Revision 1.31 – February 16, 2012
440EPx – PPC440EPx Embedded Processor
Data Sheet
General Purpose IO (GPIO) Controller
• Controller functions and GPIO registers are programmed and accessed via memory-mapped OPB bus master
accesses.
• 64 GPIOs are multiplexed with other functions. DCRs control whether a particular pin that has GPIO
capabilities acts as a GPIO or is used for another purpose.
• Each GPIO output is separately programmable to emulate an open drain driver (that is, drives to zero,
tri-stated if output bit is 1).
Universal Interrupt Controller (UIC)
Two Universal Interrupt Controllers (UIC) are employed. They provide control, status, and communications
necessary between the external and internal sources of interrupts and the on-chip PowerPC processor.
Note: Processor specific interrupts (for example, page faults) do not use UIC resources.
Features include:
• 10 external interrupts
• Edge triggered or level-sensitive
• Positive or negative active
• Non-critical or critical interrupt to the on-chip processor
• Programmable interrupt priority ordering
• Programmable critical interrupt vector for faster vector processing
JTAG
Features include:
• IEEE 1149.1 Test Access Port
• JTAG Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL)
• Refer to http://www.apm.com/Embedded/Partners for a list of AppliedMicro partners supplying probes for
use with this port.
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