Vendor: Arasan Chip Systems Inc. Category: NAND Flash

ONFI Nand Flash Software Driver

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Overview

The ONFI NFC Driver is a low-level driver developed for Arasan’s ONFI Nand Flash Controller IP that is used to communicate with the Nand Flash Device. The driver can also be used for validating a Nand flash device during its development and integration life cycles thereby helping designers reduce the time to market for their products. It provides a set of generic APIs to identify, read, program, and erase the flash device.

The Driver consists of two layers –, Hardware layer, and OS Abstraction Layer.

 

Key features

  • Compliant with ONFI 3.2 and backward compatible to ONFI 3.0, 2.3 and 1.0
  • Supports SDR, NV-DDR and NV-DDR2, Toggle DDR/DDR2 modes
  • Easy-to-use interface for applications
  • Support up to NAND with 16K page size
  • Fully documented generic device operation APIv
  • Supports Read, Program and Erase Operations
  • Supports Cache Program, Cache Sequential and Random Read Operations
  • Supports LUN Resets, Multi LUN/DIE Operations
  • Supports On Die Termination
  • Supports Interleaving Operations
  • Easily portable to any OS, processors or hardware

Block Diagram

ONFI NAND FLASH SOFTWARE DRIVER block diagram

Benefits

  • System manufacturers can port the ONFI NAND Controller Driver to respective system hardware and operating systems
  • Silicon developers can use the driver and board environment to test the device silicon during development
  • Silicon vendors can use the driver to create a reference system design for their customers

What’s Included?

  • Source code in c language and binaries for ONFI NAND Controller driver.
  • User Manual

Files

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Specifications

Identity

Part Number
ONFI NAND FLASH SOFTWARE DRIVER
Vendor
Arasan Chip Systems Inc.
Type
Silicon IP

Provider

Arasan Chip Systems Inc.
HQ: USA
Arasan Chip Systems, is a leading provider of IP for mobile storage and mobile connectivity interfaces with over a billion chips shipped with our IP. Arasan’s high-quality, silicon-proven, Total IP Solutions include digital IP, Analog Mixed Signal PHY IP, Verification IP, HDK, and Software. Arasan has a focused product portfolio targeting mobile SoCs. The term Mobile has evolved over our two-decade history to include all things mobile – starting with PDA’s in the mid 90’s to smartphones to today’s Automobiles, Drones, and IoT. Arasan is at the forefront of this evolution of “Mobile” with its standards-based IP at the heart of Mobile SoCs.
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