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1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The WTS701 is a high quality, fully integrated, single-chip Text-to-Speech solution that is ideal for use
in applications such as automotive appliances, GPS/navigation systems, cellular phones and other
portable products or accessories. The WTS701 product accepts ASCII (Unicode and Big5 for
Mandarin) input via a SPI port and converts it to spoken audio via an analog output or digital CODEC
output.

The WTS701 integrates a text processor, smoothing filter and multi-level memory storage array on a
single-chip. Text-to-speech conversion is achieved by processing the incoming text into a phonetic
representation that is then mapped to a corpus of naturally spoken word parts. The synthesis
algorithm attempts to use the largest possible word unit in the appropriate context to maximize natural
sounding speech quality. The speech units are stored uncompressed in a multi-level, non-volatile
analog storage array to provide the highest sound quality to density trade-off. This unique, single-chip
solution is made possible through Winbond's patented multilevel storage technology. Voice and audio
signals are stored directly into solid-state memory in their natural, uncompressed form, providing
superior quality voice reproduction.

The chip can be programmed through the SPI port, allowing downloading of different languages and
speaker databases when made available by Winbond.

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2. FEATURES

Fully Integrated Solution

Single-chip compact text-to-speech translation

No algorithm development required

Selectable digital and analog audio output

Simple SPI interface

Reprogrammable solution enables loading different voice or language

Text-To-Speech Algorithm Characteristics

High quality speech synthesis using speech element concatenation

Winbond's standard 100-year speech retention

Audio stored as uncompressed analog waveform industry's highest quality and most natural sounding

Easy to Use and Control

Real time conversion for streaming text

General text preprocessing and normalization

User customization for special characters such as SMS icons and chat emoticons

User customization for application specific abbreviations

Language Support

Support U.S. English and Mandarin (Beijing dialect)

Other languages in development or in planning

Device Management

Accepts ASCII, Unicode or Big5 streaming text

256-byte text buffer

Playback of Phonetic Alphabet

Variable speed playback

Control of pitch change

Supports Power Down mode.

Supports Pause and Resume, Stop and Finish text conversion commands

Embedded characters support to control speed, volume, case sensitivity, and silent behavior

Peripheral Control

16-bit linear PCM slave interface output support

SPI serial port for control commands and status report to system's host controller

Hardware handshake control signals

Analog audio output with 8

speaker driver, digital volume control and line level o/p

Analog audio input (AUXIN) for driving external audio to the speaker

Low Power Consumption

+2.7 to +3.3V (V

) Supply Voltage

Operating Current:

CC Convert

= 35 mA (typical)

Standby Current:

< 1

µA (typical)

Device Characteristics

Available in 56-lead TSOP package

Industrial temperature range (-40C to +85C)

3V/5V logic tolerance

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4. TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION.................................................................................................................. 2

2. FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................... 3

3. BLOCK DIAGRAM .............................................................................................................................. 4

3.1. WTS701 Block Diagram ............................................................................................................... 4

3.2. WTS701 Typical Applications....................................................................................................... 5

4. TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................... 6

5. PIN CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................... 8

6. PIN DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................................. 9

7. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION.......................................................................................................... 11

7.1 Text-To-Speech Mechanism ....................................................................................................... 12

7.1.1 Text Normalization ................................................................................................................ 12

7.1.2 Words-to-Phoneme conversion ............................................................................................ 12

7.1.3 Phoneme Mapping ................................................................................................................ 12

7.2 Physical Interface ........................................................................................................................ 13

7.2.1 Clocking Requirements......................................................................................................... 13

7.2.2 Power Down Mode................................................................................................................ 14

7.2.3 Power and Grounding ........................................................................................................... 14

7.2.4 SPI Interface ......................................................................................................................... 15

7.2.5 Flow Control Interface ........................................................................................................... 16

7.2.6 The CODEC Interface ........................................................................................................... 16

7.2.7 The Analog Interface............................................................................................................. 17

7.2.8 Resetting ............................................................................................................................... 18

7.3 Communication Protocol.............................................................................................................. 19

7.3.1 Command Classes................................................................................................................ 20

7.3.2 Status Register...................................................................................................................... 21

7.3.3 Interrupt Handler ................................................................................................................... 22

7.3.4 BCNT -- Byte Count Register................................................................................................ 23

7.3.5 Command Acceptance.......................................................................................................... 23

7.3.6 Data Acceptance................................................................................................................... 23

7.4 Commands Overview .................................................................................................................. 23

7.4.1 Command Description .......................................................................................................... 26

7.4.2 Illegal Commands ................................................................................................................. 37

7.4.3 Configuration Registers ........................................................................................................ 37

7.4.4 System Operation ................................................................................................................. 41

7.4.5 Initialization and Configuration.............................................................................................. 43

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7.4.6 Converting Text..................................................................................................................... 43

7.5 SPI Interface ................................................................................................................................ 46

7.5.1 SPI Transactions................................................................................................................... 46

7.6 CODEC Interface......................................................................................................................... 49

7.7 Control Characters....................................................................................................................... 52

7.7.1 Phonetic Alphabet Playback ................................................................................................. 52

7.7.2 Speed Change ...................................................................................................................... 54

7.7.3 Volume Change .................................................................................................................... 55

7.7.4 Case Sensitivity..................................................................................................................... 55

7.7.5. Pause Control ...................................................................................................................... 55

7.8 Customizing Abbreviations .......................................................................................................... 56

7.8.1 Abbreviation Data Format ..................................................................................................... 56

7.8.2 Abbreviation Table Format.................................................................................................... 57

7.8.3 Command Execution............................................................................................................. 57

7.9 Device Programming ................................................................................................................... 58

7.10 Text-To-Speech Processor Commmands Quick Reference Table........................................ 59

7.10.1 Text Input Format................................................................................................................ 64

7.10.2. Buffer length limit ............................................................................................................... 65

7.10.3. Undefined characters......................................................................................................... 65

8. TIMING WAVEFORMS ..................................................................................................................... 66

8.1 SPI Timing Diagram..................................................................................................................... 66

8.2 CODEC Timing Diagrams ........................................................................................................... 68

9. ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS.................................................................................................... 70

10. ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................... 71

11. TYPICAL APPLICATION CIRCUIT................................................................................................. 74

12. PACKAGE DRAWING AND DIMENSIONS .................................................................................... 75

13. ORDERING INFORMATION........................................................................................................... 76

14. VERSION HISTORY ....................................................................................................................... 77

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6. PIN DESCRIPTION

Table 1. WTS701 Pin Signal Assignment.

PIN NO.

SYMBOL

I/O

FUNCTION

2,36,44

VSSA

Analog Ground pins.

VCLK

CODEC master clock

4 VFS I

CODEC frame synchronization signal

VDX

CODEC data output. This pin puts data out in the linear PCM
unsigned or 2's complement format. It is tri-stated until the user
requests a CONVERT operation.

MISO

SPI Master In, Slave Out pin. Serial data line used to
communicate with SPI master. Pin is tri-state when

=1.

XTAL2

CRYSTAL 2: This is the crystal oscillator output. It is the
inversion of XTAL1.

XTAL1

CRYSTAL 1: This is the crystal oscillator input. This pin may be
driven by an external clock. The clock to the WTS701 processor
is configured by a clock configuration register, which is set by the
host processor during the initialization phase.

9,10

VSSD

Digital Ground pin.

11,12

VCCD

Positive Digital Voltage Supply pin. These pins carry noise
generated by internal clocks in the chip. They must be
independently bypassed to Digital Ground to ensure correct
device operation and not connected together.

INT

Interrupt Output; an open drain output that indicates that the
device wishes an interrupt service. The device can request an
interrupt when it finishes an operation or needs more data to
process. Under what conditions the device generates an
interrupt can be configured through the user configuration
registers. This pin remains LOW until a Read Interrupt command
is executed.

MOSI

SPI Master Out, Slave In. Serial data input from Master and
Open Drain

SPI Slave Select input. This is an active LOW input used to
select the device to respond to an SPI transaction.

SCLK

SPI Serial clock input.

Chip Select (active LOW) Pin must be LOW to access WTS701
device.

R/ B

Ready/busy signal; This pin defaults HIGH indicating the device
is ready for data transfer. The pin is driven LOW to handshake a
pause in SPI data transfer and Open Drain.

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7. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

As a real System-On-Chip solution, the WTS701 performs the overall control functions for host
controller and text-to-speech processing.

The WTS701 system architecture consists of the following functions:

· Serial interface to monitor the SPI port and interpret commands and data
· Text normalization module to pre-process incoming text into pronounceable words
· Words to phoneme translator, which converts incoming text to phoneme codes
· Phoneme mapping module that maps incoming phonemes to words, sub-words, syllables or

phonemes present in the MLS memory

· Volume and speed adjustments
· Digital and analog output blocks for off-chip usage

The WTS701 system performs text-to-speech synthesis based on concatenative samples. The units
for concatenation can vary from whole words down to phoneme units. The convention is that the
larger the sub-word unit used for synthesis the higher the quality of the speech output. A corpus of
pre-recorded words is stored in Winbond's patented multilevel storage (MLS) memory and a mapping
of the various sub-word parts is held in a lookup table. The speech creation is achieved by
concatenation of these speech elements to produce words. The system process flow is shown in
Figure 5.

Text Normalization

Words to Phoneme

Phoneme Mapper

MLS

Memory

Digital
output

Analog

output

WTS701

Speech

Serial Text,
symbols &
Control

Figure 5. WTS701 System Process Flow.

