Acer 670 Laptop User Manual


 
Service Guide 4-19
4.3.8 NS87336VJG Super I/O Controller
The PC87336VJG is a single chip solution for most commonly used I/O periherals in ISA< and EISA
based comptuers. It incorporates a Floppy Disk Controller (FDC), two full featured UARTS, and an
IEEE 1284 compatible parallel port Standard PC-AT address decoding for all the peripherals and a
set of configuration registers are also implemented in this highly integrated member of the Super I/O
family. Advanced power management features, mixed voltage operation and integrated Serial-
Infrared (both IrDA and Sharp) support makes the PC87336 an ideal choice for low-power and/or
portable personal computer applications.
The PC87336 FDC uses a high performance digital data separator eliminating the need for any
external filter components. It is fully compatible with the PC8477 and incorporates a superset of
DP8473, NEC PD765 and N82077 floppy disk controller functions. All popular 5.25” and 3.5” floppy
drives, including the 2.88 MB 3.5” floppy drive, are supported. In addition, automatic media sense
and 2 Mbps tape drive support are provided by the FDC.
The two UARTs are fully NS16450 and NS16550 compatible. Both ports support MIDI baud rates
and one port also supports IrDAs the HP SIR and Sharp SIR compliant signaling protocol.
The parallel port is fully IEEE 1284 level 2 compatible. The SPP (Standard Parallel Port) is fully
compatible with ISA dand EISA parallel ports. In addtion to the SPP, EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)
and ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) modes are supported by the parallel port.
A set of configuration registers are provided to control the Plug and Play and other various functions
of the PC87336 . These registers are accessed using tow 98-bit wide index and data registers. The
ISA I/O address of the register pari can be relocated using a power-up strapping option and the
software configuration after power-up.
When idle, advanced power management features allow the PC87336 to enter extremely low power
modes under software control. The PC87336 can operate from a 5V or a 3.3V power supply. A
unique I/O cell structure allows the PC87336 to interface directly with 5V external components while
operating from a 3.3V power supply.
Some of the major features include:
100% compatible with ISA and EISA architectures
Floppy Disk Controller:
Software compatible with the DP8473, the 765A and the N82077
16-byte FIFO (disabled by default)
Burst and non-burst modes
Perpendicular recording drive support
New high-performance internal digital data separator (no external filter components
required)
Low-power CMOS with enhanced power-down mode
Automatic media-sense support, with full IBM TDR (Tape Drive Register)
implementation
Supports fast 2 Mbps and standard 1 Mbps/500 kbps/250 kbps tape drives
Parallel Port
Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) compatible