82C88

FN2979 Rev 3.00

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August 13, 2015

Functional Description

The command logic decodes the three 80C86, 8086, 80C88,

8088, 80186, 80188 or 8089 status lines (S0, S1, S2) to

determine what command is to be issued (see Table 1).

I/O Bus Mode

The 82C88 is in the I/O Bus mode if the IOB pin is strapped

HIGH. In the I/O Bus mode, all I/O command lines IORC,

IOWC, AIOWC, INTA) are always enabled (i.e., not

dependent on AEN). When an I/O command is initiated by

the processor, the 82C88 immediately activates the

command lines using PDEN and DT/R to control the I/O bus

transceiver. The I/O command lines should not be used to

control the system bus in this configuration because no

arbitration is present. This mode allows one 82C88 Bus

Controller to handle two external busses. No waiting is

involved when the CPU wants to gain access to the I/O bus.

Normal memory access requires a “Bus Ready” signal (AEN

LOW) before it will proceed. It is advantageous to use the

IOB mode if I/O or peripherals dedicated to one processor

exist in a multi-processor system.

System Bus Mode

The 82C88 is in the System Bus mode if the IOB pin is

strapped LOW. In this mode, no command is issued until a

specified time period after the AEN line is activated (LOW).

This mode assumes bus arbitration logic will inform the bus

controller (on the AEN line) when the bus is free for use.

Both memory and I/O commands wait for bus arbitration.

This mode is used when only one bus exists. Here, both I/O

and memory are shared by more than one processor.

Command Outputs

The advanced write commands are made available to initiate

write procedures early in the machine cycle. This signal can

be used to prevent the processor from entering an

unnecessary wait state.

INTA (Interrupt Acknowledge) acts as an I/O read during an

interrupt cycle. Its purpose is to inform an interrupting device

that its interrupt is being acknowledged and that it should

place vectoring information onto the data bus.

The command outputs are:

MRDC - Memory Read Command

MWTC - Memory Write Command

IORC - I/O Read Command

IOWC - I/O Write Command

AMWC - Advanced Memory Write Command

AIOWC - Advanced I/O Write Command

INTA - Interrupt Acknowledge

Control Outputs

The control outputs of the 82C88 are Data Enable (DEN),

Data Transmit/Receive (DT/R) and Master Cascade Enable/

Peripheral Data Enable (MCE/PDEN). The DEN signal

determines when the external bus should be enabled onto

the local bus and the DT/R determines the direction of data

AMWC

8

O

ADVANCED MEMORY WRITE COMMAND: The AMWC issues a memory write command earlier in the machine

cycle to give memory devices an early indication of a write instruction. Its timing is the same as a read command

signal. AMWC is active LOW.

MWTC

9

O

MEMORY WRITE COMMAND: This command line instructs the memory to record the data present on the data

bus. This signal is active LOW.

MRDC

7

O

MEMORY READ COMMAND: This command line instructs the memory to drive its data onto the data bus. MRDC

is active LOW.

INTA

14

O

INTERRUPT ACKNOWLEDGE: This command line tells an interrupting device that its interrupt has been

acknowledged and that it should drive vectoring information onto the data bus. This signal is active LOW.

MCE/PDEN

17

O

This is a dual function pin. MCE (IOB IS TIED LOW) Master Cascade Enable occurs during an interrupt sequence

and serves to read a Cascade Address from a master 82C59A Priority Interrupt Controller onto the data bus. The

MCE signal is active HIGH. PDEN (IOB IS TIED HIGH): Peripheral Data Enable enables the data bus transceiver

for the I/O bus that DEN performs for the system bus. PDEN is active LOW.

PIN

SYMBOL

NUMBER

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

TABLE 1. COMMAND DECODE DEFINITION

S2

S1

S0

PROCESSOR STATE

82C88

COMMAND

0

0

0

Interrupt Acknowledge

INTA

0

0

1

Read I/O Port

IORC

0

1

0

Write I/O Port

IOWC, AIOWC

0

1

1

Halt

None

1

0

0

Code Access

MRDC

1

0

1

Read Memory

MRDC

1

1

0

Write Memory

MWTC, AMWC

111

Passive

None