The SQ96B86S is a highly-integrated audio system-on-chip (SoC) integrated with Cortex-M0 processor for low power management, a high-performance CPU for system control, and a high performance audio dedicated DSP for audio coding/decoding and sound effect processing. Furthermore, it is also integrated with SAR-ADC, USB2.0, SD/MMC/SDIO controllers, RTC, audio CODEC, and I2S audio interface.
Architecture
CPU
RISC architecture, 32-bit data, 16/32-bit hybrid coding instruction;
3-level pipelines, maximum operating frequency: 160MHz;
32 32-bit general purpose registers, 16 fast interrupt general purpose registers;
16KB cache, four-way set associative, WB/WT supported;
Hardware floating-point unit, single-precision floating-point numbers supported;
Audio process unit;
DSP extended instruction, hardware multiplier, multiplication quickly done in one cycle;
Tightly-coupled system IP, including vector interrupt controller and timer;
DSP
5-level pipelines, maximum operating frequency: 160MHz;
32bit/16bit multiplication: MAC16, MUL16, MUL32;
32bit integer division;
Single-precision floating-point operation;
Dedicated hardware audio acceleration engine;
32KB instruction/data Cache, WB/WT supported;
Two Local SRAM, 128KB+64KB;
Cortex-M0 core
High performance 32bit Cortex-M0 core, maximum operating frequency: 80MHz;
Embedded 8KB Cache, four address areas, independently configure;
Supports frequency reduction, a quarter of maximum bus frequency;
Clock & Power Manager
External 32.768KHz and 12MHz oscillators;
Built-in RCL and RCH;
Built-in System PLL, Audio PLL and USB1.1 PLL;
Built-in double 1.2V LDO;
RTC separately powered, with calendar function;
Multi low-power operating modes supported, such as frequency reduction, stop mode.
Memory Controller
OTP
8KB capacity;
Storing startup code, parameters, and key;
SPI flash controller
Supports SPI Flash 1/2/4-wire modes;
Core runs directly in SPI Flash;
SRAM
Embedded 240KB SRAM, system 32KB+16KB, DSP 192KB;
Supports Byte, Half-word, Word access;
SDRAM controller
High-efficiency SDRAM Interface, supports 16-bit data operating;
Supports SDRAM low-power modes, such as self-refresh, power down, etc.;
Packaged with 2MB SDRAM;
Peripherals
I2S_I/O
I2S_I/O1 supports 5.1 channel, others support 2.0 channel;
Supports 24bit@192KHz;
Supports clock Master and Slave modes;
Supports PDMA mode;
Audio CODEC
Built-in two-set stereo Audio ADCs; SNR 100db (A-weight, Line in);
Supports stereo analog MIC input and ALC;
Built-in two-set stereo Audio DACs, SNR 100db(A-weight, Line out);
USB_HS
Built-in high-speed PHY;
Compliance with USB2.0 standard, supports high speed, full speed, and low speed;
Supports control, bulk, interrupt, and synchronous transfer;
Built-in 2KB SRAM;
Built-in Normal and Scatter-Gather DMA transfer;
USB_FS
Built-in full-speed PHY;
Compliance with USB2.0 standard, supports full speed, and low speed;
Supports control, bulk, interrupt, and synchronous transfer;
Built-in 1KB SRAM;
Built-in DMA transfer;
SD/MMC/SDIO
Compliance with SD2.0, MMC4.3, and SDIO2.0 standards;
Supports 1 and 4-bit modes;
Built-in Normal and chained DMA transfer;
UARTx4
4 UART modules provided;
High-speed UART1 integrated with 64-byte FIFO, UART2 with 8-byte FIFO, while UART3/4 with 16-byte FIFO;
Programmable data bits and stop bit;
Parity check supported or no check;
Supports receiving/sending FIFO interrupt;
PDMA mode supported by UART1;
I2Cx2
Supports standard speed, fast speed, and high speed modes;
Supports Master and Slave modes;
SPI
Supports SPI standard 4-wire protocol;
Embedded independent 8x32 receive and send buffers;
Supports PDMA mode;
PWM
Supports preset frequency division;
8-channel independent PWM outputs;
16-bit counting accuracy;
ADC
7-channel analog inputs, 10bit accuracy;
GPIO
Two GPIO controllers;
Independent pull-up resistor enable;
Selectable drive strength (2/4/8/24mA);
Supports configurable interrupt of each IO, edge or level triggered;
Built-in hardware modules
xDMAC
Two controllers, supports 12-channel (8+4) independent configurable channels maximum;
Supports Normal and Scatter-Gather transfer modes;
Supports Byte-, Half-word-, and Word- access;
Supports source/destination address incrementing;
Supports 16-channel data request channels;
EQ acceleration engine IIR
Timer
Supports preset frequency division;
Five-set independent counters;
32bit counting accuracy;