ITE Embedded Controller

C Code Language
What’s the EC ?
 Embedded Controller comes form ACPI str
ucture
 Host is communicated EC by LPC interfac
e. The I/O port are 60/64 and 62/66
 EC integrated ps2 device, keyboard matrix
, battery charger, fan control, power seque
nce, hot key function, backlight, CPU ther
mal sensor, system power consumption,et
c.
System Structure
NB

LPC
SB EC

PS/2 KB/MS
MATRIX
FAN Control
Charger

Flash ROM
Power
Sequence….
 Keyboard Controller Overview
Host System

LPC/Firmware Hub

HIF
18 Scan Out (Column)

PS/2
Scan Matrix Scan
Keyboard
ITE KBC 3 PS/2 Devices
8 Scan In (Row)

I2C

SMBus

3 SMBus Devices
EC Feature
PS/2 KB/MS

ITE EC MATRIX
ACPI

Power management
SMBus

UART / CIR

ADC/DAC
PWM

Share BIOS

KBS Monitor
EC Position
South
Bridge

LPC BUS

Power Management

IT8510E -> ISA Bus

IT8512/8513 -> SPI Bus
IT8510E
Or
IT8512/IT8513
BIOS
EEPROM
Share BIOS Architecture
Max : 16M

64K~16M Byte BIOS ROM Zone

64K
KBC ROM Zone KBC ROM Zone Max :16M-64K Byte
0

64K Byte Full space 16M Byte

 Features
 IBM AT & PS/2 8042-Compitable Host
Interfaces
 Support all standard Host Commands
 ACPI Embedded Controller Interface
 ACPI System Management Bus Interface
 PS/2 Devices
 Scan Matrix Keyboard
 OEM Customization
 Features – Host Interface

 Host Interfaces
 Primary Host Interface (0x60, 0x64)
 HIF1 – 8042 Command Interface
 Secondary Host Interface (0x62, 0x66)
 HIF2 – Logical HIF – ACPI Command Interface
 Third Host Interface (0x68,0x6C)

 IBM AT & PS/2 8042-Compatible

 Standard KBC Commands – 0x64 port
 Standard KBD Commands - 0x60 port
 Standard AUX Commands – 0x64 port D4 command
Command Handler
Command handler
60/64

Is system
NO KBD Command
command?

YES

Is D4
YES Mouse Command
command?

NO

KBC Command
 Keyboard Controller Status Register 64h
Bit Description
7 Parity Error
6 Timeout Error
5 Auxiliary Output Buffer Full
4 Inhibit Switch
3 Command/Data
2 System Flag
1 Input Buffer Full ( IBF )
0 Output Buffer Full (OBF)
 Features – Standard KBC Commands
Standard 64 command list
 Write / Read Keyboard Controller Command Byte
(60h / 20h)
 The KCCB resides in 8042 RAM location 20h, Address 20h define
d in the IBM 8042 programming specification.
 IBM standard command set, use command 20h to read the KCC
B and command 60h to write KCCB.
 Default:
» 0x65 – PS/2 Mouse Not Present
» 0x47 – PS/2 Mouse Present
 Controller Command Byte:
 Bit[7] - Reserved
 Bit[6] - Keyboard Translate
 Bit[5] - Disable Auxiliary Device
 Bit[4] - Disable Keyboard
 Bit[3] - Reserved
 Bit[2] - System Flag
 Bit[1] - Enable Auxiliary Interrupt
 Bit[0] - Enable Keyboard Interrupt
 Features – Standard KBC Commands
 Output Buffer Write Commands:
 Write Keyboard Output Buffer (D2h)
 Write Auxiliary Device Output Buffer (D3h)

 Write to Auxiliary Device Command (D4h)

 Write to PS2 Device
 Pulse Output Port Commands:
 Pulse Both Reset and Gate A20 (FCh)
 Pulse Gate A20 (FDh)
 Pulse System Reset (FEh)
 Features – Standard KBD Commands
Standard KBD 60 command list
 Set / Reset Status Indicators Command (EDh)
 Echo Command (EEh)
 Select Alternate Scan Codes Command (F0h)
 Read Id Command (F2h)
 Set Typematic Rate/Delay Command (F3h)
 Enable Command (F4h)
 Default Disable Command (F5h)
 Set Default Command (F6h)
 Set Keys Commands (F7h-FDh)
 Resend Command (FEh)
 Reset Command (FFh)
 Features – Standard AUX Commands
Standard PS2 64_D4 command list
 Reset Scaling (E6h)
 Set Scaling to 2:1 (E7h)
 Set Resolution (E8h)
 Status Request (E9h)
 Set Stream Mode (EAh)
 Read Data (EBh)
 Read / Set Wrap Mode (ECh /EEh)
 Set Remote Mode (F0h)
 Read Device Type (F2h)
 Set Sampling Rate (F3h)
 Enable / Disable Auxiliary Device (F4h / F5h)
 Set Default (F6h)
 Reset Auxiliary Device (FFh)
 Features – Commands

 Extended Controller Commands

 Specific Functionalities
 Access Legacy EC Space
 Sample A/D Channel
 Turn On/Off LED’s
 Access Configuration Table
 Etc.
 Features – ACPI Interface

 Embedded Controller Interface(0x62/0x66)

