Asic - Brother HL-730Plus Service Manual

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ASIC

<HL-720>
The ASIC is composed of Cell Based IC and has the following function blocks.
(1) Oscillator circuit
Oscillator circuit drives the outside ceramic resonator, and generates the
main clock for the CPU core by dividing the source clock frequency into two.
It is also equipped with the several clocks for timer unit, engine control I/O
unit, CDCC parallel I/O unit, data extension unit and FIFO.
(2) Program ROM
The program ROM of 16 Kbytes is contained in this ASIC.
(3) Working S-RAM
The working S-RAM of 512 Bytes is also contained in this ASIC as a work RAM for
the CPU core.
(4) DRAM control circuit
This circuit generates the RAS, CAS, WE, OE and MA signals for the DRAM and
controls the refresh for the DRAM (CAS before RAS self-refreshing method). The
CPU core, the CDCC parallel I/O unit and the data extension unit access
the DRAM through the DRAM bus controlled by the DRAM control unit.
(5) Interrupt control
This circuit controls all the interrupts to the CPU core. The CPU core has no
priority to each interrupt element. If the first interrupt is accepted, then the second
waits until the first has been complete. The interrupt elements can be masked
respectively.
(6) Timers
The following timers are incorporated:
Timer 1
Timer 2
Timer 3
16-bit timer
10-bit timer
Watch-dog timer
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