MC68HC908AT32 Datasheet, PDF (166/378 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – Microcontrollers

Serial Peripheral Interface Module (SPI)
As the byte shifts out on the MOSI pin of the master, another byte shifts in from the slave on the master’s
MISO pin. The transmission ends when the receiver full bit, SPRF (SPSCR), becomes set. At the same
time that SPRF becomes set, the byte from the slave transfers to the receive data register. In normal
operation, SPRF signals the end of a transmission. Software clears SPRF by reading the SPI status and
control register and then reading the SPI data register. Writing to the SPI data register clears the SPTIE
bit.
17.4.2 Slave Mode
The SPI operates in slave mode when the SPMSTR bit (SPCR, $0010) is clear. In slave mode the SPSCK
pin is the input for the serial clock from the master MCU. Before a data transmission occurs, the SS pin
of the slave MCU must be at logic 0. SS must remain low until the transmission is complete. See 17.6.2
Mode Fault Error.
In a slave SPI module, data enters the shift register under the control of the serial clock from the master
SPI module. After a byte enters the shift register of a slave SPI, it is transferred to the receive data
register, and the SPRF bit (SPSCR) is set. To prevent an overflow condition, slave software then must
read the SPI data register before another byte enters the shift register.
The maximum frequency of the SPSCK for an SPI configured as a slave is the bus clock speed, which is
twice as fast as the fastest master SPSCK clock that can be generated. The frequency of the SPSCK for
an SPI configured as a slave does not have to correspond to any SPI baud rate. The baud rate only
controls the speed of the SPSCK generated by an SPI configured as a master. Therefore, the frequency
of the SPSCK for an SPI configured as a slave can be any frequency less than or equal to the bus speed.
When the master SPI starts a transmission, the data in the slave shift register begins shifting out on the
MISO pin. The slave can load its shift register with a new byte for the next transmission by writing to its
transmit data register. The slave must write to its transmit data register at least one bus cycle before the
master starts the next transmission. Otherwise the byte already in the slave shift register shifts out on the
MISO pin. Data written to the slave shift register during a a transmission remains in a buffer until the end
of the transmission.
When the clock phase bit (CPHA) is set, the first edge of SPSCK starts a transmission. When CPHA is
clear, the falling edge of SS starts a transmission. See 17.5 Transmission Formats.
If the write to the data register is late, the SPI transmits the data already in the shift register from the
previous transmission.
NOTE
To prevent SPSCK from appearing as a clock edge, SPSCK must be in the
proper idle state before the slave is enabled.
17.5 Transmission Formats
During an SPI transmission, data is simultaneously transmitted (shifted out serially) and received (shifted
in serially). A serial clock line synchronizes shifting and sampling on the two serial data lines. A slave
select line allows individual selection of a slave SPI device; slave devices that are not selected do not
interfere with SPI bus activities. On a master SPI device, the slave select line can be used optionally to
indicate a multiple-master bus contention.
MC68HC908AT32 Data Sheet, Rev. 3.1
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Freescale Semiconductor