Motorola MVME162 User Manual

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Board Level Hardware Description
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MVME162 Embedded Controller Installation Guide
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Manual Terminology
Throughout this manual, a convention is used which precedes data and 
address parameters by a character identifying the numeric format as follows: 
For example, "12" is the decimal number twelve, and "$12" is the decimal 
number eighteen.
Unless otherwise specified, all address references are in hexadecimal.
An asterisk (*) following the signal name for signals which are level significant 
denotes that the signal is true or valid when the signal is low.
An asterisk (*) following the signal name for signals which are edge significant 
denotes that the actions initiated by that signal occur on high to low transition. 
In this manual, assertion and negation are used to specify forcing a signal to a 
particular state. In particular, assertion and assert refer to a signal that is active 
or true; negation and negate indicate a signal that is inactive or false. These 
terms are used independently of the voltage level (high or low) that they 
represent.
Data and address sizes are defined as follows:
byte is eight bits, numbered 0 through 7, with bit 0 being the least 
significant.
two-byte is 16 bits, numbered 0 through 15, with bit 0 being the least 
significant. For the MVME162 and other CISC modules, this is called a 
word.
four-byte is 32 bits, numbered 0 through 31, with bit 0 being the least 
significant. For the MVME162 and other CISC modules, this is called a 
longword.
The terms control bit and status bit are used extensively in this document. The 
term control bit is used to describe a bit in a register that can be set and cleared 
under software control. The term true is used to indicate that a bit is in the state 
that enables the function it controls. The term false is used to indicate that the 
bit is in the state that disables the function it controls. In all tables, the terms 0 
and 1 are used to describe the actual value that should be written to the bit, or 
the value that it yields when read. The term status bit is used to describe a bit 
in a register that reflects a specific condition. The status bit can be read by 
software to determine operational or exception conditions.
$
dollar
specifies a hexadecimal character
%
percent
specifies a binary number
&
ampersand
specifies a decimal number