Overview
Building on our years of experience developing space-borne and mid-range Processors, Digital Blocks offers the 8-bit 8051 Instruction Set Compatible DB8051C Microcontroller Verilog IP Core. We have architected a high performance, low VLSI footprint, 8-bit Micrcontroller targeting ASSP / ASIC / FPGA development teams.
Embedded Processors with Standard or Custom Peripherals
Digital Blocks 8051 CPU Core IP Microcontroller for ASIC / ASSP / FPGA developers is an 8-bit architecture with 255 instructions complaint with the MCS®51 Instruction Set, and targets Embedded Control & Communications applications with efficient program space requirements. Building upon Digital Blocks DB8051C CPU Core — with its high performance, small VLSI footprint — the DB8051C is based on Digital Blocks Instruction Overlap Architecture.
I2C – Inter-Integrated Circuit Controllers
Digital Blocks’ I2C Controller IP Cores offer parameterized FIFOs and Finite State Machine Control to fully off-load the I2C transfer from the processor. The full off-load capabilities target applications with high performance algorithm requirements or minimal software overhead requirements. Digital Blocks’ I2C Controllers are available with Master/Slave, Master-only, and Slave-only feature sets, and in AMBA AXI, AHB, APB as well as Avalon / Qsys bus interfaces.
In addition to interfacing the I2C Bus to a processor, the I2C Controller IP Core can also interface a set of FPGA / ASIC internal Registers to the I2C Bus. Likewise, the I2C Controller can interface Memory (SDRAM / SRAM / Flash) external to the FPGA / ASIC to the I2C Bus.
The I2C IP Core family offers Hs-mode protocol and timing and electrical compliance to the Hs-mode I2C specification as a user selectable opton, within the DB-I2C-MS-Hs-Mode release. With the following features, the DB-I2C-MS-Hs-Mode offers the highest system-level I2C performance capability on the market: (1) 3.4 Mbit/s Hs-Mode transfer on the I2C Bus: (2) DB-I2C-MS Controller FIFO to hold blocks of data plus an off-load Finite State Machine to manage the transfers; (3) streamline DMA controller to move data from the DB-I2C-MS Controller to System Memory or Registers.
See the Digital Blocks IP Core page for a full listing of I2C offerings. For more information on I2C Controller IP offerings or reference designs, please see the Digital Blocks I2C IP Core Master / Slave Reference Design page.
SPI – Serial Peripheral Interface Circuit Controllers
Digital Blocks SPI Controller IP Cores offer parameterized FIFOs and Finite State Machine control to off-load the SPI Controller Master & Slave functions from the processor. The SPI Controller IP Core family builds on the I2C Controller IP family, with shared logic blocks (where possible) and similar programming interface. Digital Blocks offers SPI Master/Slave, SPI Master-only, and SPI Slave-only IP Cores.
See the Digital Blocks IP Core page for a full listing of SPI Controller offerings. For more information on SPI Controller IP offerings or reference designs, please see the Digital Blocks SPI IP Cores & Reference Design page.
AMBA Multi-Channel DMA Controller
Digital Blocks Multi-Channel DMA Controllers supporting 1 – 16 independent data block / packet transfers. The Direct Memory Access (DMA) Controller IP Core contains 1 – 16 DMA Controller Engines (i.e. DMA Channels), supporting AMBA AXI4 / AXI3 / AHB5 Master interconnects. A customized number of DMA Controller Engines and interfaces are available. Please see the AXI DMA & AHB DMA Controller IP Core page.
8255, 8259, 8279 Industry Standard Peripherals
Digital Blocks’ Programmable Keyboard / Display Interface IP Core consists of the DB8279, which simultaneously and independently interfaces a keyboard and display to a microprocessor. The DB8279 is equivalent to the industry standard Intel 8279 / Siemens SAB8279 / NEC UPD8279. Available in VHDL, this IP core comes with a comprehensive test suite, synthesis scripts, data sheet, and user manual. We offers this IP Core as part of its 82xx Peripherals Replacement Program in CPLDs & FPGAs.
Digital Blocks Programmable Interrupt Controller IP Core series consists of the DB8259A and DB8259S interrupt controllers. Both are full-featured equivalents of the industry standard Intel 8259A / Intersil 82C59A / NEC UPD8259 interrupt controllers. Available in VHDL and Verilog, these 8259 IP cores come with a comprehensive test suite, synthesis scripts, data sheet, and user manual. We offers these IP Cores as part of its 82xx Peripherals Replacement Program in CPLDs & FPGAs.
Digital Blocks Programmable Peripheral Interface IP Core consists of the DB8255A, providing 24 lines of programmable I/O. The DB8255A is a full-featured equivalent to the industry standard Intel 8255A / 82C55A and Intersil 82C55A. Available in VHDL, this IP core comes with a comprehensive test suite, synthesis scripts, data sheet, and user manual. We offers this IP Core as part of its 82xx Peripherals Replacement Program in CPLDs & FPGAs.