External Bus Interface (EBI)
MPC5566 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 2
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Figure 12-39 and Figure 12-40 illustrate the basic flow of read and write external master accesses.
Figure 12-39. Basic Flow Diagram of an External Master Read Access
External Master EBI (Slave)
No
Yes
External
arbitration*
?
Request bus (BR)
Receives bus grant (BG)
Asserted from external arbiter**
Receives BB
 negated for 2 cycles
Negates BR
 if no other requests
No
Yes
External
master has
priority***
Negates BG if asserted
Asserts bus busy (BB)
if no other master is driving
Assert transfer start (TS
)
drives address and attributes
?
Receives address
No
Yes
Address
in internal memory
map
?
Other shared device
drives data and asserts
transfer acknowledge (TA)
Receives data
Drives data
asserts
transfer acknowledge (TA
)
This refers to whether the external master device is configured for external or internal arbitration.
*
External arbiter is the EBI unless a central arbiter device is used.
**
Determined by the internal arbiter of the external master device.
***