ASIC control system and method

Abstract

An image formation system ASIC control system and method capable of selectively clearing only registers and other storage units, requiring initialization in response to the internal state and external state of an image formation system ASIC are provided. A plurality of reset signals Reset1-Reset3 for clearing predetermined modules 22, 24, and 26 are output from a reset signal selector 14′. To the reset signal selector 14′, an internal reset request signal is input from an internal main state machine, a first external reset request signal hw is input from a first external reset request generation source 16 formed of ASIC external hardware, and second external reset request signals sw1, sw2, and sw3 are input from a second external reset request generation source 18 formed of ASIC external software. The reset signal selector 14′ ANDs or ORs the input reset requests for outputting any of the reset signals Reset1-Reset3 only to the module corresponding to the reset signal.

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