Vendor: Beyond Semiconductor Category: GPIO

General Purpose I/O controller, fully configurable.

Beyond GPIO IP core is user-programmable general-purpose I/O controller.

Overview

Beyond GPIO IP core is user-programmable general-purpose I/O controller. Its use is to implement functions that are not implemented with the dedicated controllers in a system and require simple input and/or output software controlled signals.

Key features

  • Number of general-purpose I/O signals is user selectable and can be in range from 1 to 32. For more I/Os several GPIO cores can be used in parallel
  • All general-purpose I/O signals can be bi-directional (external bi-directional I/O cells are required in this case)
  • All general-purpose I/O signals can be three-stated or open-drain enabled (external three-state or open-drain I/O cells are required in this case)
  • General-Purpose I/O signals programmed as inputs can cause an interrupt request to the CPU
  • General-purpose I/O signals programmed as inputs can be registered at raising edge of system clock or at user programmed edge of external clock
  • All general-purpose I/O signals are programmed as inputs at hardware reset
  • Auxiliary inputs to GPIO core to bypass outputs from RGPIO_OUT register
  • Alternative input reference clock signal from external interface
  • Extremely configurable (implementation of registers, external clock inverted versus negedge flip-flops etc.)

Block Diagram

Benefits

  • Safe: production silicon proven
  • Small: compact, versatile RTL
  • Easy: fully documented, with operational examples
  • Versatile: fully RTL configurable, software programmable

Applications

  • Embedded
  • Portable and wireless
  • Home entertainment consumer electronics

What’s Included?

  • Full Verilog RTL source
  • Extensive Test Bench
  • Documentation
  • Linux Driver
  • Free Engineering support

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
GPIO Controller
Vendor
Beyond Semiconductor
Type
Silicon IP

Files

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Provider

Beyond Semiconductor
HQ: Slovenia
Beyond Semiconductor is a privately held fabless semiconductor IP company supplying embedded processor IP technology for digital consumer, networking, personal entertainment, communications and industrial applications. Beyond Semiconductor believes in technology leadership, excellent value, and superior quality and service. Beyond Semiconductor's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit embedded RISC/DSP processors, software development tools, peripheral cores and complete reference platforms that enable Licensees to quickly start with product development. Licensees can develop highly differentiated and competitive system-on-chips (SOCs) by easily customizing the processors to their target applications which can be optimized to achieve the highest performance, smallest size, and lowest power consumption of any 32-bit processor in the same class. At the heart of Beyond Semiconductor's technology is Beyond Architecture designed with emphasis on performance, simplicity and ease of use, power efficiency and scalability. We offer products and services in the following areas: * Scalable range of 32-bit embedded RISC/DSP processors * Rich set of peripheral cores to go along with the processors * Complete reference and verification platforms to serve as base designs * Software development tools * Operating systems and device drivers * FPGA/ASIC development and evaluation boards Committed to helping Licensees achieve their business goals, Beyond Semiconductor aggressively invests in research and development. By partnering closely with our Licensees, Beyond Semiconductor can customize its products to closely match Licensee application requirements. Beyond Semiconductor products have been successfully implemented by industry leaders like ST Microelectronics, Ericsson, Omnivision, and many others. Please go to www.beyondsemi.com for more information

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