MC68HC908QC16_07 Datasheet, PDF (180/274 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – Microcontrollers

Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Module
15.3.6.2 Mode Fault Error
Setting SPMSTR selects master mode and configures the SPSCK and MOSI pins as outputs and the
MISO pin as an input. Clearing SPMSTR selects slave mode and configures the SPSCK and MOSI pins
as inputs and the MISO pin as an output. The mode fault bit, MODF, becomes set any time the state of
the slave select pin, SS, is inconsistent with the mode selected by SPMSTR.
To prevent SPI pin contention and damage to the MCU, a mode fault error occurs if:
• The SS pin of a slave SPI goes high during a transmission
• The SS pin of a master SPI goes low at any time
For the MODF flag to be set, the mode fault error enable bit (MODFEN) must be set. Clearing the
MODFEN bit does not clear the MODF flag but does prevent MODF from being set again after MODF is
cleared.
MODF generates a receiver/error interrupt request if the error interrupt enable bit (ERRIE) is also set. The
SPRF, MODF, and OVRF interrupts share the same interrupt vector. (See Figure 15-11.) It is not possible
to enable MODF or OVRF individually to generate a receiver/error interrupt request. However, leaving
MODFEN low prevents MODF from being set.
In a master SPI with the mode fault enable bit (MODFEN) set, the mode fault flag (MODF) is set if SS
goes low. A mode fault in a master SPI causes the following events to occur:
• If ERRIE = 1, the SPI generates an SPI receiver/error interrupt request.
• The SPE bit is cleared.
• The SPTE bit is set.
• The SPI state counter is cleared.
• The data direction register of the shared I/O port regains control of port drivers.
NOTE
To prevent bus contention with another master SPI after a mode fault error,
clear all SPI bits of the data direction register of the shared I/O port before
enabling the SPI.
When configured as a slave (SPMSTR = 0), the MODF flag is set if SS goes high during a transmission.
When CPHA = 0, a transmission begins when SS goes low and ends after the incoming SPSCK goes to
its idle level following the shift of the eighth data bit. When CPHA = 1, the transmission begins when the
SPSCK leaves its idle level and SS is already low. The transmission continues until the SPSCK returns
to its idle level following the shift of the last data bit. See 15.3.3 Transmission Formats.
NOTE
Setting the MODF flag does not clear the SPMSTR bit. SPMSTR has no
function when SPE = 0. Reading SPMSTR when MODF = 1 shows the
difference between a MODF occurring when the SPI is a master and when
it is a slave.
When CPHA = 0, a MODF occurs if a slave is selected (SS is low) and later
unselected (SS is high) even if no SPSCK is sent to that slave. This
happens because SS low indicates the start of the transmission (MISO
driven out with the value of MSB) for CPHA = 0. When CPHA = 1, a slave
can be selected and then later unselected with no transmission occurring.
Therefore, MODF does not occur because a transmission was never
begun.
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