A review on bus protocols and conversion/translator between different protocols. Issue 8 (17th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Akshaykumar, Naorem; Adhikari, Shuma; Singh, Loitongbam Surajkumar
• Is Part Of: Journal of information & optimization sciences. Volume 40:Issue 8(2019)
• Page Start: 1665
• Page End: 1682
• Publication Date: 2019-11-17
• Subjects: 68M12; I2C -- SPI -- USB -- AMBA -- PCIe -- Ethernet -- Bus protocols; Electronic data processing -- Periodicals; Information science -- Periodicals; Mathematical optimization -- Periodicals; 519.6
• DOI: 10.1080/02522667.2020.1715570
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0252-2667

Abstract

Abstract: A computer consists of different components/modules and different communication protocols are used among them. These protocols are needed to achieve the interoperability between two devices/modules. Different protocols cannot communicate directly, there is a need for conversion. A protocol converters block is needed. These compact protocol converters create low power, low voltage connection as well as smaller chip area, making it easy to add multiple devices or components. This paper give a brief description of some commonly used bus protocols such as Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C), Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA), Universal Serial Bus (USB), Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) and Ethernet. A review of some protocol converter/translator are done with a view to explore their usability.