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7.1 T

EXT

-T

-S

PEECH

ECHANISM

The text to speech component of the system consists of three principal blocks:

· Text normalization
· Word to phoneme conversion
· Phoneme mapping

7.1.1 Text Normalization

Text normalization involves the translation of incoming text into pronounceable words. It includes such
functions as expanding abbreviations and translating numeric strings to spoken words. It involves a
certain amount of context processing to determine correct spoken form.

In addition, the WTS701 looks into the abbreviation list stored in the device's internal memory and
converts acronyms, abbreviations or special characters (such as Instant Messaging icons or
emoticons) into the appropriate text representation.

The default abbreviation list supported by the WTS701 is a general one that cannot be modified by the
user to match the domain that the text is being loaded from. But the default list can be overridden by
the user abbreviation list. This enables a flexibility of adding abbreviation specifically for the text either
by the developer or even the end user to best customize the product for its preferences. Instant
Messaging or Short Messages Service (SMS) unique characters are supported through this
functionality as well, defining the icon, ASCII/Unicode/Big5 text, and its replacement. The default
abbreviation list supported is described in the specific language release letter.

7.1.2 Words-to-Phoneme conversion

Once the data stream has been translated to pronounceable words, the system next determines how
to pronounce them. This function is obviously highly language dependent. For a language such as
English it is impossible to break this task down to a set of definitive rules. The task is achieved by a
combination of rule based processing together with exception processing.

7.1.3 Phoneme Mapping

This algorithm maps phoneme strings into the MLS phonetic inventory. This task falls into two
portions. First, the word must be split into sub-word portions. This splitting must be done at
appropriate phonetic boundaries to achieve high quality concatenation. Once a sub-word unit is
determined, the inventory is searched to determine if a match is present. A matching weight is
assigned to each match depending on how closely the phonetic context matches. Each sub-word has
a left and right side context to match as well as the phoneme string itself. If no suitable match is found
in the inventory, then the sub-word is further split in a tree like manner until a match is found. The
splitting tree is processed from left to right and each time a successful match occurs the address and
duration of the match in the corpus is placed in a queue of phonetic parts to be played out the audio
interface.

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7.2 P

HYSICAL

NTERFACE

The following sections describe the physical pin properties and the timing associated with the physical
interface to the device. Note that all input pins are 3V and 5V tolerant, except for the CS signal
which is only 3V tolerant.

7.2.1 Clocking Requirements

The WTS701 processor can receive its clock from either an external clock source or a crystal
oscillator. The XTAL1 and XTAL2 pins provide the crystal interface to the device. The clock to the
WTS701 processor is configured by a clock configuration register, which must be set by the host
processor during the initialization phase.

Figure 6

below shows how to connect the WTS701 to a

crystal oscillator. An external clock can be connected to the WTS701 providing the clock source for
the system, as shown in

Figure 6.

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XTAL1

XTAL2

WTS701

XTAL1

XTAL2

CLK IN

C1 = C2 = 15pF

X1 = 24.576MHz

Figure 6. Clock Generation.

Suggested Crystal Specification:

F = 24.576 MHz Fundamental Mode Operation

= 16 pF

ESR = 60 maximum

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7.2.2 Power Down Mode

Upon application of power, the WTS701 will enter the RESET state and then be in a POWER DOWN
state. In the POWER DOWN mode, only Class0 SPI commands are valid. (See subsection

7.3.1

). The

Power Down status of the device can be determined with a RDST (Read Status) command, specified
by the RDY bit in STATUS BYTE 0.
Issuing the PWDN (Power Down) command to the WTS701 processor will return the processor to the
POWER DOWN mode. In POWER DOWN mode the external crystal oscillator is shut off and the
processor is deactivated. POWER DOWN mode is exited by issuing a PWUP (Power Up) command
to the WTS701. The PWUP command should be preceded by a SCLC (Set Clock) command to
ensure correct clock configuration.

7.2.3 Power and Grounding

The WTS701 can operate over 2.7V to 3.3V supply voltage range. The power supply and ground pins
(V

CCA

CCD

SSA

SSD

) should be carefully bypassed as close to the chip as possible to ensure high

quality audio. In addition, ATTCAP pin should have a 4.7 µF capacitor connected to ground. This pin
must NOT be left floating. The pins that are marked as NC (Not Connected), MUST be left floating.

V

CCA

, V

CCD

(Voltage Inputs)

To minimize noise, the analog and digital circuits in the WTS701 device use separate power busses.
These +3.0 V busses lead to separate pins. For optimal noise immunity, tie the V

CCD

pins together as

close as possible and decouple both supplies as near to the package as possible.

V

SSA

, V

SSD

(Ground Inputs)

The WTS701 series utilizes separate analog and digital ground busses. The analog ground (V

SSA

)

pins should be tied together as close to the package as possible and connected through a low-
impedance path to power supply ground. The digital ground (V

SSD

) pin should be connected through a

separate low-impedance path to power supply ground. These ground paths should be large enough to
ensure that the impedance between the V

SSA

pins and the V

SSD

pin is less than 3

. The backside of

the die is connected to V

SSD

through the substrate resistance.

NC (Not Connect)
These pins MUST not be connected to the board at any time. Connection of these pins to any signal,
ground or V

may result in incorrect device behavior or cause damage to the device.

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7.2.4 SPI Interface

Communications with the WTS701 is conducted over the SPI serial communications port. The device
responds to a command when the Chip Select signal ( CS ) is LOW and addressed by an active LOW

signal on the SS (Slave Select) pin. Under this condition, it accepts data on the MOSI input, which is
clocked in on rising edges of the serial clock (SCLK) signal. Concurrently, valid data from the WTS701
device to the bus master is available on MISO for the HIGH period of SCLK. The protocol
implemented on the WTS701 defines that the first two bytes of data sent in an SPI transaction is a
command word. A transaction is defined as the SPI transfers conducted while SS is LOW, the

transaction ends when SS returns HIGH. A list of available commands can be found in subsection

7.10

(Text-To-Speech Processor Commands Quick Reference Table). The data flow over the SPI

interface is MSB first, both in and out of the WTS701.

All Input pins are 3V and 5V tolerant, except for the CS signal which is only 3V tolerant.

The following is a description of the WTS701 SPI interface signals:

SCLK (Serial Clock)
The Serial Clock line is a digital input. It is driven by the SPI master and controls the timing of the data
exchanged over the SPI data lines, MOSI and MISO. The maximum frequency for this pin is 5 MHz.

(Slave Select)

The Slave Select line is an active LOW digital input. It is driven by the SPI master and acts as a chip
select line. The device only responds to SPI transactions when this line is selected (LOW) and then
raised HIGH after SPI communication ends.

(Chip Select)

The Chip Select line is an active LOW digital input. It can be driven by the host controller to enable
SPI transactions to the device. Normally this pin is tied LOW unless more than one device is to share
the same SS signal.

MOSI (Master Out, Slave In)
The MOSI line is a digital input. MOSI is driven by the SPI master. It provides data transfer, MSB first,
from the master to the slave. (See page 64)

MISO (Master In, Slave Out)

The MISO line is an open drain digital output. When SS is HIGH, this pin is tri-state. When SS is
LOW, MISO is driven by the device. It provides serial data transfer, MSB first, from the slave to the
master.

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7.2.5 Flow Control Interface

In addition to the SPI interface, the WTS701 has two control lines to facilitate data transfer and host
communications. The INT (interrupt) pin is used by the WTS701 to request an interrupt service
from the host controller. The interrupt types that the device generates are controlled by the
communications control register command (SCOM). The R/ B (ready/busy) pin is used to control the
flow of data across the SPI bus. When this signal is HIGH, the device can accept more data. When it
is LOW, SPI transactions must be paused or terminated.

INT

(Interrupt)

INT

is an open drain output pin. The WTS701 interrupt pin goes LOW and stays LOW when an

interrupt event has occurred, as defined by the SCOM command. The interrupt is cleared when a
RINT (read interrupt) command is executed. The status register defines what type of interrupt has
occurred.

R/ B (Ready/Busy Signal)

The R/ B line is an output open drain pin used to control data transfer rate across the SPI port. The
line is used as a handshake signal to the SPI Master to indicate when the device is ready for more
data. When HIGH, the master is free to send more data. When LOW, the device is busy and cannot
accept more data.

7.2.6 The CODEC Interface

The WTS701 provides an on chip interface for digital environment systems, supporting slave CODEC
interface mode. The WTS701 CODEC interface is controlled by an external source hence the
WTS701 only transmits data. Thus, it is effectively an analog-to-digital converter. Each analog sample
is converted to 10 bit digital word. This digital word is transmitted with the MSB first. Since the host
expects either 13 or 16 bit data in the short frame format, either three or six zeros are appended as
the LSB. It interfaces to the baseband CODEC via the VCLK, VFS and VDX lines. Refer to

Figure 2

for more information about the connection between the WTS701 and a CODEC.
All Input pins are 3V and 5V tolerant.

The following is a description of the WTS701 CODEC interface signals:

VCLK (CODEC Clock Line)
The CODEC clock line supplies the sampling clock to the internal CODEC. This is a digital input and
expects a 512kHz--2.048MHz clock.

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VFS (CODEC Synchronization Line)
The CODEC synchronization line supplies a frame synchronization signal to the internal CODEC. This
is a digital input. After receipt of a synchronization pulse, the CODEC will output data on the VDX line.
The VFS line expects an 8kHz sample rate and supports both short frame and long frame
synchronization signal.