 ACPI fully support

Command Set
 0x80-Read EC space
 0x81-Write EC space
 0x82-Burst Enable
 0x83-Burst Disable
 0x84-Query SCI event
 Features – PS/2 Devices
 Three PS/2 Ports
One internal ps2 mouse & two external ps2 device(one keyboard +one
mouse)
 Port 1 & Port 2 – Keyboard & Pointing Devices
 Port 3 – Touchpad Devices (Internal)

 Active PS/2 Multiplexing

 Hot-plug
if Ext.aux device is also attached, send command to it but do not pass
Ext. response to the system.
 Features – Scan Matrix
 All Standard Notebook PC Keys

 Easy Customization
 Download OEM Scan Table in RAM
 Update Scan Table in ROM
 Features – OEM Customization
 OEM-Definable Hotkeys
-Hotkey, Quick button

 OEM-Definable SMI / SCI Events

-Battery event, System Beep, Thermel throttle event, etc…
Firmware
Architecture
 TOPIC

 Main Flowchart
 KBC Structure
 KBC Function Application
 Firmware
Firmware –– ROM
ROM Image
Image
 KBC.ROM---64K
0x0000
Crisis
Recovery
0x1000
Main
Core
Scan
Tables

OEM
Function
Flash function
0xFFFF
 EC Flowchart
 Top-Level Flow Diagram

Power Up

Initialization

Idle

Interrupt

Runtime Service
 Firmware
Firmware--Initialization
Initialization
Power Up Power Up

No Initialization
Crisis?

Idle
Yes
Normal
Crisis Initialization
Initialization
Idle

Crisis
Recovery
 Firmware
Firmware--Idle
Idle

Disable
Initialization
Interrupts

Idle
No
Standby

Yes

Standby
Setup

Enable Idle
Interrupts (SLEEP)
 Firmware
Firmware––Runtime
RuntimeService
Service

Interrupt Idle

Check Service Interrupt

Runtime
Do Service Service

Yes
More Service

No

Idle
Upper Loop
 KBC-centric:1 byte output buffer, Wait and
Check Host to read kbd/mouse.
 Poll all interrupts example ps/2(KBC/EC H
ost commands, External pin, Smbus, etc)
 Keyboard matrix scan
 5ms Timer-periodic
Lower Loop
 Wait for interrupt (sleep, Idle, wait……)
 Ps2 devices active.
 5ms Timer-periodic switch to Upper Loop
 Each Interrupt switch to Upper Loop
Interrupts Sources
 Internal:
1.Timer interrupt (for 5ms timer..)
 External:
1.IRQ pin(WUxx)
2.SMBus interrupt(for receive data)
3.Peripheral interrupt(for PS2 device data in)
4.Data buffer interrupt (for IBF,IBF1 and IBF2)
5.Keyboard interrupt(for internal keypressed)
 ITE8512 Memory Introduction

 ITE8512 Memory Mapping

FFFF FFF Ram 00~FF

~ ROM RAM ~
0000 000 Internal

External External

 There
are different commands for these
memory area.
 Code Structure
 Build Environment

 Source Code Directories

 Source Code Overview

 Code Structure – Build Environment

 Windows XP – DOS Command promp

t
 Keil uVersion2

 Tools
 Keil C51 Tools
 Assembler - a51.exe (v7.5)
 Compiler – c51.exe (v7.20)
 Linker - Bl51.exe (v5.12)
 Code Structure – Directories

Main Folder
 ..BBLOCK\ ….Boot-Block core folder.
 ..BIOS_ROM\ ….Platform System BIOS
ROM Folder
 ..CORE\ ….Kernel Core Folder
 ..OEM\ ….OEM Platform Feature
Implement
 ..TOOLS\ ….Complier Utility & Tools
 Code Structure – Directories

 CORE  OEM– Default OEM

 CORE_ACPI.C
 CORE_HOSTIF.C  OEM_BATTERY.C
 CORE_INIT.C
 OEM_LED.C
 CORE_DATA.C
 CORE_FLASH.C  OEM_FAN.C
 CORE_IRQ.C
 CORE_MAIN.C
 OEM_SCANTABS.C
 CORE_PS2.C  OEM_GPIO.C
 CORE_SCAN.C
 CORE_PORT6064.C  OEM_MAIN.C
 CORE_TIMERS.C
 CORE_CIR.C
 CORE_CHIPREGS.C
 Code Structure – Build
 Set Environment
 KeilC51

 Customize Build EC code

 BBK_4K.mak  ec_bbk.bin / (0X0000-0X0FFF)
 Project.mak  iteec.bin / (0x1000-0xFFFF)

ITE_EC.ROM= ec_bbk.bin+ iteec.bin

 Set Build EC Firmware

» BIND ALL
» Build results in RELEASE folder
 Bind.bat Introduction

Bind.bat call Build.bat Nmake Keil C call Tool

 How To Build ITE EC Code
*.obj
1.BBLOCK
2.Core Project call lX51
call Build call call C51.exe .exe
.Mak
3.Oem
4.Bios rom file
call

*.abs
OHX51
.exe

call

*.hex
*.bin
output Hex2bin
output Combecb.exe call bios both *.bin .exe
bios
Q&A
 Q&A

 Thank you!