OVERVIEW

The EP7212 is designed for ultra-low-power applications such as organizers / PDAs, two-way pagers, smart cellular phones or any vertical PDA device that features the added capability of digital audio decom pression. The core-logic functionality of the device is built around an ARM720T processor with 8 K-bytes of four-way set-associative unified cache and a write buffer. Incorporated into the ARM720T is an enhanced memory management unit (MMU) which allows for support of sophisticated operating systems like Microsoft Windows CE.

FEATURES

■ ARM720T processor

   — ARM7TDMI CPU

   — 8 K-bytes of four-way set-associative cache

   — MMU with 64-entry TLB (transition look-aside buffer)

   — Write Buffer

   — Windows CE enabled

   — Thumb code support enabled

■ Dynamically programmable clock speeds of 18, 36, 49, and 74 MHz at 2.5 V

■ Performance matching 100-MHz Intel Pentium-based PC

■ Ultra low power

   — Designed for applications that require long battery life while using standard AA/AAA batteries or rechargeable cells

   — Typical Power Numbers

     ● 90 mW at 74 MHz in the Operating State

     ● 30 mW at 18 MHz in the Operating State

     ● 10 mW in the Idle State (clock to the CPU stopped, everything else running)

     ● <1 mW in the Standby State (realtime clock ‘on’, everything else stopped)

■ Advanced audio decoder / decompression capability

   — Allows for support of multiple audio decompression algorithms

   — Supports MPEG 1, 2, & 2.5 layer 3 audio decoding, including ISO compliant MPEG 1 & 2 layer 3 support for all standard sample rates and bit rates

   — Supports bit streams with adaptive bit rates

   — DAI (Digital Audio Interface) providing glueless interface to low-power DACs, ADCs, and Codecs

■ LCD controller

   — Interfaces directly to a single-scan panel monochrome LCD

   — Panel width size is programmable from 32 to 1024 pixels in 16-pixel increments

   — Video frame buffer size programmable up to 128 kbytes

   — Bits per pixel of 1, 2, or 4 bits

■ DRAM controller

   — Supports both 16- and 32-bit-wide DRAMs

   — EDO support (Fast Page Mode support for 13 MHz and 18 MHz operation only)

■ Memory controller

   — Decodes up to 6 separate memory segments of up to 256 Mbytes each

   — Each segment can be configured as 8, 16, or 32 bits wide and supports page-mode access

   — Programmable access time for conventional ROM / SRAM / FLASH memory

   — Supports Removable FLASH card interface

   — Enables connection to removable FLASH card for addition of expansion FLASH memory modules

■ 38,400 bytes (0x9600) of on-chip SRAM for fast program execution and / or as a frame buffer

■ Synchronous serial interface

   — ADC (SSI) Interface: Master mode only; SPI and Microwire1-compatible (128 kbps operation)

■ On-chip ROM; for manufacturing support

■ 27-bits of general-purpose I/O

  — Three 8-bit and one 3-bit GPIO port

  — Supports scanning keyboard matrix

■ Two UARTs (16550 type)

  — Supports bit rates up to 115.2 kbps

  — Contains two 16-byte FIFOs for TX and RX

  — UART1 supports modem control signals

■ SIR (up to 115.2 kbps) infrared encoder / decoder

  — IrDA (Infrared Data Association) SIR protocol encoder / decoder

■ DC-to-DC converter interface (PWM)

  — Provides two 96-kHz clock outputs with programmable duty ratio (from 1-in-16 to 15-in-16) that can be used to drive a DC to DC converter

■ Two timer counters

■ 208-pin LQFP or new 256-ball PBGA packages

■ Evaluation kit available with BOM, schematics, sample code, and design database

■ Support for up to two ultra-low-power CL-PS6700 PC Card controllers

■ Dedicated LED flasher pin from RTC

■ Full JTAG boundary scan and Embedded ICE support

■ Commercial operating temperature range