Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
PARALLEL PORT INTERFACE (PPI)
The MC68322 contains a direct, IEEE 1284 Level 2 compliant, bi-directional 8-bit PPI. The PPI supports four
IEEE 1284 communications modes: compatibility (Centronics), nibble, byte, and enhanced capabilities port
(ECP). It also fully supports all variants of these modes, including device ID requests and run-length
encoded data compression.
The PPI contains specialized hardware to provide automatic handshaking during forward data transfers.
When hardware handshaking is used in conjunction with the parallel port's dedicated DMA controller,
transfer rates as high as 2 Mbytes/sec can be achieved in the ECP forward mode. The hardware
handshaking can also be completely disabled to allow software to directly control the parallel port interface
signals and to support new protocols. Control and data signals are brought out to provide a glueless
interface to the parallel port.
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MC68322 PRODUCT INFORMATION
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