??? 10/10/06 21:34 Modified: 10/10/06 21:37 Read: times |
#126149 - It depends on what your definition of response is. Responding to: ???'s previous message |
When I refer to the speed of I/O, I'm referring to the response times of the I/O hardware, i.e. how long it takes the output hardware to transfer data from its inputs to its outputs. That time is normally measured in nanoseconds. When a hardware handshake is required, it's possible to build external hardware that responds to an input strobe, for example, within a very short time, and issues an acknowledge strobe. The i8255 manages those strobes for you using port 'C' bits. It does that with no controller burden aside from the initial setup, and can generate a timely interrupt if desired.
No 805x that I know of is so slow that it's incapable of transferring data from its data bus to external hardware within a microsecond or so, regardless of its supply voltage or system clock. To what, Steve, do you refer when you say "not possible" in your comment? RE |