Atmel ARM-Based Evaluation Kit for SAM4S16C, 32-Bit ARM® Cortex® Microcontroller ATSAM4S-WPIR-RD ATSAM4S-WPIR-RD Data Sheet

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SAM4S Series [DATASHEET]

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The External Bus Interface is designed to ensure the successful data transfer between several external devices 

and the Cortex-M4 based device. The External Bus Interface of the SAM4S consists of a Static Memory Controller 

(SMC).
This SMC is capable of handling several types of external memory and peripheral devices, such as SRAM, 

PSRAM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, LCD Module, NOR Flash and NAND Flash.
The Static Memory Controller (SMC) generates the signals that control the access to the external memory devices 

or peripheral devices. It has 4 Chip Selects, a 24-bit address bus, and an 8-bit data bus. Separate read and write 

control signals allow for direct memory and peripheral interfacing. Read and write signal waveforms are fully 

adjustable. 
The SMC can manage wait requests from external devices to extend the current access. The SMC is provided with 

an automatic slow clock mode. In slow clock mode, it switches from user-programmed waveforms to slow-rate 

specific waveforms on read and write signals. The SMC supports asynchronous burst read in page mode access 

for page size up to 32 bytes.
The External Data Bus can be scrambled/unscrambled by means of user keys.

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4 Chip Selects Available

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16-Mbyte Address Space per Chip Select

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8-bit Data Bus

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Zero Wait State Scrambling/Unscrambling function with User Key

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Word, Halfword, Byte Transfers

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Programmable Setup, Pulse And Hold Time for Read Signals per Chip Select

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Programmable Setup, Pulse And Hold Time for Write Signals per Chip Select

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Programmable Data Float Time per Chip Select

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External Data Bus Scrambling/Unscrambling Function

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External Wait Request

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Automatic Switch to Slow Clock Mode 

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Asynchronous Read in Page Mode Supported: Page Size Ranges from 4 to 32 Bytes

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Write Protected Registers