Microchip Technology MA320001 Data Sheet

© 2011 Microchip Technology Inc.

DS61143H-page 119

The PMP is a parallel 8-bit/16-bit input/output module
specifically designed to communicate with a wide
variety of parallel devices, such as communications
peripherals, LCDs, external memory devices and
microcontrollers. Because the interface to parallel
peripherals varies significantly, the PMP module is
highly configurable. 

Key features of the PMP module include:

• 8-bit,16-bit interface

• Up to 16 programmable address lines

• Up to two Chip Select lines

• Programmable strobe options

- Individual read and write strobes, or 

- Read/write strobe with enable strobe

• Address auto-increment/auto-decrement

• Programmable address/data multiplexing

• Programmable polarity on control signals

• Parallel Slave Port support

- Legacy addressable

- Address support

- 4-byte deep auto-incrementing buffer

• Programmable Wait states

• Operate during CPU Sleep and Idle modes

• Fast bit manipulation using CLR, SET and INV 

registers

• Freeze option for in-circuit debugging

Note 1: This data sheet summarizes the features

of the PIC32MX3XX/4XX family of
devices. It is not intended to be a compre-
hensive reference source. To comple-
ment the information in this data sheet,
refer to Section 13. “Parallel Master
Port (PMP)” (DS61128) of the “PIC32
Family Reference Manual”, which is
available from the Microchip web site
(

www.microchip.com/PIC32

).

2: Some registers and associated bits

described in this section may not be
available on all devices. Refer to

 in

this data sheet for device-specific register
and bit information.

On 64-pin devices, data pins PMD<15:8>
are not available.

PMA<0>

PMA<14>

PMA<15>

PMRD

PMWR
PMENB

PMRD/PMWR

PMCS1

PMA<1>

PMA<13:2>

PMALL

PMALH

PMCS2

Address Bus

Data Bus

Control Lines

16/8-bit Data (with or without multiplexed addressing)

Up to 16-bit Address

PMD<15:8>

PMD<7:0>

On 64-pin devices, data pins PMD<15:8> are not available in 16-bit Master modes.