DIGITAL SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a structure for dynamically blocking access of a request signal to a shared bus. SOLUTION: The shared bus manages a request for access to an address space. A nonreal time master and a real time master compete about their requests for address space access by presenting the address access requests to the shared bus. An access dynamic block by R with respect to the shared bus is accomplished by using a request limiter. The request limiter is a device connected to a real time clock and uses algorithm for deciding a time when the access of R to the shared bus is made performable or nullified. The algorithm uses a window scheme that allows the access of R to the shared bus every N-th clock cycle. Here, the value of an integer N can be supplied to the request limiter by the real time master.