DRPIC166X - Digital Core Design

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OVERVIEW

The DRPIC166X is a low-cost, high per-

formance, 8-bit, fully static soft IP Core,

dedicated for operation with fast (typically on-

chip) dual ported memory. The core has been

designed with a special concern about low

power consumption.

DRPIC166X soft core is software-

compatible with the industry standard

PIC16C6X. It implements an enhanced

Harvard architecture (i.e. separate

instruction and data memories) with

independent address and data buses. The 14

bit program memory and 8-bit dual port data

memory allow instruction fetch and data

operations to occur simultaneously. The

advantage of this architecture is that

instruction fetch and memory transfers can be

overlapped by multi stage pipeline, so that the

next instruction can be fetched from program

memory while the current instruction is

executed with data from the data memory.

The DRPIC166X architecture is 4 times

faster compared to standard architecture. So

most instructions are executed within 1

system clock period, except the instructions

which directly operates on program counter

PC (GOTO, CALL, RETURN), this situation

require the pipeline to be cleared and

subsequently refilled. This operation takes

additional one clock cycle.

The DRPIC166X Microcontroller fits

perfectly in applications ranging from high-

speed automotive and appliance motor control

to low-power remote transmitters/receivers,

pointing devices and telecom processors.

Built-in power save mode make this IP perfect

for applications where power consumption is

critical.

DRPIC166X is delivered with fully automated

testbench and complete set of tests

allowing easy package validation at each

stage of SoC design flow

CPU FEATURES

Software compatible with industry standard

PIC16C6X

Pipelined Harvard architecture 4 times

faster compared to original implementation

35 – 14 bit wide instructions

Up to 512 bytes of internal Data Memory

Up to 64K bytes of Program Memory

Configurable hardware stack

Power saving SLEEP mode

Fully synthesizable, static synchronous

design with no internal tri-states

Technology independent HDL Source

Code

1.4 GHz virtual clock frequency in a 0.18u

technological process

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8-bit software program mable prescaler

PERIPHERALS

Four 8 bit I/O ports

Four 8-bit corresponding TRIS registers

Interrupt feature on PORTB(7:4) change

Timer 0

8-bit timer/counter

Readable and Writable

Internal or ext ernal clock select

Interrupt generation on timer overflow

Edge select for external cl ock

Timer 1

16-bit timer/counter

3-bit prescaler

Internal or ext ernal clock select

Interrupt generation on timer overflow

Timer 2

8-bit timer with prescaler

CCP – Compare-Capture-PWM

16 Bit Compare/Capture operations

10-bit resolution PWM output

USART

Asynchronous – full duplex

Synchronous – half duplex Master/Slave

Watchdog Timer

Configurable Time out period

7-bit software program mable prescaler

Dedicated indepen dent Watchdog Clock input

Interrupt Controller

Seven individually m askable Interrupt sources

Two external interrupts – INT Port B[7:4]

change

Five internal interrupts – TIMERS 0, 1, 2,

USART

DoCD™ debug unit

Processor execution control

Run

Halt

Step into instruction

Skip instruction

Read-write all processor co ntents

Program Counter (PC)

Program Memory

Data Memory

Special Function Registers (S F Rs)

Hardware Stack and Stack Pointer

Hardware execution breakpoints

Program Memory

Data Memory

Special Function Registers (S F Rs)

Hardware breakpoints activated at a certain

Program address (PC)

Address by any write into memory

Address by any read from memory

Address by write into memory a required data

Address by read from memory a required data

Three wire communication interface

LICENSING

Comprehensible and clearly defined licensing

methods without royalty fees make using of IP

Core easy and simply.

Single Design license allows use IP Core in

single FPGA bitstream and ASIC

implementation.

Unlimited Designs, One Year licenses allow

use IP Core in unlimited number of FPGA

bitstreams and ASIC implementations.

In all cases number of IP Core instantiations

within a design, and number of manufactured

chips are unlimited. There is no time

restriction except One Year license where

time of use is limited to 12 months.

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Single Design license for

VHDL, Verilog source code called HDL

Source

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One Year license for

Encrypted Netlist only

Unlimited Designs license for

HDL Source

Netlist

Upgrade from

Single Design to Unlimited Desi gns

HDL Source to Netlist

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DELIVERABLES

Source code:

VHDL Source Code or/and

VERILOG Source Code or/and

Encrypted, or plain text EDIF netlist

VHDL & VERILOG test bench

environment

Active-HDL automatic simulation macros

ModelSim automatic simulation macros

Tests with reference responses

Technical documentation

Installation notes

HDL core specification

Datasheet

Synthesis scripts

Example application

Technical support

IP Core implementation support

3 months maintenance

● Delivery the IP Core updates, minor

and major versions changes

● Delivery the documentation updates

● Phone & email support

CONFIGURATION

The following parameters of the DRPIC166X

core can be easy adjusted to requirements of

dedicated application and technology.