VDX (CODEC Data Transmit Line)
The CODEC data transmit line is a digital output that places digital audio data onto the CODEC bus.
The line is in a tri-state condition until the device is due to transmit data. The data output from the VDX
line is selected by the SCOD Command. When WTS701 places data on the VDX line, it is required
that the VFS line should be in tri-state condition when another device is connected to the CODEC as
well.

7.2.7 The Analog Interface

The WTS701 provides an on-chip analog interface for audio output via an 8

speaker driver or an

output buffer capable of driving a 5k

load. Additionally, an analog input (AUXIN) allows an audio

signal to be fed through the WTS701 chip to either output device. The command SAUD configures the
analog path. A digitally controlled attenuator provides volume control via the SVOL command.

The following is a description of the analog pins:

AUXIN (Analog Input)

The AUXIN is an additional audio input to the WTS701. This input has a nominal 694 mV p-p level at
its minimum gain setting (0 dB) (See

Table 2

). Additional gain is available in 3 dB steps (controlled by

the SAUD Command) up to 9 dB. The use and equivalent circuit of the input amplifier is shown in

Figure 7.

(Must be AC coupled)

Internal to the device

COUP

0.1 µF

COUP

NOTE:

CUTOFF

Figure 7. AUXIN Input Amplifier.

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Table 2. AUXIN Gain Settings.

AUD Register

0TLP Input

P-P

AIG1

AIG0

Gain

(dB)

Resistor

Ratio

)

Speaker

Out V

P-P

0.694

1.00

40.1 / 40.1

1.388

0.491

1.41

47.0 / 33.2

1.388

0.347

2.00

53.5 / 26.7

1.388

0.245

2.82

59.2 / 21

1.388

OTLP Input is the reference Transmission Level Point that is used for testing. This level is typically 3 dB below clipping.

From AUXIN to AUXOUT.

Measured differentially at SP+/SP-.

AUXOUT (Analog Output)
The AUXOUT is an audio output pin used to provide an analog output of the synthesized speech from
the WTS701. It drives a minimum load of 5 k

up to a maximum of 1 V p-p

The AC signal is

superimposed on approximately 1.2 VDC bias and must be capacitively coupled to the load

This

output stage may be powered down by clearing the AOPU bit via the SAUD command.

SP +, SP- (Speaker +/-)

This is the speaker differential output circuit. It is designed to drive an 8

speaker connected across

the speaker pins up to a maximum of 23.5 mW power. This stage has selectable gains of 1.32 and
1.6, which can be chosen through the SPG bit via the SAUD command. These pins are biased to ap-
proximately 1.2 VDC and, if used single-ended, must be capacitively coupled to their load. Do NOT
ground the unused pin. This output stage may be powered down by clearing the SPPU bit via the
SAUD command.

ATTCAP (AutoMute Attenuator Capacitor)
This pin provides a capacitor connection for setting the AutoMute. It should have a 4.7 µF capacitor
connected to ground and it cannot be left floating. The AutoMute circuit reduces the amount of noise
present in the output during quiet pauses.

7.2.8 Resetting

The chip has an internal power-on reset circuit that ensures correct initialization upon application of
power. The reset pin signal must be held HIGH for 0.5

µs to achieve a reset (see

Figure 8

) and to put

the WTS701 in the RESET state. Once the WTS701 completes the reset, it will enter the POWER
DOWN mode. Before issuing active commands, a clock configuration and device power up command
must be issue in the POWER DOWN mode.
Issuing a Reset command (RST) resets the WTS701 processor to the initial POWER DOWN state.
Applying the reset pin, while the chip is active, allows the host processor to reset the WTS701 to its
default values and the IDLE state.

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res et

> 0.5

RESET

Figure 8. Reset Condition Timing.

7.3 C

OMMUNICATION

ROTOCOL

The WTS701 is controlled by a series of SPI transactions to send commands to the device. The
general format of an SPI transaction is shown in

Figure 9.

A transaction is always started by sending a

command word. The command word consists of a command byte followed by a command data byte.
At the same time, the status register is shifted out on the MISO line. What follows depends on what
command is sent. The general case is that following the command word, up to n-bytes of data can be
sent to the device and n-bytes can be read from the device. An SPI transaction is finished when SS
is returned to the HIGH condition.

DATAn

DATA1

DATAn

DATA1

DATA0

CMD DATA

STATUS BYTE 1

CMD BYTE

STATUS BYTE 0

MOSI

MISO

MSB

LSB

time

Figure 9. SPI Transaction Format.

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7.3.1 Command Classes

The SPI transactions to the WTS701 fall into four classes. The four classes represent variations in
how the command, and any associated data, is handled. The class of a command is defined by the
two most significant bits of the command byte. A summary of the command classes is given below

Class 0 Commands
These are commands that are executed irrespective of the state of the WTS701. That is, the
command will execute even if the device is busy or powered down. These commands are executed
internally by a hardware command interpreter. All commands not of class 0 require that the WTS701
be in a powered up state. Example of class 0 command is the Read Status (RDST) command.

Class 1 Commands

Class 1 commands require interpretation by the internal firmware of the WTS701. Class 1 commands
consist only of a command byte and command data byte. Any further data sent in a transaction is
ignored. Class 1 commands are most often used for setting a configuration register in the device or
sending commands that have no data such as the conversion pause (PAUS) command.

Class 2 Commands

Class 2 commands have associated data. After the command word, any data bytes following are
loaded into an internal FIFO buffer for processing. If this FIFO becomes full, the R/ B signal is
asserted (LOW) indicating that the host must pause data transfer. An alternative to monitoring the
R/ B line, the R/ B bit of the status register can be monitored instead (see subsection

7.3.2

) or via the

RDST command. The R/ B bit cannot be used for intra-byte flow control, e.g. if a string of characters
is sent, only every other byte is checked.

Class 3 Commands

Class 3 commands have data to return to the host. The R/ B line will go to busy immediately following
the command word indicating that the WTS701 is fetching the requested data. Data is put into the
BCNT0 and BCNT1 (see subsection

7.3.4

) registers and is read out in the two subsequent bytes after

R/ B is released. If more than two bytes are returned from the command, R/ B will again be asserted
until data is ready to read. The primary Class 3 commands are to read the contents of internal
configuration registers such as RREG command.

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Table 4. Status Bit Description.

Byte

Bit Name

Bit #

RDY

Ready to accept commands. After the device has been powered up,
this bit is set after the Power Up latency delay.

CNVT

Converting. This bit is set anytime while the conversion process is
running. If this bit is clear when a convert command is sent, the count in
the Count register is set to 0.

BEMP

The text input buffer is empty. This bit is set anytime the input buffer is
empty.

BFUL

The text input buffer is full. This bit is cleared after 128 bytes become
available in the input buffer.

COD

CODEC is enabled. This is set when the CODEC has been enabled by
the SCOD command.

ICNV 5

Conversion

finished

interrupt has occurred. To stop CODEC

transmission or Power Down the analog outputs an IDLE command
should be sent. This bit is cleared by RINT command.

IBUF

The input text buffer been filled above the defined threshold and then
gone below the defined threshold. The buffer threshold level is set by
the SCOM command. If set by the SCOM command, the INT pin will
also go LOW. This bit is cleared by RINT command.

Status Byte 0

ICNT

Count interrupt has occurred. This interrupt is generated every time a
word has been spoken if activated by the SCOM command. This bit is
cleared by RINT command.

ICMD

Command was ignored. Anytime ICMD is set, the transaction must
revert to a single word command and the command must be resent.
Any data sent will be ignored.

IABB

Abbreviation interrupt has occurred, abbreviation add or abbreviation
delete has been completed. Now the ENTER_RRSM command can be
sent.

Status Byte 1*

R/ B

Current state of the R/ B pin. If this bit is 0, any data sent will be
ignored.

*5 bits are reserved.

7.3.3 Interrupt Handler

If an interrupt has occurred, no further interrupts will be registered until the first interrupt has been
cleared. Only one interrupt can be active at any time.
The RINT command will read and clear pending interrupts while the RDST command will read
interrupts without clearing them.
Make sure that all interrupts that are not being used are masked by clearing the corresponding bits in
the COM register.

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7.3.4 BCNT -- Byte Count Register

The byte count register (BCNT) is a tool for the host to keep track of where in a conversion the
WTS701 is. When a new conversion is started, the byte count register is reset to zero. As each word
(as defined by white-space separated characters) is spoken, the byte count register is updated to
point to the first character of the next word to be spoken. In this way, the host can position a new
conversion if the user wishes to repeat or skip text. The BCNT register is sent with BCNT1 (MSB) first
and BCNT0 (LSB) second.

7.3.5 Command Acceptance

The WTS701 processes commands and data as they are sent to the device. Under certain conditions
the device will not be ready to accept a new command or data. If the device has not finished
processing the previous command, the ICMD bit of the status register will be set. If this bit is set, it
implies that device is not in a position to accept the command being sent and that it will be ignored.
The host should monitor this bit when a command is sent and, if it is detected, the SPI transaction
should be terminated at the end of the command word. The host can then resend the command until
the command is accepted.

7.3.6 Data Acceptance

The WTS701 has an eight byte FIFO to buffer data from the SPI port to the internal processor. During
a conversion, data is read from this FIFO into an internal RAM data buffer. If SPI transmission is too
fast for the WTS701 to keep up with, the R/ B line will be asserted (LOW) to pause data transfer.
Alternatively, the STATUS register can be monitored for the state of the R/ B signal.

7.4 C

OMMANDS

VERVIEW

Control of the WTS701 is implemented through a 16-bit command word. The command word is
always the first word to follow the falling edge on the SS signal. The command word consists of the
command byte followed by the command data byte. Many commands do not require a command data
byte, although one must be sent. For commands that have no data, the command data byte is a `don't
care'.

