Re: RAM replacements

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:09:50 +0200
Message-Id: <2CB39D6F-B85C-4216-A58B-BAF25C1D6A62@wfmh.org.pl>
On 2012-09-12, at 20:56, Ruud@Baltissen.org wrote:

> Hallo Gerrit,
> 
> 
>> The LE-signal for the 74HCT573 is connected to _RAS. The OR-Gate takes 
>> _RAS and _CAS as inputs and the output is the _CS signal for the SRAM. 
>> In theory, just _CAS should work, but it doesn't, the system crashes, 
>> possible due to _CAS being run through the PLA and _RAS going inactive 
>> before _CAS does.
>> 
>> With the OR-Gate the circuit works.
> 
> I don't understand this. Using an OR gate means that _CS is only 
> active LOW when as well _CAS as _RAS are LOW. Then why doesn't _RAS 
> alone work? I cannot image that _RAS starts to early. IMHO it will 
> become LOW after every flank of PHI2.
> 
> If you has said you ANDed both signals, I would have taken that for 
> granted immediately.

Hmm.. ORing them "waits" for both going LO before selecting the chip. To me it makes some sense, if the _CAS is delayed through PLA propagation, to wait for it so that the timing remains more or less unchanged.

-- 
SD!
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