Configuration of the core can be prepared by

effortless changing appropriate constants in

package file. There is no need to change any

parts of the code.

- 1-16

•Number of hardware stack

levels - default 8

- synchronous

•Memories type - asynchronous

- used

•SLEEP mode - unused

- used / width

•WATCHDOG Timer - unused

- used

•Timer 0, 1, 2 system - unused

- used

•Compare Capture PWM - unused

- used

•USART - unused

- used

•PORTS A,B,C,D - unused

- used

•DoCDTM Debug Unit - unused

SYMBOL

ramwe

ramoe

portao(7:0)

portbo(7:0)

portai(7:0)

portbi(7:0)

ramdatai(7:0)

t0cki

t1cki

clk

clkwdt

ramdatao(7:0)

rdaddr(8:0)

wraddr(8:0)

int

trisa(7:0)

trisb(7:0)

sleep

por

mclr

prgdata(13:0) prgaddr(15:0)

portci(7:0)

portdi(7:0)

portco(7:0)

portdo(7:0)

trisc(7:0)

trisd(7:0)

docddatai docddatao

docdclk

prgdatao(13:0)

prgwe

DoCD

TM

Interface

ccp1i ccp1o

rxdi

txcki

rxdo

txcko

PINS DESCRIPTION

PIN TYPE DESCRIPTION

clk input Global clock

clkwdt input Watchdog clock

por input Global reset Power On Reset

mclr input User reset

prgdata[13:0] input Data bus from program memory

ramdati[7:0] input Data bus from int. data memory

Int input External interrupt

t0cki input Timer 0 input

t1cki input Timer 1 input

ccp1i input Compare Capture channel input

rxdti input USART serial data input

txcki input USART serial clock input

portxi[7:0] input Port A, B, C, D input

docddatai input DoCDTM Debugger input

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prgaddr[15:0] output Program memory address bus

ramdatao[7:0] output Data bus for internal data memory

rdaddr[8:0] output RAM read address bus

wraddr[8:0] output RAM write address bus

ramwe output Data memory write

ramoe output Data memory output enable

sleep Output Sleep signal

ccp1o Output Compare Capture channel output

txcko Output USART serial clock output

rxdto Output USART serial data output

portxo[7:0] Output Port A, B, C, D outputs

trisx[7:0] Output Ports A, B, C, D data direction pins

docddatao Output DoCDTM Debugger data output

docdclk Output DoCDTM Clock line

prgdatao[13:0] Output Program Memory data output

prgwe Output Program Memory write enable

BLOCK DIAGRAM

ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit performs

arithmetic and logic operations during

execution of an instruction. This module

contains work register (W) and Status register.

Control Unit – It performs the core

synchronization and data flow control. This

module manages execution of all instructions.

Performs decode and control functions for all

other blocks. It contains program counter (PC)

and hardware stack.

Hardware Stack – it’s a configurable

hardware stack. The stack space is not a part

of either program or data space and the stack

pointer is not readable or writable. The PC is

pushed onto the stack when CALL instruction

is executed or an interrupt causes a branch.

The stack is popped while RETURN, RETFIE

and RETLW instruction execution. The stack

operates as a circular buffer. This means that

after the stack has been pushed eight times,

the ninth push overwrites the value that was

stored from the first push.

RAM Controller – It performs interface

functions between Data memory and

DRPIC166X internal logic. It assures correct

Data Memory addressing and data transfers.

The DRPIC166X supports two addressing

modes: direct or indirect. In Direct Addressing

the 9-bit direct address is computed from

RP(1:0) bits (STATUS) and 7 least significant

bits of instruction word.

Indirect addressing is possible by using the

INDF register. Any instruction using INDF

register actually accesses data pointed to by

the file select register FSR. Reading INDF

register indirectly will produce 00h. Writing to

the INDF register indirectly results in a no-

operation. An effective 9-bit address is

obtained by concatenating the IRP bit

(STATUS) and the 8-bit FSR register.

portao

portdo

portco

portbo

ramdatai

clk

ramdatao

RAM

Controller

I/O

Ports

Hardware

Stack

Control

Unit

Interrupt

Controller

int

por

sleep

ramwe

rdaddr

mclr

portai

portbi

Timer 0

t0cki

A

LU

prgdata

prgaddr

wraddr

Timer 1

t1cki

portci

portdi

trisa

trisd

trisc

trisb

ramoe

ccp1i

Compare/

Capture/

PWM ccp1o

Timer 2

Watchdog

Timer

clkwdt

rxdi

txcki

USART rxdo

txcko

docddatai

docddatao

DoCD

TM

Debugger

prgwe

docdclk

prgdatao

Timer 0 – Main system’s timer and prescaler.