Commands fall into five categories. Commands that control an operational synthesis function of the
text-to-speech processing, commands that modify internal configuration registers, commands that
change system state, commands that read internal status registers, and customization commands.

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Status Commands

Table 5. Status Opcodes.

The WTS701 has three read-only
registers accessed by the opcodes,
which are shown to the right.

· The Read Status Register

returns the device's
operational status and the
numbers of bytes that have been converted.

· The Read Interrupt Register returns the same status data and clears any of the interrupt

status bits that are set.

· The Version Register returns the hardware and firmware version of the chip.

System Commands

Table 6. System Opcodes.

The WTS701 responds to various
system commands that change the
state of the system, namely:

· The Power Up command

wakes up the device from
POWER DOWN mode.

· The Power Down

command requests that the device enter the POWER DOWN mode.

· The Reset command resets the device (see subsection

7.4.4

· The Idle command puts WTS701 processor in IDLE mode

Opcode

Mnemonic

Function

0x04

RDST

Read Status Register

0x06

RINT

Read Interrupt Register

0x12 RVER Device

Version

Opcode

Mnemonic

Function

0x02 PWUP Power

0x40 PWDN Power

Down

0x10 RST

Reset

0x57 IDLE

Idle

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Synthesis Commands

Table 7. Synthesis Opcodes.

The synthesis commands affect the
text-to-speech synthesis. They are
detailed in the table to the right. The
basic commands are:

· Start a conversion
· Pause the conversion
· Resume the conversion
· Stop the conversion
· Finish conversion at the

end of the current word.

· Finish the conversion at the

end of the buffer

· Volume up/down
· Speed up/down the text-to-

speech conversion

Configuration Commands

Table 8. Configuration Opcodes.

The WTS701 has several configur-
ation registers. The commands are:

· The COM configuration

· The CODEC register con-

figures the mode of the digital
audio output

· The AUDIO register sets

parameters of the analog
audio path

· The VOLUME register sets the volume level of output
· The SPEED register sets the speed level of output speech
· The CLC register sets the master clock frequency of the device
· The SPTC command sets speech pitch

Opcode

Mnemonic

Function

0x81 CONV Start

Converting

0x49 PAUS Pause

Conversion

0x4A RES Resume

Conversion

0x4B ST

Stop

Conversion

0x4D FINW Finish

Word

0x4C FIN Finish

Buffer

0x53 VLUP Volume

0x54 VLDN Volume

Down

0x55

SPUP

Speed Up Conversion

0x56

SPDN

Slow Down Conversion

Opcode

Mnemonic Function

0xC0

RREG

Read Configuration register

0x4E

SCOM

COM Configuration register

0x4F

SCOD

CODEC Configuration register

0x50

SAUD

AUDIO Configuration register

0x51

SVOL

VOL Configuration register

0x52

SSPD

SPEED Configuration register

0x14 SCLC

CLC

(Clock)

Configuration

0x77

SPTC

Set Speech Pitch

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Customization Commands

Table 9. Customization Opcodes.

The WTS701 has the ability for the
user to customize the way in which
it responds to certain text strings.
This is done by way of an
abbreviation table. The
customization opcodes allow the
user to interrogate and modify the
abbreviation table.

7.4.1 Command Description

The following section list all the standard commands that can be executed on the WTS701.

PWDN Go to POWER DOWN Mode
This command puts the WTS701 processor in power-down mode. This is a single word command
therefore no data is required for this command. The Power Down command places the WTS701
device into its lowest power consumption mode. In POWER DOWN mode, the device will only
respond to a Power Up command (PWUP) and Read Status (RDST) command. As soon as Power
Down sequence has ended, the RDY flag in the status word is cleared.

PWDN

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x40

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Put the WTS701 processor in power-down mode.

PWUP Power Up
This command wakes up the WTS701 processor to IDLE state. The result of this command is that the
WTS701 starts the power up sequence, which leads to bringing up internal supplies, resetting the
processor, all configuration registers are initialized to their default values and entering IDLE state. As
soon as power up sequence has ended, the RDY flag in the status word is asserted. The SCLC
command must be sent BEFORE PWUP.

Opcode

Mnemonic

Function

0xC8

ABBR_NUM

Get number of abbrev. entries

0xC9

ABBR_RD

Read abbreviation table

0xC7

ABBR_MEM

Get number of free bytes.

0xAF

ABBR_ADD

Add abbrev. entry

0x83

ABBR_DEL

Delete abbrev. entry

0x0C ENTER_RRSM

Swap

memory

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PWUP

Class 0

Type I

Host controller

0x02

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Wake up the WTS701 processor to IDLE state.

CONV

Convert

The convert command starts the text to speech conversion process. The convert command is followed
by ASCII text data. The device has a buffer of 256 bytes. When this buffer is full, the chip pulls the
R/ B line LOW and sets the BFUL bit in the status word indicating that the WTS701 buffer manager is
in the buffer full condition. The WTS701 remains in the buffer full condition until the input buffer has
been emptied of half the buffer space (128 bytes). When the buffer is full, the Host may do one of
three things:

1. The Host may end the command at that point, then poll the BFUL bit of the SPI status register until

it is clear, and then send new CONV commands with the additional ASCII text data.

2. The Host may also continue the command (keep SS LOW) and wait for the R/ B pin to go HIGH.

As each word is processed by the WTS701, space will become free in the buffer and the R/ B pin
will go HIGH until it is full again.

3. The device may also be configured such that it will generate an interrupt to the host when the buffer

threshold (set by RCOM command) has been crossed. (See

Tables 3

and

) This allows the host

to fill the buffer then wait for the Interrupt to send the additional data.

During conversion, the Convert Count Register is updated as each word has been spoken. This
register is cleared to zero at power up, and at the beginning of a new conversion process after one
has been terminated.

A convert command is terminated in several ways:

· Send a finish command (FIN) indicating that the host has finished sending data. In this case,

the device finishes converting the text buffer, then stops and enters a wait state.

· The conversion process will also stop when the EOT (^D, ASCII 0x1A, UNICODE/Big5 0x00

0x1A) character is part of the input text. When the device detects the EOT character, it will
continue the conversion process until the buffer is emptied and the final word spoken. Then it
will stop and enter the wait state.

· The finish word command (FINW) will cause the WTS701 device to finish the word currently

being spoken, then flush the buffers and enter the wait state.

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· The stop command (ST) will cause the WTS701 to immediately stop converting, flush the

buffer and enter the wait state.

Once the wait state has been entered the device will clear the convert (CONV) bit from the status
register and, if enabled, generate an ICVT interrupt. At this stage the CODEC and analog path are still
active. To release the CODEC bus, or Power Down the analog path, an IDLE command should be
sent to the device. If a convert command is terminated using any of the methods described in this
section, another convert command cannot be sent until the previous conversion is completed. The
CNVT bit must be polled to determine that conversion is completed before a new conversion can be
started.

CONV

Class 2

Type

III

Host controller

0x81

0x00 DATA0

...

DATAn

Byte
Sequence:

WTS701

Stadus Byte 0

Status Byte 1 Status Byte 0 ... Status Byte n%2

Description:

Start or continue a conversion process. Data sent is text data for conversion.

PAUS

AUSE

This command causes a pause of the conversion process. There is no data associated with this
command. The pause condition is terminated by the RES (Resume) command

PAUS

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x49

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

This command pauses the conversion process.

RES

ESUME

This command causes the conversion to resume if it was paused. There is no data associated with
this command

RES

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x4A

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

This command resumes conversion after pause.

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TOP

This command immediately stops conversion without finishing buffer, and clears the buffer.

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x4B

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description: Stop

conversion.

FINW

INISH

ORD

This command directs the WTS701 to finish text conversion at the end of the current word.

FINW

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x4D

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

This indicates that conversion is to end with the processing of
the current word.

FIN

INISH

This command indicates that no further conversion data is to follow and to stop conversion after
processing the current buffer contents.

FIN

Class 1

Type

Host controller

0x4C

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Finish conversion after processing the current buffer.

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IDLE

DLE

This command is executed after the receipt of an end-of-conversion interrupt (ICNV) has occurred.
The IDLE command will deactivate all audio outputs and bring the device to the IDLE state.

IDLE

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x57

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Put WTS701 in IDLE state.

RDST

EAD

TATUS

The Read Status command reads the status word of the device. If two dummy data bytes are also
sent, the contents of the byte count register are also returned. Refer to subsections

7.3.2

and

7.3.4

for

more information regarding the STATUS register and BCNT register.

RDST

Class 0 Type II
Host controller

0x04

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0 Status Byte 1

BCNT
1

BCNT0

Description:

Read Status word of the device.

RVER

EAD

ERSION

The Read version command reads the WTS701 version information. The software version information
is only valid when the device is powered up.

RVER

Class 0

Type

Host controller

0x12

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0 Status Byte 1 HW VER SW VER

Description:

Read WTS701 Software and Hardware versions.

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RINT

EAD

NTERRUPT

The Read Interrupt command reads the status word of the device, it also clears the status interrupt
request flags at the end of the transaction. As a result of this command, all interrupt bits are cleared
and INT pin is released. Refer to subsections

7.3.2

and

7.3.4

for more information regarding the

STATUS register and BCNT register.

RINT

Class 0

Type

Host controller

0x06

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0 Status Byte 1 BCNT1

BCNT0

Description:

Read status word and clear the status interrupt bits.

