PXN20 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 1
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Chapter 36  
Nexus Development Interface (NDI) 
36.1 Introduction
NOTE
The Power PC standard is to number the register bits according to the 
MSB = 0 convention. However, the Nexus standard is to number the register 
bits according to the LSB = 0 convention.
Register bits in this chapter are numbered according to the Nexus standard 
(LSB = 0 convention).
The PXN20 device contains multiple Nexus clients that communicate over a single IEEE-ISTO 
5001™-2003 Nexus class 3+ and 2+ combined JTAG IEEE 1149.1/auxiliary out interface. Combined, all 
of the Nexus clients are referred to as the Nexus development interface (NDI). Class 3+ Nexus allows for 
program, data, and ownership trace of the microcontroller execution without access to the external data 
and address buses. Class 2+ Nexus allows for program and ownership trace of the microcontroller 
execution without access to the external data and address buses.
Communication to the NDI is handled via the auxiliary port and the JTAG port. 
• The auxiliary port is comprised of 16 output pins and 1 input pin. The output pins include 1 
message clock out (MCKO) pin, 12 message data out (MDO) pins, 2 message start/end out 
(MSEO) pins, and 1 event out (EVTO) pin. Event in (EVTI) is the only input pin for the auxiliary 
port. 
• The JTAG port consists of four inputs and one output. These pins include JTAG compliance select 
(JCOMP), test data input (TDI), test data output (TDO), test mode select (TMS), and test clock 
input (TCK). TDI, TDO, TMS, and TCK are compliant with the IEEE 1149.1-2001 standard and 
are shared with the NDI through the test access port (TAP) interface. JCOMP along with power-on 
reset and the TAP state machine are used to control reset for the NDI module. Ownership of the 
TAP is achieved by loading the appropriate enable instruction for the desired Nexus client in the 
JTAG controller (JTAGC) when JCOMP is asserted. See Section 36.4, Memory Map and 
Registers, for the JTAGC opcodes to access the different Nexus clients.
36.2 Block Diagram
Figure 36-1 shows a functional block diagram of the NDI. Figure 36-2 shows an implementation block 
diagram of the PXN20 NDI, which shows how the individual Nexus blocks are combined to form the NDI.