This timer operates in two modes: 8-bit timer

or 8-bit counter. In the “timer mode”, timer

registers are incremented every 4 CLK

periods. When the prescaler is assigned into

the TIMER prescale ration can be divided by

2, 4 .. 256. In the “counter mode” the timer

register is incremented every falling or rising

edge of T0CKI pin, dependent on T0SE bit in

OPTION register.

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Timer 1 – Timer 1 is a 16-bit timer consisted

of two 8-bit registers (TMR1H and TMR1L).

Timer 1 can operate either as a 16 bit timer

incremented every CLK clock period or as a

Counter incremented by rising edge on the

T1CKI input pin. The Timer1 interrupt is

generated by the timer overflow.

Timer 2 – Is a 8-bit Timer with a prescaler

and postscaler. Timer2 is suitable as PWM

time-base. The Timer2 module has an 8-bit

period register, PR2. Timer2 is incremented

until it matches PR2 and then resets on the

next increment cycle. The match output of the

TMR2 register goes through a 4-bit postscaler

to generate a TMR2 interrupt.

Interrupt Controller – Interrupt Controller

module is responsible for interrupt manage

system for the external and internal interrupt

sources. It contains interrupt related registers

called INTCON, PIE1, PIR1. There are seven

individually maskable interrupt sources:

Two external interrupts – INT pin,

PORTB change (pins B7:B4)

Five internal interrupts – Timers 0, 1, 2,

USART, CCP1

The interrupt control register INTCON and

PIR1 records individual interrupt requests in

flag bits. A global interrupt enable bit, GIE and

Peripheral interrupts enable bit, PIE enables

all unmasked interrupts. Each interrupt source

has an individual enable bit, which can enable

or disable corresponding interrupt. When an

interrupt is responded to, the GIE is cleared to

disable any further interrupt, the return

address is pushed into the stack and the PC is

loaded with 0004h. The interrupt flag bits must

be cleared in software before re-enabling

interrupts.

I/O Ports – Block contains DRPIC166X’s

general purpose I/O ports and data direction

registers (TRIS). The DRPIC166X has four 8-

bit full bi-directional ports PORT A, PORT B,

PORT C, PORT D. Each port’s bit can be

individually accessed by bit addressable

instructions. Read and write accesses to the

I/O port are performed via their corresponding

SFR’s PORTA, PORTB, PORTC, PORTD.

The reading instruction always reads the

status of Port pins. Writing instructions always

write into the Port latches. Each port’s pin has

an corresponding bit in TRISA, B, C and D

registers. When the bit of TRIS register is set

this means that the corresponding bit of port is

configured as an input (output drivers are set

into the High Impedance).

CCP/PWM – The CCP module contains a 16-

bit register which can operate as a 16-bit

capture register, 16-bit compare register, or as

a PWM master/slave duty cycle register.

Watchdog Timer– it’s a free running timer.

WDT has own clock input separate from

system clock. It means that the WDT will run

even if the system clock is stopped by

execution of SLEEP instruction. During normal

operation, a WDT time-out generates a

Watchdog reset. If the device is in SLEEP

mode the WDT time-out causes the device to

wake-up and continue with normal operation.

USART – The Universal Synchronous

Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter module is

also known as a Serial Communication

Interface (SCI). The USART can be

configured as a full duplex asynchronous

system that can communicate with peripheral

devices or it can be configured as a half

duplex synchronous system (Master or Slave).

DoCD™ Debug Unit – it’s a real-time

hardware debugger provides debugging

capability of a whole SoC system. In contrast

to other on-chip debuggers DoCD™ provides

non-intrusive debugging of running

application. It can halt, run, step into or skip

an instruction, read/write any contents of

microcontroller including all registers, internal,

external, program memories, all SFRs

including user defined peripherals. Hardware

breakpoints can be set and controlled on

program memory, internal and external data

memories, as well as on SFRs. Hardware

breakpoint is executed if any write/read

occurred at particular address with certain

data pattern or without pattern. The DoCD™

system includes three-wire interface and

complete set of tools to communicate and

work with core in real time debugging. It is

built as scalable unit and some features can

be turned off to save silicon and reduce power

consumption. A special care on power

consumption has been taken, and when

debugger is not used it is automatically

switched in power save mode. Finally whole

debugger is turned off when debug option is

no longer used.

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OPTIONAL

PERIPHERALS

There are also available an optional

peripherals, not included in presented

DRPIC166X Microcontroller Core. The

optional peripherals, can be implemented in

microcontroller core upon customer request.