RREG

EAD

ONFIGURATION

EGISTER

The read configuration register command reads the configuration register specified in the command
data byte. The code 0xNN is the register number and it is described in

Table 10

Configuration

Registers, subsection

7.4.2

RREG

Class 3

Type

Host controller

0xC0

0xNN

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0 Status Byte 1 XX

REG

Description:

Read configuration register 0xNN.

Note: XX = don't care.

SCOM

COM R

EGISTER

Set the COM (interrupt communication) configuration register to value 0xNN. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

describing all configuration registers and the COM register in particular.
The Default value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x00. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

Configuration Registers, which describes all register bits.

SCOM

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x4E

0xNN

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Set the COM (interrupt communication) configuration register
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SCOD

COD R

EGISTER

Set the COD (CODEC control) configuration register to value 0xNN.
The Default value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x01. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

Configuration Registers, which describes all register bits.

SCOD

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x4F

0xNN

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Set the COD (CODEC control) configuration register to value
0xNN.

SAUD

AUD R

EGISTER

Set the AUD (analog audio) configuration register to value 0xNN.
The Default value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x43. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

Configuration Registers, which describes all register bits.

SAUD

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x50

0xNN

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Set the AUD (analog audio) configuration register to value
0xNN.

SVOL

VOL R

EGISTER

Set the VOL (volume) configuration register to value 0xNN.
The Default value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x07. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

Configuration Registers, which describes all register bits.

SVOL

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x51

0xNN

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Set the VOL (volume) configuration register to value 0xNN.

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SSPD

SPD R

EGISTER

Set the SPD (speech rate/speed) configuration register to value 0xNN.
The Default value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x02. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

Configuration Registers, which describe all register bits.

SSPD

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x52

0xNN

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Set the SPD (speech rate/speed) configuration register to
value 0xNN.

SCLC

CLC R

EGISTER

Set the Clock configuration register (CLC) to value 0xNN.
The value of this register must be set before Power-Up or Reset command to 0x00. Refer to
subsection

7.4.3

- Configuration Registers, which describes all register bits.

SCLC

Class 0

Type I

Host controller

0x14

0xNN

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Set the Clock configuration register (CLC) to value 0xNN.

SPTC

PEECH

ITCH

Set the speech pitch to value 0xNN. The valid pitch values are between 0x00 and 0x06 while the
default pitch value is 0x05, and these values can be used to control the speech output pitch. The
command can be executed only when the WTS701 is in IDLE state.

SPTC

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x77

0xNN

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Set the speech pitch parameter to value 0xNN.

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VLUP

OLUME

-U

OMMAND

Increment the volume (VOL) register. Has no effect if already at maximum volume.
The Default value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x07. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

Configuration Registers, which describes all register bits.

VLUP

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x53

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description: Increment

the

volume (VOL) register.

VLDN

OLUME

OWN

OMMAND

Decrement the volume (VOL) register. This has no effect if already at minimum volume. The Default
value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x07. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

- Configuration

Registers, which describes all register bits.

VLDN

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x54

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description: Decrement

the

volume (VOL) register.

SPUP

PEED

OMMAND

Increase speaking rate (SPD register). This has no effect if already at maximum speaking rate. The
Default value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x02. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

Configuration Registers, which describes all register bits.

SPUP

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x55

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Increase speaking rate (SPD register).

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SPDN

PEED

OWN

OMMAND

Decrease speaking rate (SPD register). Has no effect if already at minimum speaking rate. The
Default value of this register after Power-Up or Reset is 0x02. Refer to subsection

7.4.3

Configuration Registers, which describes all register bits.

SPDN

Class 1

Type I

Host controller

0x56

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Decrease speaking rate (SPD register).

RST

ESET

OMMAND

Sending this command has the same affect as a Power-On reset, the WTS701 enters the POWER
DOWN state.

RST

Class 0

Type I

Host controller

0x10

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Reset the WTS701 device.

ABBR_ADD A

BBREVIATION

Add an entry to the abbreviation table.

ABBR_ADD

Class 2

Type

III

Host controller

0xAF

0x00

DATA0

...

DATAn

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0 Status Byte 1 Status Byte 0 ... Status Byte n%2

Description:

Add an entry to the abbreviation table..

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ABBR_MEM R

ETURN

BBREVIATION

EMORY

The ABBR_MEM command will return the number of bytes available in the abbreviation table in
MEM_HI and MEM_LOW.

ABBR_MEM

Class 3

Type

Host controller

0xC7

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0 Status Byte 1 MEM_HI

MEM_LOW

Description:

Return the number of bytes available in the abbreviation table.

ABBR_NUM R

ETURN

UMBER OF

BBREVIATION

NTRIES

The ABBR_NUM command will return the number of abbreviation entries in the abbreviation table in
NUM_HI and NUM_LOW.

ABBR_NUM

Class 3

Type

Host controller

0xC8

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0 Status Byte 1 NUM_HI

NUM_LOW

Description:

Return the number of abbreviation entries in the abbreviation table.

ABBR_RD R

EAD

BBREVIATION

ABLE

The ABBR_RD command will return the abbreviation table. This command must read 2048 bytes after
receiving the Status register.

ABBR_RD

Class 3 Type

Host controller

0xC9

0x00

.....

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1 ABBR0

.....

ABRRn

Description:

Return the 2048 bytes of abbreviations.

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ABBR_DEL D

ELETE

BBREVIATION

NTRY

This command deletes abbreviation entry from abbreviation table.

ABBR_DEL

Class 2

Type

Host controller

0x83

0x00 DATA0

...

DATAn

Byte
Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0 Status Byte 1 Status Byte 0 ... Status Byte n%2

Description:

Delete an entry from the abbreviation table.

ENTER_RRSM S

WAP

EMORY

This command is used in programming mode, and causes the xdata and code store memory to swap
spaces. Please refer to subsection

7.8

for more information about customizing abbreviations.

ENTER_RRSM

Class 0

Type I

Host controller

0x0C

0x00

Byte Sequence:

WTS701

Status Byte 0

Status Byte 1

Description:

Swap memory between xdata and code store.

7.4.2 Illegal Commands

All commands described in section 7.4.1 are the only legal commands that should be sent to the
WTS701 device, unless stated otherwise. Other commands should not be sent to the device, as the
device behavior cannot be predicted. Specific illegal commands are those in which the 2 Most
Significant Bits of the Command Byte are zeros and are not defined in this document as commands
allowed to be sent to the WTS701.

7.4.3 Configuration Registers

The configuration registers are accessed by sending the appropriate configuration command followed
by a single byte of data to load the register. The definition of the contents of the various registers is
given below. The default value for each of these registers after Power Up or Reset is also described in

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Table 10. Configuration Registers.

MSB

LSB

Reg. #

Default Bit 7

Bit 6

Bit 5

Bit 4

Bit 3

Bit 2

Bit 1

Bit 0

COM 0x4E

0x00

ICNT

IBUF

ICNV

X X X

BUF1

BUF0

COD 0x4F

0x01 X X X X X

MD2

MD1

MD0

AUD 0x50 0x43

AOPU

SPPU

SPG

FDTH

X X

AIG1

AIG0

VOL 0x51 0x07 X X X X X

VL2

VL1

VL0

CLC

0x14

None

X CLC4 CLC3 CLC2 CLC1 CLC0

SPD 0x52 0x02 X X X X X

SPD2

SPD1

SPD0

X = Reserved.

The bits of each register are described below:

COM Register

ICNT

If set to a `1', the device will generate an interrupt when the Count register has
been updated. This occurs after each word has been spoken.

IBUF

If set to `1', the device will generate an interrupt when the buffer level crosses the
threshold set by the BUF bits. (see

Table 3

, Status bytes).

ICNV

If set to `1', the device will generate an interrupt when the end of a conversion is
reached.

BUF1..0

If IBUF is set, BUF1..0 determines the buffer level at which the interrupt will be
generated.
00b Input buffer empty.
01b Input buffer <10% full.
10b Input buffer <50% full.
11b Input buffer <75% full.

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7.4.4 System Operation

The WTS701 is a single chip solution for text-to-speech synthesis. The Text-to-Speech operation is
accomplished by a process of screening the incoming text to normalize common abbreviations and
numbers into a spoken form. The normalized text is then analyzed for phonetic interpretation and this
phonetic translation is mapped into samples to be played out of the analog storage array. This output
signal is then smoothed by a low-pass filter and is available as an analog signal, or can be passed
through the CODEC for digital audio output.

The WTS701 processor state machine
The WTS701 functions as a state machine and changes states either in response to a command sent
by the host controller, after execution of command is completed, or as a result of an internal event.

The WTS701 states are described below in reference to

Figure 10

Power Down

Idle

Wait

Convert

Reset

Figure 10. WTS701 Processor States

Vcc Applied

Hard Reset Idle

Convert

Soft Reset

PWDN

PWUP

PWDN, Soft Reset

Hard Reset

Soft Reset, PWDN

Stop

finish

finish word

conversion finished

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RESET
The WTS701 processor is initialized to the RESET state when Vcc is first applied to the part.
After a reset condition the device enters the POWER DOWN state. All configuration registers are
initialized to their default values after issuing the PWUP command.
Once the WTS701 is active and a hardware reset is applied on the RESET pin, the WTS701 will be in
IDLE state, and all configuration registers will return to their default values.

POWER DOWN
In this state, the power consumption of the WTS701 is minimal. All analog outputs are tristate, the
crystal interface is deactivated and the microcontroller is stopped. The only commands valid in the
Power Down mode are PWUP, SCLC and RDST. All configuration registers will return to their default
values after issuing the PWUP command.

