ADVANCE INFORMATION
February 1997
NS486TMSXF Optimized 32-Bit 486-Class Controller
with On-Chip Peripherals for Embedded Systems
Y
Intel 82365 compatible PCMCIA interface
Protected WATCHDOGTM timer
General Description
The NS486SXF is a highly integrated embedded system
controller incorporating an Intel486TM-class 32-bit proces-
sor, all of the necessary System Service Elements, and a
set of peripheral I/O controllers tailored for embedded con-
trol systems. It is ideally suited for a wide variety of applica-
tions running in a segmented protect-mode environment.
Y
Y
Optimized DRAM Controller (supports two banks, up to
8 Mbytes each)
Y
Y
Y
Y
Up to nine versatile, programmable chip selects
Glueless interface to ISA peripherals
Arbitration support for auxiliary processor
Four external DMA channels (max. transfer rate of 25
@
MByte/sec
25 MHz) support many transfer modes
Key Features
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
High performance IEEE 1284 (ECP) Bidirectional
Parallel Port
MICROWIRETM/Access.bus synchronous serial
interfaces
100% compatible with VxWorks , VRTX , QNX Neu-
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trino, pSOS TM, and other popular real-time executives
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and operating system kernels
Y
Intel486 instruction set compatible (protected mode
only) with optimized performance
LCD Controller for an up to 4 grey scale supertwist
Liquid Crystal Displays up to 480 X 320
Reconfigurable I/O: Up to 29 I/O pins can be used as
general purpose bidirectional I/O lines
Flexible, programmable, multilevel power saving modes
maximize power savings
Y
Y
Y
Y
CPU includes a 1 Kbyte Instruction Cache
Operation at 25 MHz with 5V supply
Low cost 160-pin PQFP package
Industry standard interrupt controller, timers, real time
clock, UART with IrDA v1.0 (Infrared Data Association)
port
NS486SXF Single-Chip Embedded Controller
TL/EE/12514–1
TRI-STATEÉ is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation.
NS486TM, WATCHDOGTM and MICROWIRETM are trademarks of National Semiconductor Corporation.
Intel486TM is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
QNXÉ is a registered trademark of QNX Software Systems, Inc.
VRTXÉ is a registered trademark of Microtec Research, Inc.
VxWorksÉ is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc.
TM
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pSOS
is a trademark of Integrated Systems Inc.
PowerPackÉ is a registered trademark of Microtek International.
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TL/EE12514
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