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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
MC68306
Product Brief
Integrated EC000 Processor
The MC68306 is an integrated processor containing a 68EC000 processor and elements common to many
68000- and 68EC000-based systems. Designers of virtually any application requiring 68000-class
performance will find that the MC68306 reduces design time by providing valuable system elements pre-
packaged in one chip. The combination of peripherals offered in the MC68306 can be found in a diverse
range of microprocessor-based systems, including embedded control and general computing. Systems
requiring serial communication and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) can especially benefit from
using the MC68306.
The MC68306's high level of functional integration results in significant reductions in component count,
power consumption, board space, and cost while yielding much higher system reliability and shorter design
time. Complete code compatibility with the MC68000 affords the designer access to a broad base of
established real-time kernels, operating systems, languages, applications, and development tools, many of
which are oriented towards embedded control. Figure 1 shows a simplified block diagram of the MC68306.
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DRAM
CONTROLLER
PORT A
EC000
CORE
PROCESSOR
CHIP
SELECTS
INTERRUPT
CONTROLLER
CLOCK
MODE
CONTROLLER
JTAG
PORT
PORT B
24
16
16-BIT
TIMER
TWO-CHANNEL
SERIAL
I/O
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Figure 1. MC68306 Simplified Block Diagram
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The primary features of the MC68306 are as follows:
• Functional Integration on a Single Piece of Silicon
• EC000 Core—Identical to MC68EC000 Microprocessor
— Complete Code Compatibility with MC68000 and MC68EC000
— High Performance—2.4 MIPS
• Two-Channel Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (a DUART)
— Baud Rate Generators
— Modem Control
— Identical to MC68681/MC2681
— Integrated 16-Bit Timer/Counter (useful for periodic interrupt generation, event counting, etc.)
• Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) Controller
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— Supports 16 Mbytes using 4M x 1 DRAMs, 64 Mbytes using 16M x 1 DRAMs (compatible with
larger future-generation DRAMs)
— Provides 0 Wait State Interface to 80-ns DRAMs
— Programmable Refresh Timer Provides CAS-before-RAS Refresh
• Chip Selects
— Eight Programmable Chip Select Signals
— Provide Eight Separate 1-Mbyte Spaces or Four Separate 16-Mbyte Spaces Locatable
anywhere within the 4-Gbyte Address Range of the EC000 Core
— Programmable Wait States
• Programmable Interrupt Controller
• Bus Watchdog Timer
• 24 Address Lines, 16 Data Lines
• 16.67-MHz, 5-V Operation
• 128-Pin Plastic Quad Flat Pack (QFP) or 132-Pin Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP)
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M68300 FAMILY
The MC68306 is one of a series of components in Motorola's M68300 family. Other members of the family
include the MC68302, MC68330, MC68331, MC68332, MC68F333, MC68334, and MC68340.
ORGANIZATION
The M68300 family of integrated processors and controllers is built on an M68000 core processor and a
selection of intelligent peripherals appropriate for a set of applications. Common system glue logic such as
address decoding, wait state insertion, interrupt prioritization, and watchdog timing is also included.
Each member of the M68300 family is distinguished by its selection of peripherals. Peripherals are chosen
to address specific applications but are often useful in a wide variety of applications. The peripherals may be
highly sophisticated timing or protocol engines that have their own processors, or they may be more
traditional peripheral functions, such as UARTs and timers.
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ADVANTAGES
By incorporating so many major features into a single M68300 family chip, a system designer can realize
significant savings in design time, power consumption, cost, board space, pin count, and programming. The
equivalent functionality can easily require 20 separate components. Each component might have 16–64
pins, totaling over 350 connections. Most of these connections require interconnects or are duplications.
Each connection is a candidate for a bad solder joint or misrouted trace. Each component is another part to
qualify, purchase, inventory, and maintain. Each component requires a share of the printed circuit board.
Each component draws power, which is often used to drive large buffers to get the signal to another chip.
The cumulative power consumption of all the components must be available from the power supply. The
signals between the CPU and a peripheral might not be compatible nor run from the same clock, requiring
time delays or other special design considerations.
In an M68300 family component, the major functions and glue logic are all properly connected internally,
timed with the same clock, fully tested, and uniformly documented. Only essential signals are brought out to
pins. The primary package is the surface-mount plastic quad flat pack for the smallest possible footprint.
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MC68306 SIGNALS
Figure 2 is a detailed diagram showing the integrated peripherals and signals.
