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FSMC notes (for maple native and other "high density" STM32 devices)
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There is an application note for all this which is helpful; see the ST website.

SRAM chip details
    IS62WV51216BLL
    512k x 16
    19 address input
    16 data inputs
    t_wc (write cycle) = 55ns
    t_rc (write cycle) = 55ns
    t_pwe1 (write enable low pulse) = 40ns
    t_aa (address access) = 55ns


The FSMC nomenclature is very confusing. There are three seperate "banks"
(which I will call "peripheral banks") each of specialized for different types
of external memory (NOR flash, NAND flash, SRAM, etc). We use the one for
"PSRAM" with our SRAM chip; it's bank #1. The SRAM peripheral bank is further
split into 4 "banks" (which I will call "channels") to support multiple
external devices with chip select pins. I think what's going on is that there
are 4 hardware peripherals and many sections of RAM; the docs are confusing
about what's a "block of memeory" and what's an "FSMC block".

Anyways, this all takes place on the AHB memory bus.

I'm going to use not-extended mode 1 for read/write.

Steps from application note:

- enable bank3: BCR3_MBKEN = '1'
- memory type is SRAM: BCR3_MTYP = '00'
- databuse weidth is 16bits: BCR3_MWID = '01'
- memory is nonmultiplexed: BCR3_MEXEN is reset (= '0')
- everything else is cleared

But not true! Actually write enable needs to be set. 

Using the application note, which is based around a very similar chip (with
faster timing), I calculated an ADDSET (address setup) value of 0x0 and a
DATAST (data setup) value of 0x3.

Using channel1, NOR/PSRAM1 memory starts at 0x60000000.

Have to turn on the RCC clock for all those GPIO pins, but don't need to use
any interrupts.

Not-super-helpful-link:
http://www.keil.com/support/man/docs/mcbstm32e/mcbstm32e_to_xmemory.htm

Note the possible confusion with address spaces, bitwidths, rollovers, etc. 


TODO
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- more rigorous testing: throughput, latency, bounds checking, bitwidth, data
  resiliance, etc.
- update .ld scripts to transparently make use of this external memory
- test/demo using a seperate external SRAM chip or screen
- write up documentation