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PIC18F87J10 FAMILY
18.0 MASTER SYNCHRONOUS
SERIAL PORT (MSSP)
MODULE
18.1 Master SSP (MSSP) Module
Overview
The Master Synchronous Serial Port (MSSP) module is
a serial interface, useful for communicating with other
peripheral or microcontroller devices. These peripheral
devices may be serial EEPROMs, shift registers,
display drivers, A/D converters, etc. The MSSP module
can operate in one of two modes:
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI™)
• Inter-Integrated Circuit (I²C™)
- Full Master mode
- Slave mode (with general address call)
The I²C interface supports the following modes in
hardware:
• Master mode
• Multi-Master mode
• Slave mode
All members of the PIC18F87J10 family have two
MSSP modules, designated as MSSP1 and MSSP2.
Each module operates independently of the other.
Note:
Throughout this section, generic refer-
ences to an MSSP module in any of its
operating modes may be interpreted as
being equally applicable to MSSP1 or
MSSP2. Register names and module I/O
signals use the generic designator ‘x’ to
indicate the use of a numeral to distinguish
a particular module, when required.
Control bit names are not individuated.
18.2 Control Registers
Each MSSP module has three associated control
registers. These include a status register (SSPxSTAT)
and two control registers (SSPxCON1 and
SSPxCON2). The use of these registers and their indi-
vidual configuration bits differ significantly depending
on whether the MSSP module is operated in SPI or I²C
mode.
Additional details are provided under the individual
sections.
Note:
In devices with more than one MSSP
module, it is very important to pay close
attention to SSPCON register names.
SSP1CON1 and SSP1CON2 control
different operational aspects of the same
module, while SSP1CON1 and
SSP2CON1 control the same features for
two different modules.
18.3 SPI Mode
The SPI mode allows 8 bits of data to be synchronously
transmitted and received simultaneously. All four
modes of SPI are supported. To accomplish
communication, typically three pins are used:
• Serial Data Out (SDOx) – RC5/SDO1 or
RD4/SDO2
• Serial Data In (SDIx) – RC4/SDI1/SDA1 or
RD5/SDI2/SDA2
• Serial Clock (SCKx) – RC3/SCK1/SCL1 or
RD6/SCK2/SCL2
Additionally, a fourth pin may be used when in a Slave
mode of operation:
• Slave Select (SSx) – RF7/SS1 or RD7/SS2
Figure 18-1 shows the block diagram of the MSSP
module when operating in SPI mode.
FIGURE 18-1:
MSSP BLOCK DIAGRAM
(SPI™ MODE)
Internal
Data Bus
Read
Write
SSPxBUF reg
RC4 or RD5
RC5 or RD4
SSPxSR reg
bit 0
Shift
Clock
RF7 or RD7
SSx Control
Enable
Edge
Select
RC3 or RD6
2
Clock Select
SSPM3:SSPM0
SMP:CKE ₄
2
( ) TMR2 Output
2
Edge
Select
Prescaler TOSC
4, 16, 64
Data to TXx/RXx in SSPxSR
TRIS bit
Note: Only port I/O names are used in this diagram for
the sake of brevity. Refer to the text for a full list
of multiplexed functions.
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