3101

3101 is the PIOC interface.

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Introduction

PIOC stands for Programmable Input Output Controller. It is an ND-100 interface card capable of handling four full duplex serial communication lines at up to 800 kbits/s in theory. In practice four duplexlines at 38kbaud is about the limit for the card. The hardware is built around an MC 68000 microprocessor and 128 Kbytes of Random Access Memory (RAM) with error correction logic.

The local memory is mapped into the ND-100 memory map using the thumb wheels at the same way as any memory card. Each step is 128 kbyte and the location of the memory can be read by an IOX instruction. Reset and halt of the 68000 CPU is controlled from the ND-100 side. The local 8 kbyte EPROM contains reset and interrupt vectors for the local CPU. In the other direction the PIOC can raise interrupt level 12

There are several high level protocols handled by the PIOC. For even higher versatility, the PIOC can be programmed in PLANC.

Switches and indicators

• thumbwheel 1 - PIOC number switch
• thumbwheel 2 - bank-number switch (least significant)
• thumbwheel 3 - bank-number switch (most significant)
• LED 3 (yellow) - active memory cycle
• LED 1 (red) - MC 68000 reset
• LED 2 (red) - MC 68000 halt

PIOC number	Device number (Octal)	Ident codes (Octal)
0	140020	140002
1	140024	140003
2	140030	140004
3	140034	140005
4	140040	140006
5	140044	140007

Connectors

The A and B connectors are used for I/O, the C connector is used for the ND-100 Bus.

I/O Devices on the card

The PIOC is represented to the ND-100 side as one I/O device with two registers.

• PIOC Control word, IOX PIOC+3 (write)

BIT O = 1 - ENABLE FOR SCIP INTERRUPT
BIT 2 = 1 — SET ND CALLING INTERRUPT
BIT 3 = 1 - START OPCOM
BIT 4 = 1 - RESET
BIT 5 = 1 - HALT
BIT 6 = 1 - POWER LOW
BIT 7 = 1 — SET ND READY INTERRUPT
BIT 8 = 1 - DISABLE CHECK BIT WRITE

• PIOC Status Word, IOX PIOC+2 (read)

BIT O = 1 - STATUS CHANGE IN PIOC INTERRUPT ENABLED
BIT 2 = 1 - STATUS CHANGE IN PIOC (SCIP)
BIT 4 = 1 - PIOC RESET ON
BIT 5 = 1 - PIOC HALTED
BIT 8—15 READS BACK BANK NUMBER OF THE COMMON MEMORY

See also

• 3108 Expanded PIOC

References

• Norsk Data Document ND–02.003.1 PIOC HARDWARE REFERENCE MANUAL
  • Online pdf of the manual
  • Gray scale scans of the drawings
• Norsk Data Document ND–30.008.3 EN ND-100 Hardware Maintenance , page 233