# goes Low, the write transfer is started by CE# going Low. If WE# is Low after CE# goes High, the address
and data are captured by the rising edge of CE#. These cases are referred to as CE# controlled write state transitions.
There is an operating mode in which CE# toggles with every transaction. Am I saved here? Any downsides to counting on this? The board is currently getting built so I'm currently stuck with what I have.
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Hello Boris,
Q) There is an operating mode in which CE# toggles with every transaction. Am I saved here? Any downsides to counting on this?
A) Yes you are safe. You can perform write operation in any way you wish i.e WE# controlled write or CE# controlled write. In your case it is CE# controlled write.
Thanks,
Krishna.
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Hello Boris,
Q) There is an operating mode in which CE# toggles with every transaction. Am I saved here? Any downsides to counting on this?
A) Yes you are safe. You can perform write operation in any way you wish i.e WE# controlled write or CE# controlled write. In your case it is CE# controlled write.
Thanks,
Krishna.