7.3.2 Embedded Characteristics

  • Provides Serial Synchronous Communication Links Used in Audio and Telecom Applications
  • Contains an Independent Receiver and Transmitter and a Common Clock Divider
  • Interfaced with the DMA Controller (DMAC) to Reduce Processor Overhead
  • Offers a Configurable Frame Sync and Data Length
  • Receiver and Transmitter can be Programmed to Start Automatically or on Detection of Different Events on the Frame Sync Signal
  • Receiver and Transmitter Include a Data Signal, a Clock Signal and a Frame Sync Signal
  • Up to 16 Channels in TDM Mode
  • 8 Data Transmit FIFO
  • 8 Data Receive FIFO
  • Direct Access from/to Asynchronous Sample Rate Converter (ASRC)
    • No loss of system bus bandwidth, no data buffer in system memory, no DMA required for transfer