IDLE
The idle state is first entered with the PWUP command. In this state, the micro-controller is running
and the device is ready to respond to further commands. From the IDLE state, the device can go to
the active CONVERT state or the POWER DOWN state.

CONVERT
This state is initiated by the CONV command. The text located in the internal buffer is converted into
speech and played back to the analog or digital interface according to the state of the configuration
registers. Once the active conversion has finished, the device enters the WAIT state.

WAIT
Once a conversion has finished, the device enters the WAIT state. In this state, audio outputs are still
active. To deactivate, audio outputs and return to the IDLE state an IDLE command is issued.

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7.4.5 Initialization and Configuration

Configuration
After power-on or a Reset command (RST) the WTS701 processor can be configured for operation.
This involves initializing the internal configuration registers for the users requirements.

Table 11. Initialization Commnad Sequence

State

Command

Description

POWER DOWN --------

State after power-on or RST command.

SCLC

Set clock configuration.

PWUP

Power up device.

IDLE

SCOM

Set up communication register to enable interrupts.

SCOD

Set up CODEC configuration (if used).

SAUD

Set up audio control register.

SVOL

Set the initial volume level.

SSPD

Set the initial speech output speed level.

SPTC

Set the initial speech pitch level.

7.4.6 Converting Text

After configuration, the WTS701 is ready for text-to-speech conversion. Because of the real-time
nature of speech, some form of flow control is necessary to inform the host system:

1. When the device is ready for more text data
2. When the device has finished converting text
3. When the device can release the audio interface

The CONVERT state is entered by sending a CONV command along with some textual data. The
WTS701 has an internal 256-byte buffer to accept text data. The R/ B signal (both the hardware line
and the status bit) will become active (LOW):

1. When the internal buffer is full
2. If the host sends data at a rate too fast for the WTS701 to process it to the internal buffer

When R/ B becomes active the user may:

1. Wait for the R/ B pin to return to the (HIGH) ready state
2. Terminate the SPI transaction until a later time and resend the data

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The user has the choice of enabling interrupts to signal the host when there is free space in the
internal buffer. When all text data has been sent, the user must indicate this by:

1. Sending a FIN (Finish) command
2. Sending an EOT (ASCII 0x1A) character as the last byte of a CONV command

(MANDARIN UNICODE/Big5 0x00 0x1A)

When conversion has been terminated using either of these commands, another CONV command
cannot be sent until conversion is completed and the chip enters the WAIT state.

Notes

1. Buffer length limit:

The max. character length of a white-space-bounded string is 53. The exceeding characters
will be truncated.

2. Undefined

characters:

All the undefined characters will be deleted (prior to the word pronounciation process). The
defined characters range from `0x00' to 0x7A' excluding `0x22', `0x3C', `0x3E' and `0x60'.

Once the WTS701 has synthesized the contents of the text buffer, it will enter the WAIT state. In this
state the audio interface is still active. To disable the audio interface and return to the IDLE state an
IDLE command is sent. The WAIT state can be detected either through polling of the CNVT bit or
enabling of the ICNV interrupt. An example of the flow for a conversion is shown in

Figure 11

. The

flow here assumes that the COM register is set such that the WTS701 generates an IBUF interrupt at
the 75 percent buffer level (64 free bytes) and that the ICNV interrupt is enabled.

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Controlling Text Conversion

The WTS701 offers several features to control text conversion. The PAUS (Pause) and RES
(Resume) commands allow the host to pause and then continue speech output. The FINW command
allows the host to end a conversion after the next whole word is spoken. The ST (Stop) command will
terminate a conversion immediately even mid-word. To allow more advanced control, the WTS701
allows the host to interrogate the byte count register, which keeps track of the position in the input
stream that is currently being spoken. If the host wishes to repeat a spoken word, it should:

1. Read the byte count register
2. Send a FINW or ST command
3. Wait for ICNV
4. Send a new CONV command resending the data starting at the desired number of bytes,

according to the repeated spoken words, prior to the count returned in the byte count

In a similar way a skip function could be implemented to skip ahead words or sentences.

7.5 SPI I

NTERFACE

The SPI interface consists of the 4-wire bus SS , SCLK, MOSI and MISO. In addition, flow control

protocols are implemented via the R/ B signal and/or the WTS701 Status register transmitted via
MOSI. The WTS701 processor also has the option to communicate with the host via interrupt services
requested by the interrupt request line. The timing and behavior of these signals is dependent upon
the command class being executed, i.e., commands with or without associated data. Additionally the
use of the R/ B hardware control line is not compulsory; rather the host can monitor the R/ B bit of
the status register to determine when data has been accepted. The status register also contains the
ICMD bit. This bit is set to indicate an SPI transaction has been ignored, indicating that the WTS701
processor is unable to service a new command. Asynchronous (Class 0) commands are always
accepted. For more information, refer to subsection

7.3.1

which describes the command classes.

7.5.1 SPI Transactions

SPI Transactions with the WTS701 are broken down into four classes and four basic types:

Type I - Single Word Transactions
Single word transactions are Class 0 or Class 1 commands that have no data to transmit or transmit
all required data in the command data byte. R/ B will never become active for these commands.
ICMD could be active for a Class 1 command if the WTS701 is still interpreting the previous
command.

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Command

Byte

Command

Data Byte

0 0

UFI

BFUL

BEM

CNV

SCLK

MOSI

MISO

SSB

Figure 12. Type I SPI Transaction.

Type II Two Word Transactions that Receive Data
Type II transactions are four byte transactions that read out the byte count register. As these
commands are all Class0, ICMD will never be active and R/ B will never occur.

Command

Byte

Command
Data Byte

Data Byte 0

(even)

Data Byte 1

(odd)

UFI

BFUL

BEM

R/B

SCLK

MOSI

MISO

SSB

BCNT0

BCNT1

0 0

Figure 13. Type II SPI Transaction.

Type III Transactions that send data
Type III transactions send data to the WTS701. If the data rate exceeds the ability of the WTS701 to
read data from the input FIFO or if the internal data queue becomes full then the R/ B line will
handshake a pause in the SPI transaction. The host can either:

· Wait for R/B to return HIGH then continue sending data
· Terminate the transaction and try sending data later

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Command

Byte

Command

Data Byte

0 0

IBU

I
CNV

BFU

BEMP

CNV

RDY

IABB

SCLK

MOSI

MISO

SSB

SCLK

MOSI

MISO

SSB

0 0

Data n+2

(even)

Data n+3

(odd)

0 0

Data n

(even)

Data n+1

(odd)

R/B low with SPI End

R/B

I
CNT

IBU

I
CNV

BFU

BEMP

CNV

RDY

IABB

I
CNT

IBU

I
CNV

BFU

BEMP

CNV

RDY

IABB

Figure 14. Type III SPI Transaction.

Type IV Transactions reading data
Type IV transactions read data from the WTS701. Because of the latency required for the WTS701 to
place data in the output register, R/ B must be monitored.

Command

Byte

Command

Data Byte

0 0

Data Byte 0

(even)

Data Byte 1

(odd)

IBUFI

BFUL

BEM

CNV

IABB

SCLK

MOSI

MISO

SSB

R/B

Figure 15. Type IV SPI Transaction.

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7.6 CODEC I

NTERFACE

The WTS701 processor supports analog and digital telephony in various configurations. The WTS701
can be used in digital environments, along with a DSP that controls a CODEC. Therefore, the
WTS701 is configured to operate in slave mode, where the control signals are provided by an external
source, which is usually the DSP. It supports a variety of single channel CODECs, examples of which
are listed in

Table 12

The CODEC interface is designed to send data in short frame format as well as long frame format.
The channel width is 13 or 16 bits linear, the precision of the output is 10 bits. The operation mode of
the CODEC is configured by the COD configuration register and SCOD command. See subsection

7.4.3

for details.

· The CODEC can be configured to transmit data in the unsigned or 2's Complement mode

(see

Table 13

for details).

· The CODEC responds to both the Long and Short sync format (see

Figure 16

and

Figure 17

· The CODEC can be configured to tristate the VDX line after 13 or 16 bits.

Table 12. Supported CODEC Examples.

Manufacturer

CODEC
Device Name

Characteristics

Operating
Voltage

Conversion
Type

Data Format

OKI

ML7041

Single codec

3 V

14-bit linear

2s Complement

OKI

MSM7716

Single codec

3 V

14-bit linear

2s Complement

OKI

MSM7732-011 Single codec

3 V

14-bit linear

2s Complement

Motorola

MC145483

Single codec

3 V

13-bit linear

2's Complement

Lucent

T8538B

Quad codec

3.3 V

16-bit linear

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0 0

VD X

VC LK

MSB

LSB

3 ZEROS

10 9 8

7 6

13 12 11

VFS

Figure 19. CODEC Protocol, 16 bit, Long Frame Sync.

7.7 C

ONTROL

HARACTERS

The WTS701 allows receiving control characters embedded in the text sent in the Convert command
to better emphasize word or alter meaning of sentence. The control characters supported are for
phonetic alphabet playback, speed, volume modification and case sensitivity behavior.

7.7.1 Phonetic Alphabet Playback

The WTS701 uses an intermediate phonetic translation represented as an alphabet that represents
phonemes and stress for each input word. This feature allows the text sent to the WTS701 to consist
of a combination of ASCII characters as well as phonetic alphabet. This capability offers the flexibility
to send words already processed for phonetic representation, achieving the desired pronunciation.
Phonetic strings can be sent directly to the WTS701. This can be done by embedding phoneme
strings in the text stream for conversion. To embed a phoneme string, the string must be preceded by
a control-P (^P, ASCII 0x10) character and terminated by a space character.
For example:
"The quick ^Pbr1Wn fox."

