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PIC18F2221/2321/4221/4321 FAMILY
18.3.5 MASTER MODE
The master can initiate the data transfer at any time
because it controls the SCK. The master determines
when the slave (Processor 2, Figure 18-2) is to
broadcast data by the software protocol.
In Master mode, the data is transmitted/received as
soon as the SSPBUF register is written to. If the SPI
operation is only going to receive, the SDO output
could be disabled (programmed as an input). The
SSPSR register will continue to shift in the signal pres-
ent on the SDI pin at the programmed clock rate. As
each byte is received, it will be loaded into the SSPBUF
register as if a normal received byte (interrupts and sta-
tus bits appropriately set). This could be useful in
receiver applications as a “Line Activity Monitor” mode.
The clock polarity is selected by appropriately
programming the CKP bit (SSPCON1<4>). This then,
would give waveforms for SPI communication as
shown in Figure 18-3, Figure 18-5 and Figure 18-6,
where the MSB is transmitted first. In Master mode, the
SPI clock rate (bit rate) is user-programmable to be one
of the following:
• FOSC/4 (or TCY)
• FOSC/16 (or 4 • TCY)
• FOSC/64 (or 16 • TCY)
• Timer2 output/2
This allows a maximum data rate (at 40 MHz) of
10.00 Mbps.
Figure 18-3 shows the waveforms for Master mode.
When the CKE bit is set, the SDO data is valid before
there is a clock edge on SCK. The change of the input
sample is shown based on the state of the SMP bit. The
time when the SSPBUF is loaded with the received
data is shown.
FIGURE 18-3:
Write to
SSPBUF
SCK
(CKP = 0
CKE = 0)
SCK
(CKP = 1
CKE = 0)
SCK
(CKP = 0
CKE = 1)
SCK
(CKP = 1
CKE = 1)
SDO
(CKE = 0)
SDO
(CKE = 1)
SDI
(SMP = 0)
Input
Sample
(SMP = 0)
SDI
(SMP = 1)
Input
Sample
(SMP = 1)
SSPIF
SSPSR to
SSPBUF
SPI MODE WAVEFORM (MASTER MODE)
4 Clock
Modes
bit 7
bit 6 bit 5
bit 4
bit 3
bit 2
bit 1
bit 0
bit 7
bit 6
bit 5
bit 4
bit 3
bit 2
bit 1 bit 0
bit 7
bit 0
bit 7
bit 0
Next Q4 Cycle
after Q2↓
DS39689F-page 172
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