How to interface a C64xx DSP to PCI?

[amon]

Anyone which can help in this two issues?:

- C64xx PCI is 3.3V and standard PC PCI is 5V.
- How to design a Linux or Win32 device driver for C64xx PCI.

Many thx

Amon

 

[puckwana]

For the PCI 2.2 Spec, 3.3V rails are required. As stated in a document describing the differences between 2.1 and 2.2, found at h**p://www.pc|s|g.com/data/specifications/2_2sum1215.pdf
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Section 4.3.4.1. Power Requirements, now requires the system designer to provide 3.3 V rail in the
connector. Before it was not required, but system designer was to provide a way to add it.

Require that the card is inserted into a PCI 2.2 Motherboard.

 

[amon]

Thanks puckwana,
that explains why some PCI boards have a power voltage regulator for obtaining the 3.3V from the 5V lines - those boards are meant to comply with ver. 2.1 of the PCI spec.

Another question arises: the signaling voltages of the 5V PCI lines are different from the 3.3 signaling voltages of the 64xx DSP. The PCI spec indicates the use of buffer/tranceivers for level conversion powered from 5V and 3.3V in each side. But the control of the DIR an ENABLE of these buffers needs additional control logic which adds delays to the signals.
Maybe there's an alternative to this scheme, any thoughts?

Amon

 

[830]

you can put an FPGA in between c64x and PCI. FPGA can bear 5v level while powering 3.3v. Is it the answer to you?

 

[flowers]

For plug into a 5V pci slot, you need to add extra 5V -> 3.3V logics.
You can refer to xilinx solution about their 1.5V virtex to 5V PCI.

There is no 5V input tolerance in Virtex 2.

 

[zeus2012]

Use this IC : SN74CBTD3384