PIC24FJ64GA006-I Datasheet, PDF (175/258 Pages) Microchip Technology – 64/80/100-Pin, General Purpose, 16-Bit Flash Microcontrollers

PIC24FJ128GA010 FAMILY
20.0 PROGRAMMABLE CYCLIC
REDUNDANCY CHECK (CRC)
GENERATOR
Note:
This data sheet summarizes the features of
this group of PIC24F devices. It is not
intended to be a comprehensive reference
source. Refer to Section 30. “Program-
mable Cyclic Redundancy Check
(CRC)” (DS39714) in the “PIC24F Family
Reference Manual” for more information.
The programmable CRC generator offers the following
features:
• User-programmable polynomial CRC equation
• Interrupt output
• Data FIFO
20.1 Registers
There are four registers used to control programmable
CRC operation:
• CRCCON
• CRCXOR
• CRCDAT
• CRCWDAT
FIGURE 20-1:
CRC SHIFTER DETAILS
20.2 Overview
The module implements a software configurable CRC
generator. The terms of the polynomial and its length
can be programmed using the CRCXOR (X<15:1>) bits
and the CRCCON (PLEN<3:0>) bits, respectively.
Consider the following equation:
EQUATION 20-1: CRC POLYNOMIAL
x¹⁶ + x¹² + x⁵ + 1
To program this polynomial into the CRC generator,
the CRC register bits should be set, as shown in
Table 20-1.
TABLE 20-1: EXAMPLE CRC SETUP
Bit Name
Bit Value
PLEN<3:0>
X<15:1>
1111
000100000010000
Note that for the value of X<15:1>, the 12th bit and the
5th bit are set to ‘1’, as required by the equation. The
0 bit, required by the equation, is always XORed. For a
16-bit polynomial, the 16th bit is also always assumed to
be XORed; therefore, the X<15:1> bits do not have the
0 bit or the 16th bit.
The topology of a standard CRC generator is shown in
Figure 20-2.
PLEN<3:0>
0
Hold
XOR
DOUT
OUT
IN
BIT 0
p_clk
1
2
X1
Hold
CRC Shift Register
X2
Hold
0
OUT
IN
BIT 1
1
p_clk
0
OUT
IN
BIT 2
1
p_clk
15
X3 X15
Hold
0
0
OUT
IN
BIT 15
1
1
p_clk
CRC Read Bus
CRC Write Bus
 2005-2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS39747F-page 175