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18.3.2 OPERATION
When initializing the SPI, several options need to be
specified. This is done by programming the appropriate
control bits (SSPxCON1<5:0> and SSPxSTAT<7:6>).
These control bits allow the following to be specified:
• Master mode (SCKx is the clock output)
• Slave mode (SCKx is the clock input)
• Clock Polarity (Idle state of SCKx)
• Data Input Sample Phase (middle or end of data
output time)
• Clock Edge (output data on rising/falling edge of
SCKx)
• Clock Rate (Master mode only)
• Slave Select mode (Slave mode only)
Each MSSP consists of a transmit/receive shift register
(SSPxSR) and a buffer register (SSPxBUF). The
SSPxSR shifts the data in and out of the device, MSb
first. The SSPxBUF holds the data that was written to
the SSPxSR until the received data is ready. Once the
8 bits of data have been received, that byte is moved to
the SSPxBUF register. Then, the Buffer Full detect bit
BF (SSPxSTAT<0>) and the interrupt flag bit SSPxIF
are set. This double-buffering of the received data
(SSPxBUF) allows the next byte to start reception
before reading the data that was just received. Any
write to the SSPxBUF register during transmis-
sion/reception of data will be ignored and the Write
Collision detect bit, WCOL (SSPxCON1<7>), will be
set. User software must clear the WCOL bit so that it
can be determined if the following write(s) to the
SSPxBUF register completed successfully.
When the application software is expecting to receive
valid data, the SSPxBUF should be read before the next
byte of data to transfer is written to the SSPxBUF. The
Buffer Full bit, BF (SSPxSTAT<0>), indicates when
SSPxBUF has been loaded with the received data
(transmission is complete). When the SSPxBUF is read,
the BF bit is cleared. This data may be irrelevant if the
SPI is only a transmitter. Generally, the MSSP interrupt
is used to determine when the transmission/reception
has completed. The SSPxBUF must be read and/or
written. If the interrupt method is not going to be used,
then software polling can be done to ensure that a write
collision does not occur. Example 18-1 shows the
loading of the SSP1BUF (SSP1SR) for data
transmission.
The SSPxSR is not directly readable or writable and
can only be accessed by addressing the SSPxBUF
register. Additionally, the SSPxSTAT register indicates
the various status conditions.
EXAMPLE 18-1: LOADING THE SSP1BUF (SSP1SR) REGISTER
LOOP
BTFSS
BRA
MOVF
SSP1STAT, BF
LOOP
SSP1BUF, W
;Has data been received (transmit complete)?
;No
;WREG reg = contents of SSP1BUF
MOVWF RXDATA
;Save in user RAM, if data is meaningful
MOVF TXDATA, W
MOVWF SSP1BUF
;W reg = contents of TXDATA
;New data to xmit
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