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Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Module
16.11.4 SS (Slave Select)
The SS pin has various functions depending on the current state of the SPI. For an SPI configured as a
slave, the SS is used to select a slave. For CPHA = 0, the SS is used to define the start of a transmission.
(See 16.4 Transmission Formats.) Since it is used to indicate the start of a transmission, SS must be
toggled high and low between each byte transmitted for the CPHA = 0 format. However, it can remain low
between transmissions for the CPHA = 1 format. See Figure 16-13.
When an SPI is configured as a slave, the SS pin is always configured as an input. It cannot be used as
a general-purpose I/O regardless of the state of the MODFEN control bit. However, the MODFEN bit can
still prevent the state of SS from creating a MODF error. See 16.12.2 SPI Status and Control Register.
MISO/MOSI
MASTER SS
SLAVE SS
CPHA = 0
SLAVE SS
CPHA = 1
BYTE 1
BYTE 2
BYTE 3
Figure 16-13. CPHA/SS Timing
NOTE
A high on the SS pin of a slave SPI puts the MISO pin in a high-impedance
state. The slave SPI ignores all incoming SPSCK clocks, even if it was
already in the middle of a transmission.
When an SPI is configured as a master, the SS input can be used in conjunction with the MODF flag to
prevent multiple masters from driving MOSI and SPSCK. (See 16.6.2 Mode Fault Error.) For the state of
the SS pin to set the MODF flag, the MODFEN bit in the SPSCK register must be set. If MODFEN is 0 for
an SPI master, the SS pin can be used as a general-purpose I/O under the control of the data direction
register of the shared I/O port. When MODFEN is 1, SS is an input-only pin to the SPI regardless of the
state of the data direction register of the shared I/O port.
The CPU can always read the state of the SS pin by configuring the appropriate pin as an input and
reading the port data register. See Table 16-2
.
Table 16-2. SPI Configuration
SPE
0
SPMSTR
X⁽¹⁾⁾
1
0
1
1
1
1
1. X = Don’t care
MODFEN
X
X
0
1
SPI Configuration
Not enabled
Slave
Master without MODF
Master with MODF
Function of SS Pin
General-purpose I/O;
SS ignored by SPI
Input-only to SPI
General-purpose I/O;
SS ignored by SPI
Input-only to SPI
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