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Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
20.4.1 Master Mode
The SPI operates in master mode when the SPI master bit, SPMSTR, is set.
NOTE
Configure the SPI modules as master or slave before enabling them.
Enable the master SPI before enabling the slave SPI. Disable the slave SPI
before disabling the master SPI. See 20.13.1 SPI Control Register.
Only a master SPI module can initiate transmissions. Software begins the transmission from a master SPI
module by writing to the transmit data register. If the shift register is empty, the byte immediately transfers
to the shift register, setting the SPI transmitter empty bit, SPTE. The byte begins shifting out on the MOSI
pin under the control of the serial clock. See Figure 20-3.
MASTER MCU
SLAVE MCU
SHIFT REGISTER
BAUD RATE
GENERATOR
MISO
MOSI
SPSCK
SS
MISO
MOSI
SPSCK
SHIFT REGISTER
V_DD
SS
Figure 20-3. Full-Duplex Master-Slave Connections
The SPR1 and SPR0 bits control the baud rate generator and determine the speed of the shift register.
See 20.13.2 SPI Status and Control Register. Through the SPSCK pin, the baud rate generator of the
master also controls the shift register of the slave peripheral.
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, 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 with SPRF set and then reading the SPI data register. Writing to the SPI data register clears the
SPTE bit.
20.4.2 Slave Mode
The SPI operates in slave mode when the SPMSTR bit 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 SPI
must be at logic 0. SS must remain low until the transmission is complete. See 20.7.2 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 transfers to the receive data register,
and the SPRF bit is set. To prevent an overflow condition, slave software then must read the receive data
register before another full 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
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