XC164S Datasheet, PDF (42/72 Pages) Infineon Technologies AG – 16-Bit Single-Chip Microcontroller with C166SV2 Core

XC164S
Derivatives
Functional Description
3.12
High Speed Synchronous Serial Channels (SSC0/SSC1)
The High Speed Synchronous Serial Channels SSC0/SSC1 support full-duplex and half-
duplex synchronous communication. It may be configured so it interfaces with serially
linked peripheral components, full SPI functionality is supported.
A dedicated baud rate generator allows to set up all standard baud rates without
oscillator tuning. For transmission, reception and error handling three separate interrupt
vectors are provided.
The SSC transmits or receives characters of 2 … 16 bits length synchronously to a shift
clock which can be generated by the SSC (master mode) or by an external master (slave
mode). The SSC can start shifting with the LSB or with the MSB and allows the selection
of shifting and latching clock edges as well as the clock polarity.
A number of optional hardware error detection capabilities has been included to increase
the reliability of data transfers. Transmit error and receive error supervise the correct
handling of the data buffer. Phase error and baudrate error detect incorrect serial data.
Summary of Features
• Master or Slave mode operation
• Full-duplex or Half-duplex transfers
• Baudrate generation from 20 Mbit/s to 305.18 bit/s (@ 40 MHz)
• Flexible data format
– Programmable number of data bits: 2 to 16 bits
– Programmable shift direction: LSB-first or MSB-first
– Programmable clock polarity: idle low or idle high
– Programmable clock/data phase: data shift with leading or trailing clock edge
• Loop back option available for testing purposes
• Interrupt generation on transmitter buffer empty condition, receive buffer full
condition, error condition (receive, phase, baudrate, transmit error)
• Three pin interface with flexible SSC pin configuration
3.13
Watchdog Timer
The Watchdog Timer represents one of the fail-safe mechanisms which have been
implemented to prevent the controller from malfunctioning for longer periods of time.
The Watchdog Timer is always enabled after a reset of the chip, and can be disabled
until the EINIT instruction has been executed (compatible mode), or it can be disabled
and enabled at any time by executing instructions DISWDT and ENWDT (enhanced
mode). Thus, the chip’s start-up procedure is always monitored. The software has to be
designed to restart the Watchdog Timer before it overflows. If, due to hardware or
software related failures, the software fails to do so, the Watchdog Timer overflows and
Data Sheet
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V1.0, 2005-01