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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
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | ARM926PXP development chip SCI0 |
| Memory base address |
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| 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 version | ARM SCI PL131 r1p0 |
| Reference documentation | SCI PrimeCell PL131 Technical Reference Manual (see also Smart card interface, SCI) |
The following key parameters are programmable:
Smart Card clock frequency and communication baud rate
protocol convention
card activation and deactivation time
check for maximum time for first character of Answer To Reset (ATR) reception
check for maximum duration of ATR character stream
check for maximum time for receipt of first character of data stream
check for maximum time allowed between characters
character and block guard time
transmit and receive character retry and FIFO level
clock start and stop time and inactive level.
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.