DRAMW
RAS1
RAS0
CAS1
CAS0
CS0
CS1
CS2
CS3
CS4/A23
CS5/A22
CS6/A21
CS7/A20
CHIP
SELECTS
DRAM
CONTROLLER
A19–A16
A15/DRAMA14–A1/DRAMA0
D15–D0
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EXTAL
XTAL
CLKOUT
AMODE
CLOCK
MODE
CONTROLLER
FC2–FC0
RESET
BERR
HALT
AS
UDS
LDS
R/W
UW
LW
OE
DTACK
BR
BG
BGACK
TCK
TMS
TDI
TDO
TRST
IRQ7
IRQ4
IRQ1
IACK7
IACK4
IACK1
IRQ6/PB7
IRQ5/PB6
IRQ3/PB5
IRQ2/PB4
IACK6/PB3
IACK5/PB2
IACK3/PB1
IACK2/PB0
EC000
CORE
PROCESSOR
JTAG
PORT
INTERRUPT
CONTROLLER
PORT B
PORT A
16-BIT
TIMER/
COUNTER
TWO-
CHANNEL
SERIAL
I/O
X2
X1
RxDA
TxDA
RxDB
TxDB
INPUT/
OUTPUT
PORT
RTSB/OP1
RTSA/OP0
CTSB/IP1
CTSA/IP0
Figure 2. MC68306 Detailed Block Diagram
PA7
PA6
PA5
PA4
PA3
PA2
PA1
PA0
OP3
IP2
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EC000 CORE PROCESSOR
The core processor is the heart of an integrated processor; it supervises system functions, makes decisions,
manipulates data, and directs I/O. The EC000 core is a core implementation of the MC68000 32-bit
microprocessor architecture. The programmer can use any of the eight 32-bit data registers for fast
manipulation of data and any of the eight 32-bit address registers for indexing data in memory. Flexible
instructions support data movement, arithmetic functions, logical operations, shifts and rotates, bit set and
clear, conditional and unconditional program branches, and overall system control.
The EC000 core can operate on data types of single bits, binary-coded decimal (BCD) digits, and 8, 16, and
32 bits. The integrated chip selects allow peripherals and data in memory to reside anywhere in the 4-Gbyte
linear address space. A supervisor operating mode protects system-level resources from the more restricted
user mode, allowing a true virtual environment to be developed. Many addressing modes complement these
instructions, including predecrement and postincrement, which allow simple stack and queue maintenance
and scaled indexing for efficient table accesses. Data types and addressing modes are supported
orthogonally by all data operations and with all appropriate addressing modes. Position-independent code is
easily written.
Like all M68000 family processors, the EC000 core recognizes interrupts of seven different priority levels
and allows the peripheral to vector the processor to the desired service routine. Internal trap exceptions
ensure proper instruction execution with good addresses and data, allow operating system intervention in
special situations, and permit instruction tracing. Hardware signals can either terminate or rerun bad
memory accesses before instructions process data incorrectly. The EC000 core provides 2.4 MIPS at 16.67
MHz.
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ON-CHIP PERIPHERALS
To improve total system throughput and reduce part count, board size, and cost of system implementation,
the M68300 family integrates on-chip, intelligent peripheral modules and typical glue logic. The functions on
the MC68306 include two serial channels, a DRAM controller, a parallel port, and system glue logic.
68681 MODULE
Most digital systems use serial I/O to communicate with host computers, operator terminals, or remote
devices. The MC68306 contains a two-channel, full-duplex UART with an integrated timer. An on-chip baud
rate generator provides standard baud rates up the 38.4K baud to each channel's receiver and transmitter.
The 68681 module is identical to the MC68681/MC2681 DUART.
Each communication channel is completely independent. Data formats can be 5, 6, 7, or 8 bits with even,
odd, or no parity and stop bits up to 2 in 1/16 increments. Four-byte receive buffers and two-byte transmit
buffers minimize CPU service calls. Each channel provides a wide variety of error detection and maskable
interrupt capability. Full-duplex, autoecho loopback, local loopback, and remote loopback modes can be
selected. Multidrop applications are also supported.
A 3.6864-MHz crystal drives the baud rate generators. Each transmit and receive channel can be
programmed for a different baud rate. Full modem support is provided with separate request-to-send (RTS)
and clear-to-send (CTS) signals for each channel.
The integrated 16-bit timer/counter can operate in a counter mode or a timer mode. The timer/counter can
function as a system stopwatch, a real-time single interrupt generator, or a device watchdog when in counter
mode. In timer mode, the timer/counter can be used as a programmable clock source for channels A and B,
a periodic interrupt generator, or a variable duty cycle square-wave generator.
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