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DS39778E-page 106  2007-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
8.1 External Memory Bus Control
The operation of the interface is controlled by the
MEMCON register (Register 8-1). This register is
available in all program memory operating modes
except Microcontroller mode. In this mode, the register
is disabled and cannot be written to.
The EBDIS bit (MEMCON<7>) controls the operation
of the bus and related port functions. Clearing EBDIS
enables the interface and disables the I/O functions of
the ports, as well as any other functions multiplexed to
those pins. Setting the bit enables the I/O ports and
other functions, but allows the interface to override
everything else on the pins when an external memory
operation is required. By default, the external bus is
always enabled and disables all other I/O.
The operation of the EBDIS bit is also influenced by the
program memory mode being used. This is discussed
in more detail in Section 8.5 “Program Memory
Modes and the External Memory Bus”.
The WAITx bits allow for the addition of Wait states to
external memory operations. The use of these bits is
discussed in Section 8.3 “Wait States”.
The WMx bits select the particular operating mode
used when the bus is operating in 16-Bit Data Width
mode. These are discussed in more detail in
Section 8.6 “16-Bit Data Width Modes”. These bits
have no effect when an 8-bit Data Width mode is
selected.
The MEMCON register (see Register 8-1) shares the
same memory space as the PR2 register and can be
alternately selected, based on the designation of the
ADSHR bit in the WDTCON register (see
Register 25-9).
REGISTER 8-1: MEMCON: EXTERNAL MEMORY BUS CONTROL REGISTER
R/W-0 U-0 R/W-0 R/W-0 U-0 U-0 R/W-0 R/W-0
EBDIS
—WAIT1WAIT0— —WM1WM0
bit 7 bit 0
Legend:
R = Readable bit W = Writable bit U = Unimplemented bit, read as ‘0’
-n = Value at POR ‘1’ = Bit is set ‘0’ = Bit is cleared x = Bit is unknown
bit 7 EBDIS: External Bus Disable bit
1 = External bus is enabled when the microcontroller accesses external memory; otherwise, all
external bus drivers are mapped as I/O ports
0 = External bus is always enabled, I/O ports are disabled
bit 6 Unimplemented: Read as ‘0’
bit 5-4 WAIT<1:0>: Table Reads and Writes Bus Cycle Wait Count bits
11 = Table reads and writes will wait 0 T
CY
10 = Table reads and writes will wait 1 TCY
01 = Table reads and writes will wait 2 TCY
00 = Table reads and writes will wait 3 TCY
bit 3-2 Unimplemented: Read as ‘0’
bit 1-0 WM<1:0>: TBLWT Operation with 16-Bit Data Bus Width Select bits
1x = Word Write mode: TABLAT word output, WRH is active when TABLAT is written
01 = Byte Select mode: TABLAT data is copied on both MSB and LSB, WRH
and (UB or LB) will activate
00 = Byte Write mode: TABLAT data is copied on both MSB and LSB, WRH
or WRL will activate