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Figure 4-4. External Memory with Sector Select
4.5.2 Using the External Memory Interface
The interface consists of:
• AD7:0: Multiplexed low-order address bus and data bus.
• A15:8: High-order address bus (configurable number of bits).
• ALE: Address latch enable.
•RD
: Read strobe.
•WR
: Write strobe.
The control bits for the External Memory Interface are located in two registers, the External
Memory Control Register A – XMCRA, and the External Memory Control Register B – XMCRB.
When the XMEM interface is enabled, the XMEM interface will override the setting in the data
direction registers that corresponds to the ports dedicated to the XMEM interface. For details
about the port override, see the alternate functions in section “I/O-Ports” on page 66. The XMEM
interface will auto-detect whether an access is internal or external. If the access is external, the
XMEM interface will output address, data, and the control signals on the ports according to Fig-
ure 4-6 (this figure shows the wave forms without wait-states). When ALE goes from high-to-low,
there is a valid address on AD7:0. ALE is low during a data transfer. When the XMEM interface
is enabled, also an internal access will cause activity on address, data and ALE ports, but the
RD
and WR strobes will not toggle during internal access. When the External Memory Interface
is disabled, the normal pin and data direction settings are used. Note that when the XMEM inter-
face is disabled, the address space above the internal SRAM boundary is not mapped into the
internal SRAM. Figure 4-5 illustrates how to connect an external SRAM to the AVR using an
octal latch (typically “74x573” or equivalent) which is transparent when G is high.
0x0000
ISRAM end
External Memory
(0-64K x 8)
0xFFFF
Internal memory
SRL[2..0]
SRW11
SRW10
SRW01
SRW00
Lower sector
Upper sector
XMem start