FIREWIRE

INTRODUCTION

The IEEE 1394 interface or Firewire,Serial Bus Interface, Daisy chaining Topology. It can connect up to 3 !e"ices # !igital interface Transferring !ata $ 1%%, &%%, 4%% '(ps )*a(le+ Transferring !ata $ 1&.,, &, or ,% '(ps )Bac-plane+ .hysically s/all The thin serial ca(le can replace larger an! /ore e0pensi"e interfaces

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FIREWIRE CONFIGURATION

FIREWIRE L AYERS

.hysical Trans/ission /e!iu/, electrical an! signaling characteristics 9in Trans/ission of !ata in pac-ets Transaction 3e:uest5response protocol

PROTOCOL STACK

FIREWIRE OPERATION

Isochronous Transfers Isochronous transfers are always (roa!cast in a one5to5one or one5to5/any fashion 2o error correction nor retrans/ission is a"aila(le for Isochronous transfers Isochronous channel IDs are trans/itte! followe! (y the pac-et !ata The recei"er /onitors the inco/ing !ata;s channel ID an! accepts only !ata with the specifie! ID

FIREWIRE OPERATION

#synchronous Transfers #synchronous transfers are targete! to a specific no!e with an e0plicit a!!ress #synchronous transfers are ac-nowle!ge! an! respon!e! to This allows error5chec-ing an! retrans/ission /echanis/s to ta-e place

CONNECTION STEPS

Step 14 .hysical connection (etween two no!es

Triggers serial (us configuration Forces all no!es to their initiali7e! state #ll (us topology infor/ation is cleare! Transfor/s a si/ple net topology into a tree topology #ssigns physical no!e nu/(ers or IDs E0changes spee! capa(ilities with neigh(ours

Step &4 Bus 3eset

Step 34 Tree I!

Step 44 Self ID

Step ,4 #r(itration

TREE IDENTIFICATION

<hen a (ranch no!e recei"es the .arent=2otify signal on one of its ports, it /ar-s that port as containing a chil!, an! outputs a *hil!=2otify signalling state. The ports /ar-e! with a >.? in!icate that a !e"ice which is closer to the root no!e is attache! to that port. The port /ar-e! with a >*? in!icates that a no!e farther away fro/ the root no!e is attache!.

ARBITRATION

I//e!iately following the cycle start pac-et, !e"ices that wish to (roa!cast their Isochronous !ata /ay ar(itrate for the (us. *ycle is a ti/e slice with a no/inal 1&,@s perio! #r(itration consists of signalling a !esignate! parent no!e a wish to gain access to the (us. The parent no!es in turn signal their parents an! so on, until the re:uest reaches the root no!e. The closest !e"ice to the root no!e wins the ar(itration.

APPL ICATIONS

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