Preliminary
October 2002
Revision 1.1
PC87373
LPC SuperI/O with Glue Functions
The PC87373 extended wake-up support complements the
ACPI controller in the chipset. The System Wake-Up Control
(SWC) module, powered by VSB3, supports a flexible wake-
up mechanism.
General Description
The National Semiconductor® PC87373 Advanced I/O prod-
uct is a member of the PC8737x SuperI/O family. All
PC8737x devices are highly integrated and are pin and soft-
ware compatible, thus providing drop-in interchangeability
and enabling a variety of assembly options using only a sin-
gle motherboard and BIOS.
There are 13 General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) ports;
these allow system control and wake-up on system events.
Outstanding Features
PC87373 integration allows for a smaller system board size and
saves on total system cost.
ꢀ Legacy modules: Parallel Port, Floppy Disk Controller
(FDC), two Serial Ports, Keyboard and Mouse Control-
ler (KBC), Game Port and MIDI Port
The PC87373 includes legacy SuperI/O functions, system
glue functions, fan monitoring and control, commonly used
functions such as GPIO, and ACPI-compliant Power Man-
agement support.
ꢀ Glue functions to complement the South Bridge func-
tionality
The PC87373 integrates miscellaneous analog and digital
system glue functions to reduce the number of discrete
components required. The host communicates with the
functions integrated in the PC87373 device through an LPC
Bus Interface.
ꢀ Fan Speed monitoring and control of three fans
ꢀ VSB3-powered Power Management with 20 wake-up
sources
ꢀ Controls three LED indicators
The PC87373 Legacy functions are: two serial ports, a fully
compliant IEEE 1284 Parallel Port, a Floppy Disk Controller
(FDC), a Keyboard/Mouse Controller (KBC), a Game Port
and a MIDI Port.
ꢀ 13 GPIO ports with a variety of wake-up options
ꢀ LPC interface, based on Intel’s LPC Interface Specifica-
tion Revision 1.0, September 29th, 1997
ꢀ PC01 Revision 1.0 and Advanced Configuration and Pow-
er Interface (ACPI) Specification Revision 2.0 compliant
The Fan Speed Control and Monitor (FSCM) module allows
the system to monitor and control three fans.
ꢀ 128-pin PQFP package
Block Diagram
Parallel
Port
Interface
Floppy
Drive
Interface
KBC
Ports
LPC Serial
Interface IRQ
PS/2
Interfaces
MIDI Joystick Serial
Serial
Interface
14.31818 MHz
Interface Interface Interface
IEEE 1284
Parallel
Port
Floppy
Disk
Controller
Keyboard
& Mouse
Controller
VDD3
LPC Bus
Interface
Game
Port
Serial
Port 1
Serial
Port 2
Clock
Generator
MIDI
Port
48 MHz
Internal Bus
VSB3
Fan Speed
Control and
Monitor
System
Wake-Up
Control
PnP
Glue
Functions
Configuration
GPIO Ports
Registers
Wake-Up
Events
I/O
Ports
Miscellaneous
I/O
PME
LEDs
Tachometer
PWM
Inputs Outputs
32.768 KHz
VBAT
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