4.16. Smart Card Interface, SCI

The PrimeCell Smart Card Interface (SCI) is an AMBA compliant SoC peripheral that is developed, tested, and licensed by ARM Limited.

Table 4.43. SCI implementation

PropertyValue
Location ARM926PXP development chip SCI0
Memory base address

0x101F0000 for SCI0

Interrupt 15 on the primary controller (SCI0)
DMA

7 SCI0 transmit 6 SCI0 receive

DMA channels for SCI1 are selectable as 0,1, or 2. See Direct Memory Access Controller.

Release versionARM SCI PL131 r1p0
Reference documentationSCI PrimeCell PL131 Technical Reference Manual (see also Smart card interface, SCI)

The following key parameters are programmable:

See the self-test software that is supplied on the CD accompanying the Versatile/AB926EJ-S for a example of detecting a SIM card response to a reset.

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