- Address Lines: The address lines are part of the signals the external hosts uses to
select which region of the device to read from or write to.
- Data Lines: The data lines carry the actual data read from or written to the device.
- Control Lines
- nBE: The HIC supports 8-bit and 16-bit
data transfers. The Byte Enable signal is used to select which of these
modes the data transfer happens.
- nCS: The Chip Select signal enables or disables the HIC interface.
- nWE: The Write Enable signal enables or disables writes from the external host to the
device.
- nOE: The Output Enable signal enables or disables reads from the device to the external
host.
- BASESEL: The HIC supports access to device
memory and peripherals or the HIC registers. The Base Select signal is
used to select which region the external host accesses.
- Notification Lines
- nRDY: The Ready signal is used by the HIC
to indicate to the external host that the HIC is ready for a new read or
write access.
- D2HINT: The Device to Host Interrupt signal is used by the HIC to indicate to the
external host that data transaction is complete.
Note: By default, nBE, nCS, nWE, nOE, and
nRDY are active-low signals. The polarity can be changed by configuring the
HICPINPOLCR register.