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3 / 13 page FM25CL64 - Automotive Temp. Rev. 3.0 May 2007 Page 3 of 13 Overview The FM25CL64 is a serial FRAM memory. The memory array is logically organized as 8,192 x 8 and is accessed using an industry standard Serial Peripheral Interface or SPI bus. Functional operation of the FRAM is similar to serial EEPROMs. The major difference between the FM25CL64 and a serial EEPROM with the same pinout is the FRAM’s superior write performance. Memory Architecture When accessing the FM25CL64, the user addresses 8,192 locations of 8 data bits each. These data bits are shifted serially. The addresses are accessed using the SPI protocol, which includes a chip select (to permit multiple devices on the bus), an op-code, and a two-byte address. The upper 3 bits of the address range are ‘don’t care’ values. The complete address of 13-bits specifies each byte address uniquely. Most functions of the FM25CL64 either are controlled by the SPI interface or are handled automatically by on-board circuitry. The access time for memory operation is essentially zero, beyond the time needed for the serial protocol. That is, the memory is read or written at the speed of the SPI bus. Unlike an EEPROM, it is not necessary to poll the device for a ready condition since writes occur at bus speed. So, by the time a new bus transaction can be shifted into the device, a write operation will be complete. This is explained in more detail in the interface section. Users expect several obvious system benefits from the FM25CL64 due to its fast write cycle and high endurance as compared with EEPROM. In addition there are less obvious benefits as well. For example in a high noise environment, the fast-write operation is less susceptible to corruption than an EEPROM since it is completed quickly. By contrast, an EEPROM requiring milliseconds to write is vulnerable to noise during much of the cycle. Note that the FM25CL64 contains no power management circuits other than a simple internal power-on reset. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that VDD is within datasheet tolerances to prevent incorrect operation. Serial Peripheral Interface – SPI Bus The FM25CL64 employs a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus. It is specified to operate at speeds up to 16 MHz. This high-speed serial bus provides high performance serial communication to a host microcontroller. Many common microcontrollers have hardware SPI ports allowing a direct interface. It is quite simple to emulate the port using ordinary port pins for microcontrollers that do not. The FM25CL64 operates in SPI Mode 0 and 3. The SPI interface uses a total of four pins: clock, data-in, data-out, and chip select. It is possible to connect the two data pins together. Figure 2 illustrates a typical system configuration using the FM25CL64 with a microcontroller that offers an SPI port. Figure 3 shows a similar configuration for a microcontroller that has no hardware support for the SPI bus. Protocol Overview The SPI interface is a synchronous serial interface using clock and data pins. It is intended to support multiple devices on the bus. Each device is activated using a chip select. Once chip select is activated by the bus master, the FM25CL64 will begin monitoring the clock and data lines. The relationship between the falling edge of /CS, the clock and data is dictated by the SPI mode. The device will make a determination of the SPI mode on the falling edge of each chip select. While there are four such modes, the FM25CL64 supports modes 0 and 3. Figure 4 shows the required signal relationships for modes 0 and 3. For both modes, data is clocked into the FM25CL64 on the rising edge of SCK and data is expected on the first rising edge after /CS goes active. If the clock begins from a high state, it will fall prior to beginning data transfer in order to create the first rising edge. The SPI protocol is controlled by op-codes. These op-codes specify the commands to the device. After /CS is activated the first byte transferred from the bus master is the op-code. Following the op-code, any addresses and data are then transferred. Note that the WREN and WRDI op-codes are commands with no subsequent data transfer. Important: The /CS pin must go inactive after an operation is complete and before a new op-code can be issued. There is one valid op-code only per active chip select. |
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