PT7A6525

The PT7A6525/6525L/6526 are designed to implement high-speed communication links using HDLC protocols. They profoundly reduce the hardware and software overhead needed for serial synchronous communications.

The PT7A6525/6525L supports two completely  independent full-duplex HDLC channels (channel A and channel B), while the PT7A6526 supports only one
(channel B). For each channel, there are an internal Oscillator, Baud-Rate Generator (BRG), Digital Phase- Locked Loop (DPLL), Time-Slot Assignment (TSA) Circuitry, and a Link Controller to support various layer- 1 functions. They also directly support the X.25 LAPB, the ISDN LAPD and SDLC (normal response mode) protocols and are capable of handling a large set of layer- 2 protocol functions independently.

The data link controller handles all functions necessary to establish and maintain an HDLC data link, such as
- Flag insertion and detection,
- Bit stuffing,
- CRC generation and checking, and
- Address field recognition.

Associated with each serial channel are a set of independent command and status registers and 64-byte FIFOs each for the transmit and receive directions. Data blocks from / to system memory can be transferred by either Interrupt Request or Direct Memory Access (DMA).

Associated with each serial channel are its own separate transmit and receive DMA request lines. Thus, the PT7A6525/6525L has a 4-channel DMA interface. A variety of programmable telecom-specific features allow the PT7A6525/6525L/6526 to be widely used in time-slot oriented PCM systems, systems designed for packet switching, and ISDN applications.