HCS515_11 Datasheet, PDF (8/38 Pages) Microchip Technology – KEELOQ® Code Hopping Decoder stand-alone decoder

HCS515
4.0 INTERFACING TO A
MICROCONTROLLER
The HCS515 interfaces to a microcontroller via a syn-
chronous serial interface. A clock and data line are
used to communicate with the HCS515. The microcon-
troller controls the clock line. There are two groups of
data transfer messages. The first is from the decoder
whenever the decoder receives a valid transmission.
The decoder signals reception of a valid code by taking
the data line high (maximum of 500 ms) The microcon-
troller then services the request by clocking out a data
string from the decoder. The data string contains the
function code, the status bit, and block indicators. The
second is from the controlling microcontroller to the
decoder in the form of a defined command set.
Figure 4-1 shows the HCS515 decoder and the I/O
interface lines necessary to interface to a microcon-
troller.
4.1 Valid Transmission Message
The decoder informs the microcontroller of a valid
transmission by taking the data line high for up to
500 ms. The controlling microcontroller must acknowl-
edge by taking the clock line high. The decoder then
takes the data line low. The microcontroller can then
begin clocking a data stream out of the HCS515. The
data stream consists of:
• START bit ‘0’.
• 2 status bits [REPEAT, Vlow].
• 4-bit function code [S3 S2 S1 S0].
• STOP bit ‘1’.
• 4 bits indicating the number of transmitters
learned into the decoder [CNT3…CNT0].
• 4 bits indicating which block was used
[TX3…TX0].
• 64 bits of the received transmission with the hop-
ping code decrypted.
Note: Data is always clocked in/out Least
Significant bit (LSb) first.
The decoder will terminate the transmission of the data
stream at any point where the clock is kept low for lon-
ger than 1 ms. Therefore, the microcontroller can only
clock out the required bits. A maximum of 80 bits can
be clocked out of the decoder.
FIGURE 4-1: HCS515 DECODER AND I/O INTERFACE LINES
X ¹ NC
VCC
X ² NC
3 _VDD
4 _S1
5 _S0
6 _MCLR
X ⁷ NC
NC ¹⁴ X
NC ¹³ X
VSS ¹²
RF_IN ¹¹
S_CLK ¹⁰
S_DAT ⁹
NC ⁸ X
HCS515
RF DATA
SYNC CLOCK
SYNC DATA
MICRO RESET
S0 OUTPUT
S1 OUTPUT
FIGURE 4-2: DECODER VALID TRANSMISSION MESSAGE
TACK
TACT
TCLKL
TCLKH
TDS
S_CLK
S_DAT
TCLA
TDHI
TCLKH
0 REPT VLOW S0 S1 S2 S3 1 CNT0 CNT3 TX0
Decoder Signal Valid
Transmission
A
B
Information
TX3 RX0 RX1
RX62 RX63
Received String
Ci
Cii
DS40183E-page 8
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