30.4 Signal Description

Signal NameTypeDescription
MLBCLKDigital InputMedia Local Bus "DEVICE" Clock
MLBDATBi-Directional Digital I/OData Line of Media Local Bus
MLBSIGBi-Directional Digital I/OSignal Line of Media Local Bus

Definition of Terms

The following terms will be used when referring to specific implementations of MediaLB.

Table 30-1. MediaLB Definition of Terms
NamesDescription
Media Local Bus:
MLBCGeneral reference to the Clock line of a Media Local Bus:on a 3-pin MediaLB interface, connects to the MLBCLK pin
MLBSGeneral reference to the Signal line of a Media Local Bus:on a 3-pin MediaLB interface, connects to the MLBSIG pin
MLBDGeneral reference to the Data line of a Media Local Bus:on a 3-pin MediaLB interface, connects to the MLBDAT pin
3-pin MediaLB Interface:
MLBCLKMediaLB Controller (output) pin connected to MLBC.

MediaLB Device (input) pin connected to MLBC.

MLBSIGMediaLB Device (I/O) pin connected to MLBS.
MLBDATMediaLB Device (I/O) pin connected to MLBD.

External Signals

The following table describes the external signals of the MLB.

Table 30-2. MLB External Signals
SignalDescriptionDirection
MLBCLK3-wire clock signal.I
MLBDATA3-wire data signal.I/O
MLBSIG3-wire signal.I/O