The following table lists the phoneme symbols acceptable by the WTS701E (English software
version). As the acceptable phoneme symbols are language dependent, please refer to the specific
language User's Guide for details regarding characters accepted and other development
considerations.

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Table 14. Acceptable Phoneme Symbols.

Vowels

Consonants

Phoneme Hex

Value

Example Phoneme

Hex
Value

Example

0x69 beat p

0x70

pet

I 0x49

bit t

0x74

e 0x65

bait k

0x6b

E 0x45

bet b

0x62

@ 0x40

bat d

0x64

ebt

u 0x75

boot g

0x67

U 0x55

book h

0x68

o 0x6f

boat f

0x66

c 0x63

bought T

0x54 thing

a 0x61

Bob D

0x44

A 0x41

but s

0x73

R 0x52

burr S

0x53

O 0x4f

boy v

0x76

Y 0x59

buy z

0x7a

W 0x57

down Z

0x5a

azure

x 0x78

bout y

0x79

X 0x58

roses w

0x77

r 0x72

ent

l 0x6c

m 0x6d

n 0x6e

G 0x47

sing

C 0x43

urch

J 0x4a

udge

P 0x50

Butter*

Q 0x51

Written*

Note that each phoneme is represented by exactly one character and each vowel is preceded by a
stress symbol

* Female English only.

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Numbers 1 and 0 represent stress: each word has a single 1 stress, representing the main stress of
the word; all other syllables have 0 stress.

Examples:
Input Phonetic

translation

hi.

h1Y (phoneme /h/, followed by a 1-stress vowel phoneme Y)

test

t1Est

testing

t1Est0IG

Special Characters in Text Input String

These characters inserted into the ASCII text are used to modify the behavior for special
circumstances.
0x10

This control flag indicates a phoneme string follows immediately (e.g.

`^Ppr0Ez0Intles0In').
0x11 ^Q

Pauses with variant length can be added within a sentence by using the `^QX' flag. `X'

is an integer which indicates the pause duration (`X' is 0.1 sec per unit). For instance, `^Q10' will add
in a 1-second pause.

It is important to remember that all the text following these special characters will be subjected to the
same special conditions. If a ^V+ command precedes a word then all the following words will be
spoken louder. If a single word is to be emphasized then the ^V+ must be ahead of the word and a
^V- must follow.

7.7.2 Speed Change

The rate of speech can be changed by sending an SPI command to modify the speed or by adding a
control character to control the speed in real-time.
0x13 ^S

Speed Change Flag. A space character is required after the control characters before

the input text string.

· ^S+: Increase speed by 1 (e.g. `^S+ Hello world').
· ^S-: Decrease speed by 1.
· ^SX: Set the speed to X. X starts from 0 to 4 (e.g. `^S1 Hello world').

Any number that is greater than 4 will be set to 4.

It's the user's responsibility to verify the WTS701 speed setting before sending a control character
and/or SPI command that modify speed.

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7.7.3 Volume Change

The speech volume can be changed by sending SPI command to modify the speed or by adding
control character to control the volume in real-time.
0x16 ^V

Volume Change Flag. A space character is required after the control characters

before the input text string.

· ^V+: Increase volume by 1 (e.g. `^V+ Hello world').
· ^V-: Decrease volume by 1.
· ^VX: Set the volume to X. X starts from 0 to 7 (e.g. `^V1 Hello world').

Any number that is greater than 7 will be set to 0.

It's the user's responsibility to verify the WTS701 volume setting before sending a control character
and/or SPI command that modify volume.

7.7.4 Case Sensitivity

The way upper/lower case is handled can be changed by adding a control character in the text sent to
control the case sensitivity behavior in real-time.
0x15 ^U

All-Uppercase Word (all CAPs) Control Flag. This flag controls interpretation of strings

with all uppercase letters. A space character is required after the control characters before the acutual
input text string.

· ^U0: This is the default setting. Some all-uppercase words (all CAPs) are spelled out, but

others are treated as ordinary words, abbreviations, Roman numerals, ect. (e.g. `^U0 IBM
equals `i b m').

· ^U1: Avoid spelling out all-uppercase words. Any all-uppercase word in the input string will

NOT be spelled out unless the system determines that the word is not pronounceable. In this
mode, there is no abbreviation support (e.g. `^U1 NOKIA' equals `nokia').

· ^U2: Spell out all words, regardless of case. All words in the input sting are spelled out in

this mode. There is no abbreviation support in this mode (e.g. `^U2 NOKIA' equals `n o k i a').
^U3: Force the all-capital words/strings to be spelled out regardless of string length. For
instance, `^U3 HELLO' will be pronounced as `H', `E', `L', `L', `O'.

7.7.5. Pause Control

Pause control flage: `^QX': Pauses with variant length can be added within a sentence by using the
`^QX' flag. `X' is an integer which indicats the pause duration (`X' is 0.1 sec per unit). For instance,
`^Q10' will add in a 1-second pause.

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7.8 C

USTOMIZING

BBREVIATIONS

The WTS701 has support for entering and using custom abbreviations in addition to the general
abbreviation table supported internally by the WTS701. There are 2K bytes of flash memory reserved
for this purpose. After the WTS701 internal software has been initially programmed, this entire area is
free and available for custom abbreviations.

The commands associated with custom abbreviations are:

Command Command

Byte

Command
Data Byte

ABBR_ADD 0xaf

0x00

abbreviation
data.

Adds a new abbreviation to the
abbreviation table in the WTS701
See next page for the format of
the abbreviation data.

ABBR_DEL 0x83

0x00+
abbreviation
data.

Deletes an existing abbreviation
from the abbreviation table in the
WTS701. See next page for the
format of the abbreviation data.

ABBR_NUM

0xc8

0x00 + 0x00
+ 0x00.

Returns the number of
abbreviation currently active in the
abbreviation table of the WTS701.

ABBR_MEM

0xc7

0x00 + 0x00
+ 0x00.

Returns the number of free bytes
in the abbreviation table of the
WTS701.

ABBR_RD

0xc9

0x00 + 2048
0x00s.

Returns the abbreviation table
contents from the WTS701. See
next page for the format of the
abbreviation table data.

ENTER_RRSM 0x0c 0x00

Causes the xdata and code store
memory to swap spaces. The
WTS701 begins to execute code
previously stored into xdata after
this command.

7.8.1 Abbreviation Data Format

The format of the abbreviation data that is sent with the ABBR_ADD and ABBR_DEL commands is:

XXX + "," + YYYY + ";".

XXX - the abbreviation characters.
"," comma.
YYYY abbreviation text.

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";" semi-colon.
Example: TTS,text to speech; After this is added using the ABBR_ADD command, when the text
"TTS" is sent as part of the convert data, the WTS701 will speak "text to speech" instead of T T S.
Note: when deleting an abbreviation, the abbreviation text is optional.
To delete the TTS example, only "TTS,;" is necessary.

7.8.2 Abbreviation Table Format

The format of the abbreviation table returned with the ABBR_RD command is:

Abbreviation entry - Marker + Count + XXX + 0x00 + YYYY + 0x00.

Marker The marker will be either 0xfe for active abbreviation or 0xfc for a deleted abbreviation.
Count The byte count for this entry including the Marker, Count, XXX, YYYY, and zeros.
XXX the abbreviation characters.
0x00 Null terminator.
YYYY abbreviation text.
0x00 Null terminator.

The unused data are always 0xff.

7.8.3 Command Execution

ABBR_NUM & ABBR_MEM - These commands are executed by sending the command and
command data, waiting for R/ B to be ready, then receiving two bytes from MISO. The first byte
received is the MSB, and the second is LSB.
ABBR_RD This command is executed by sending the command and command data, waiting for
R/ B to be ready, then receiving 2048 characters (the entire abbreviation table).

ABBR_ADD & ABBR_DEL These commands are executed by sending the command and command
data, followed by the abbreviation data formatted as described in subsection

7.8.1

. When the WTS701

is ready for the next step, it will generate an IABB interrupt. After the interrupt, send the
ENTER_RSSM (0x0c + 0x00) command. After issuing the command wait for 100ms. After the timeout,
the WTS701 will have programmed the new abbreviation entry and be ready to accept more
commands. Adding or removing an abbreviation will reset the configuration registers to their default
values.

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Synthesis Commands

Command

Description

Opcode Hex

Previous

State

Result

State

Command

Parameters

Return Value

Name

Class

Type

Command

byte

Command

data

Description

tes

Description

tes

CONV 2

III

Convert text

Idle, Wait

Convert

Text
data

N None -

PAUS 1 I Pause

conversion

49 00

Convert No

change

None -

RES 1 I Resume

conversion

4A 00

Convert No

change

None -

ST 1

Stop
conversion

4B 00

Convert Wait

None -

FINW 1 I Finish

word 4D 00

Convert Wait

None -

FIN 1 I Finish

4C 00

Convert Wait

None -

VLUP 1 I Volume

up 53

Idle,
Convert
Wait

No
change

None -

VLDN 1 I Volume

down 54

Idle,
Convert
Wait

No
change

None -

SPUP 1 I Speed

Idle,
Convert
Wait

No
change

None -

SPDN 1 I Speed

down 56

Idle,
Convert
Wait

No
change

None -

IDLE 1 I Switch

Idle

state

57 00

Wait,
Convert

Idle None -

None -

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7.10.1 Text Input Format

The following table lists the ASCII characters acceptable by the WTS701E (English software version).
Please refer to the specific language User's Guide for more details regarding characters accepted and
other development considerations.
Note: Unexpected behavior may occur if the input text contains characters that are not defined in this
ASCII table.

