External Bus Interface (EBI)
MPC5566 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 2
12-66 Freescale Semiconductor
12.4.2.10.3 Bus Transfers Initiated by the EBI in External Master Mode
The flow and timing for EBI-mastered transactions in external master mode is the same as described for 
single master mode, except that the EBI arbitrates bus transmissions for each transaction. 
The following flow and timing diagrams show the arbitration sequence added to Figure 12-9 and 
Figure 12-10 for the basic single-beat read operation. The remaining operations (writes, bursts, etc.) add 
the arbitration sequence to the flow and timing diagrams shown for single-master mode. See 
Section 12.4.2.4, “Single-Beat Transfer,” and Section 12.4.2.5, “Burst Transfer.”
Figure 12-43. Basic Flow Diagram of an EBI Read Access in External Master Mode
1. Assert bus busy (BB)
2. If no other master is driving,
Asserts transfer start (TS
)
3. Drives address and attributes
Master (EBI) Slave
No
Yes
External
arbitration
?
Request bus (BR)
1. Receive bus grant (BG)
asserted from external arbiter
2. Receive BB
 negated
3. Negate BR
 if no other requests
No
Yes
EBI
has priority
?
Negate BG if asserted
Receives address
Yes
No
Receives data
Drives data
Asserts
 transfer acknowledge (TA
)
Asserts
 transfer acknowledge (TA
)
CS
 access
?