发明名称 Microcomputer computer system having plural programmable timers and preventing memory access operations from interfering with timer start requests
摘要 A microcomputer system includes: a plurality of DMA data transfer paths for use with a random access memory, at least one of the data transfer paths being set up by a central processing unit under control of a program stored in a read only memory; a plurality of memory locations of the random access memory assigned to the plurality of DMA data transfer paths respectively, each memory location storing time setting data; a timing signal generating unit for outputting a timing signal at predetermined intervals; a DMA control unit for reading out each time setting value from first memory locations through first DMA data transfer paths respectively in synchronism with the timing signal; a detecting unit for detecting whether the time setting value is equal to zero; a plurality of subtraction registers for decrementing the time setting value by one when the time setting value is detected to be unequal to zero; and a writing unit for writing the decremented time setting value into corresponding one of the first memory locations through corresponding one of the first DMA data transfer paths in conjunction with the DMA control unit.
申请公布号 US5497481(A) 申请公布日期 1996.03.05
申请号 US19940275741 申请日期 1994.07.19
申请人 RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 发明人 MAEDA, HIROSHI
分类号 G06F11/30;G06F13/28;(IPC1-7):G06F1/04 主分类号 G06F11/30
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