SPI – Master and Slave Serial Peripheral

Interface

Supports speeds up ¼ of system clock

Mode fault error

Write collision error

Software selectable polarity and phase of

serial clock SCK

System errors detection

Allows operation from a wide range of system

clock frequencies (build-in 5-bit timer)

Interrupt generation

I2C bus controller - Master

7-bit and 10-bit addressing modes

NORMAL, FAST, HIGH speeds

Multi-master systems supported

Clock arbitration and synchroni zation

User defined timings on I2C lines

Wide range of syst em clock frequencies

Interrupt generation

I2C bus controller - Slave

NORMAL speed 100 kbs

FAST speed 400 kbs

HIGH speed 3400 kbs

Wide range of syst em clock frequencies

User defined data setup time on I2C lines

Interrupt generation

PERFORMANCE

The following table gives a survey about

the Core area and performance in the

ALTERA® devices after Place & Route:

Device Speed

grade Logic Cells Fmax

CYCLONE -6 1654 81 MHz

CYCLONE II -6 1654 72 MHz

STRATIX -5 1655 86 MHz

STRATIX II -3 1401 166 MHz

STRATIX GX -5 1655 84 MHz

APEX II -7 1695 74 MHz

APEX20KC -7 1695 64 MHz

APEX20KE -1 1695 54 MHz

APEX20K -1 1695 50 MHz

ACEX1K -1 1695 52 MHz

FLEX10KE -1 1695 54 MHz

Core performance in ALTERA® devices

Area utilized by the each unit of DRPIC166X

core in vendor specific technologies is

summarized in table below.

Component Area

[LC] [FFs]

CPU* 904 296

Timer 0 60 29

Timer 1 81 30

Timer 2 90 34

USART 257 100

CCP1 111 32

Watchdog Timer 55 38

I/O Ports 96 64

Total area 1 654 625

*CPU – consisted of ALU, Control Unit, Bus Controller, Hardware Stack,

External INT pin Interrupt Controller, Extended interrupt controller,(512

Bytes RAM and 8kW of program memory)

Core components area utili zation

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IMPROVEMENT

Most instruction of DRPIC166X is executed

within 1 CLK period, except program branches

that require 2 CLK periods. The table below

shows sample instructions execution times:

Mnemonic

operands DRPIC166X

(CLK cycles) PIC16C6X

(CLK cycles) Impr.

ADDWF 1 4 4

ANDWF 1 4 4

RLF 1 4 4

BCF 1 4 4

DECFSZ 1(2)14(8)14

INCFSZ 1(2)14(8)14

BTFSC 1(2)14(8)1 4

BTFSS 1(2)14(8)14

CALL 2 8 4

GOTO 2 8 4

RETFIE 2 8 4

RETLW 2 8 4

RETURN 2 8 4

1- number of clock in case that result of operation is 0.

DFPIC&DRPIC FAMILY OVERVIEW

The family of DCD DFPICXX & DRPICXX IP Cores combine a high–performance, low cost, and

small compact size, offering the best price/performance ratio in the IP Market. The DCD’s Cores are

dedicated for use in cost-sensitive consumer products, computer peripherals, office automation,

automotive control systems, security and telecommunication applications.

DCD’s DFPICXX & DRPICXX IP Cores family contains four 8-bit microcontroller Cores to best

meet your needs: DFPIC165X 12-bit program word, DFPIC1655X 14-bit program word, and

DRPIC1655X and DRPIC166X single cycle microcontrollers with 14-bit program word. All three

microcontroller cores are binary compatible with widely accepted PIC16C5X and PIC16CXXX. They

employ a modified RISC architecture two or four times faster than the original ones.

The DFPICXXX & DRPICXX IP Cores are written in pure VHDL/VERILOG HDL languages which

make them technologically independent. All of the DFPICXX & DRPICXX family members supports a

power saving SLEEP mode and allows the user to configure the watchdog time-out period and a

number of hardware stack levels. DFPICXX & DRPICXX can be fully customized according to

customer needs.

Design

Program Memory

space

Data Memory

space

Program word

length

Number of

instructions

I/O Ports

Timer 0

Timer 1

Timer 2

Watchdog Timer

CCP1

USART

Sleep Mode

External

interrupts

Internal

Interrupts

Levels of

hardware stack

Wake up on port

pin change

Speed rate

DoCDTM

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Size (gate)

DFPIC165X 2k 128 12 33 24 - - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 700

DFPIC1655X 64k 512 14 35 16 - - - - 5 1 8 2 * 3 900

DRPIC1655X 64k 512 14 35 32 - - - - 5 1 8 4 * 4 800

DRPIC166X 64k 512 14 35 32 5 5 8 4 * 6 700

* Optional DFPIC & DRPIC family of High Performance Microcontroller Cores

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