Table 15. Allowable ASCII Characters.

0x0

0x20 Space

0x40 @

0x60

0x1

0x21 !

0x41 A

0x61

0x2

0x22

0x42 B

0x62

0x3

0x23 #

0x43 C

0x63

0x4

0x24 $

0x44 D

0x64

0x5

0x25 %

0x45 E

0x65

0x6

0x26 &

0x46 F

0x66

0x7

0x27

(apostrophe)

0x47 G

0x67

0x8

0x28 (

0x48 H

0x68

0x9

0x29 )

0x49 I

0x69

0xa

0x2a *

0x4a J

0x6a

0xb

0x2b +

0x4b K

0x6b

0xc

0x2c

(comma)

0x4c L

0x6c

0xd

0x2d -

(dash)

0x4d M

0x6d

0xe

0x2e

(period)

0x4e N

0x6e

0xf

0x2f

(slash)

0x4f O

0x6f

0x10 ^P

0x30

0 0x50

P 0x70 p

0x11 ^Q

0x31

1 0x51

Q 0x71 q

0x12

0x32

2 0x52 R

0x72 r

0x13 ^S

0x33

3 0x53

S 0x73 s

0x14

0x34

4 0x54 T

0x74 t

0x15 ^U

0x35

5 0x55

U 0x75 u

0x16 ^V

0x36

6 0x56

V 0x76 v

0x17

0x37

7 0x57 W

0x77 w

0x18

0x38

8 0x58 X

0x78 x

0x19

0x39

9 0x59 Y

0x79 y

0x1a EOT

0x3a :

(colon)

0x5a

Z 0x7a z

0x1b

0x3b

0x5b

] (right bracket)

0x7b

0x1c

0x3c

0x5c

(back slash)

0x7c

0x1d

0x3d

0x5d

[ (left bracket)

0x7d

0x1e

0x3e

0x5e

0x7e

0x1f

0x3f

0x5f

_ (under score)

0x7f

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9. ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Table 18. Absolute Maximum Ratings (Packaged Parts)

(1)

Condition

Value

Junction temperature

150

Storage temperature range

-65

C to +150

Voltage Applied to any pin

- 0.3V) to (V

+ 0.3V)

Voltage applied to any pin (Input current limited to +/-20 mA)

(2)

1.0V) to (V

+ 2.2V)

Lead temperature (soldering 10 seconds)

300

- V

-0.3V to +7.0V

Table 19. Operating Conditions (Packaged Parts).

Condition

Value

Commercial operating temperature range

(3)

C to +70

Extended operating temperature

(2)

-20

C to +70

Industrial operating temperature

(2)

-40

C to +85

Supply voltage (V

)

(4)

+2.7V to +3.3V

Ground voltage (V

)

(5)

Stresses above those listed may cause permanent damage to the device. Exposure to the absolute maximum

ratings may affect device reliability. Functional operation is not implied at these conditions.

All input pins except for CS signal, which is 3V tolerant ONLY.

Case Temperature.

= V

CCA

= V

CCD

= V

SSA

= V

SSD

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= 3.3V, V

= 0V, T

= 0 to 70

Table 20. General Parameters.

PARAMETER

SYMBOL

TEST CONDITIONS

SPEC

UNIT

MIN

(6)

TYP

(7)

MAX.

Input LOW Voltage

0.2

Input HIGH Voltage

0.8

Output LOW Voltage

= 10

µA

0.4 V

R/ B , INT Output LOW
Voltage

OL1

= 1 mA

0.4 V

Output HIGH Voltage

= -10

µA

0.4

Current (Operating)

- Convert
- Idle

- CODEC

- Speaker

No Load

(8)

No Load

(8)

No Load

(8)

No Load

(8)

50
20
20
15

mA
mA
mA

Current (Standby)

(8)

µA

Input Leakage Current

+/-1

µA

All Min/Max limits are guaranteed by Winbond via electrical testing or characterization. Not all specifications

are 100% tested.

Typical values are T = 25

°C and V

= 3.0V, timing measured at 50% levels.

CCA

and V

CCD

summed together.

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11. TYPICAL APPLICATION CIRCUIT

The following schematic diagrams are extracted from the WTS-ES701 evaluation board schematic.

The evaluation system includes the following basic clusters:
WTS701 processor cluster working with 3.3V, including an 8-ohm speaker,
SPI connector to the host PC via the PC parallel port.

For more information about the evaluation system, please refer to the WTS-ES701 User's Guide.

PAD_SPK-

PAD_FS

PG 1,3

PAD_RDY

PAD_SPK+

PAD_RESET

XTAL

PAD_XTO

PG 1

MJ-3536N

PAD_MOSI

PG 1,3

PAD_MISO

PG 1,3

AUXOUT

WTS701

CSB

SSB

SCLK

MOSI

MISO

RDY

INTB

XTI

XTO

AUXIN

ATTCAP

SPK-

VDX

VFS

VCLK

VSSA1

VSSA2

SPK+

VSSDN

VSSD

VCCD

VCCDN

RESET

VSSA3

VCCA

AUXOUT

PAD_XTO

PAD_XTI

R11 33K

C18

10PF

VCCD

PAD_DIN

PAD_AUXOUT

PAD_ATTCAP

CRYSTAL SOCKET

1
2

5
6

4
5

C23

.1UF

PAD_AUXIN

C19

10PF

R13

10K

PAD_BCLK

PAD_SCLK

CSB

PAD_XTI

MJ-3536N

VCCA

C17

.1UF

PAD_RDY

PAD_BCLK

PG 1,3

PAD_AUXOUT PG 1

C25

.1UF

PAD_RESET

PG 1,3

PAD_RDY

PG 1,3

PAD_SPK- PG 1

PAD_ATTCAP

PAD_AUXOUT

PAD_INTB

GNDA

SPEAKER

VCCD

PAD_AUXIN

PAD_MOSI

PAD_DIN

PG 1,3

VCCA

PAD_FS

C24

.1UF

VCCD

C21

.1UF

VCCD

PAD_SCLK

PG 1,3

PAD_SPK+ PG 1

PAD_XTI

PG 1

VCCD

PAD_MISO

R9 33K

PAD_INTB

PG 1,3

C22

.1UF

PAD_INTB

PAD_SSB

PG 1,3

R12

33K

10K

AUXIN

CSB

PG 1

VCCA

R10 33K

C20

4.7UF

MJ-3536N

PAD_XTO

Label pins
of J4 with
signal
names.

VCCD

VCCA

GND

PAD_SSB

PAD_SPK-

PAD_ATTCAP PG 1

PAD_AUXIN PG 1

PAD_MISO

PAD_SPK+

C26

.1UF

WTS701

Publication Release Date: May 2003

- 77 -

Revision 3.09

Headquarters

Winbond Electronics Corporation America Winbond Electronics (Shanghai) Ltd.

No. 4, Creation Rd. III

2727 North First Street, San Jose,

27F, 299 Yan An W. Rd. Shanghai,

Science-Based Industrial Park, CA 95134, U.S.A..

200336 China

Hsinchu, Taiwan

TEL: 1-408-9436666

TEL: 86-21-62365999

TEL: 886-3-5770066

FAX: 1-408-5441798

FAX: 86-21-62356998

FAX: 886-3-5665577

http://www.winbond-usa.com

http://www.winbond.com.tw

Taipei Office

Winbond Electronics Corporation Japan Winbond Electronics (H.K.) Ltd.

9F, No. 480, Pueiguang Rd 7F Daini-ueno BLDG, 3-7-18

Unit 9-15, 22F, Millennium City,

Neihu District,

Shinyokohama Kohoky-ku,

No. 378 Kwun Tong Rd.,

Taipei, 114, Taiwan

Yokohama, 222-0033

Kowloom, Hong Kong

TEL: 886-2-81777168

TEL: 81-45-4781881

TEL: 852-27513100

FAX: 886-287153579

FAX: 81-45-4781800

FAX: 852-27552064

Please note that all dataand specifications are subject to change without notice.
All the trademarks of products and companies mentioned in this datasheet belong to their respective owners.

This product incorporates SuperFlash® technology licensed from SST.

14. VERSION HISTORY

VERSION DATE PAGE

DESCRIPTION

3.07

Apr. 2002

1-73

Initial issue

3.08

Jun. 2002

1-73

Improved package drawing, added illegal commands description,
modified part number format

3.09

May 2003

all

Add crystal spec., description of buffer length limit & undefined
characters, consonant phoneme characters (P & Q), ^U3 and ^Q
control characters.

The contents of this document are provided only as a guide for the applications of Winbond
products. Winbond makes no representation or warranties with respect to the accuracy or
completeness of the contents of this publication and reserves the right to discontinue or make
changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice. No license, whether
express or implied, to any intellectual property or other right of Winbond or others is granted by this
publication. Except as set forth in Winbond's Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale, Winbond
assumes no liability whatsoever and disclaims any express or implied warranty of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose or infringement of any Intellectual property.

Winbond products are not designed, intended, authorized or warranted for use as components in
systems or equipments intended for surgical implantation, atomic energy control instruments,
airplane or spaceship instruments, transportation instruments, traffic signal instruments,
combustion control instruments, or for other applications intended to support or sustain life.
Further, Winbond products are not intended for applications wherein failure of Winbond products
could result or lead to a situation wherein personal injury, death or severe property or
environmental injury could occur.

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