WB_DUALMASTER - Configurable Wishbone Dual Master

Figure 1. WB_DUALMASTER - Configurable Wishbone Dual Master.

The WB_DUALMASTER peripheral component provides a simple means of sharing a slave Wishbone device between two masters – for example, sharing a physical memory device between either two processors or a processor and a memory-based peripheral, such as a VGA Controller.

The WB_DUALMASTER component can be used with any of the Wishbone-based processors available in Altium Designer.

Features at-a-glance

• Completely configurable from the schematic sheet

• 2-to-1 multiplexing (2 Wishbone Master interfaces, 1 Wishbone Slave interface)

• Ability to control address and data bus widths

• Ability to specify Master accessing mode:
   
  • Round-Robin – giving both masters equal access to the slave
  • Priority – giving one Master higher priority access to the slave

Availability

The WB_DUALMASTER component can be found in the FPGA Peripherals (Wishbone) integrated library (FPGA Peripherals (Wishbone).IntLib), located in the \Library\Fpga folder of the installation.

Designing with the WB_DUALMASTER

Use the following links to explore use of the WB_DUALMASTER in more detail:

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