NXP Semiconductors PXN2020 - Chapter 24 Enhanced Direct Memory Access Controller (eDMA); 24.1 Introduction; 24.1.1 Block Diagram

PXN20 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 1
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Chapter 24
Enhanced Direct Memory Access Controller (eDMA)
24.1 Introduction
The enhanced direct memory access controller (eDMA) is a second-generation platform block capable of
performing complex data movements through 32 programmable channels, with minimal intervention from
the host processor. The hardware microarchitecture includes a DMA engine that performs source and
destination address calculations, and the actual data movement operations, along with an SRAM-based
memory containing the transfer control descriptors (TCD) for the channels. This implementation
minimizes the overall block size.
24.1.1 Block Diagram
Figure 24-1 shows a simplified block diagram of the eDMA.
Figure 24-1. eDMA Block Diagram
Slave interface
eDMA
eDMA Done
System bus
Data path
Control
Address
Program model/
Slave write data
Slave write address
Bus write data
Slave read data
Bus address
eDMA engine
TCD0
TCDn-1*
eDMA Peripheral Request
Bus read data
channel arbitration
path
SRAM
transfer control descriptor
(TCD)
SRAM
*n = 32 channels