N25Q128A11B1241F Datasheet, PDF (21/185 Pages) Micron Technology – 128-Mbit, 1.8 V, multiple I/O, 4-Kbyte subsector erase on boot sectors, XiP enabled, serial flash memory with 108 MHz SPI bus interface

N25Q128 - 1.8 V
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SPI Protocols
SPI Protocols
The N25Q128 memory can work with 3 different Serial protocols:
„ Extended SPI protocol.
„ Dual I/O SPI (DIO-SPI) protocol.
„ Quad I/O SPI (QIO-SPI) protocol.
It is possible to choose among the three protocols by means of user volatile or non-volatile
configuration bits.It's not possible to mix Extended SPI, DIO-SPI, and QIO-SPI protocols.
The device can operate in XIP mode in all 3 protocols.
4.1
Extended SPI protocol
This is an extension of the standard (legacy) SPI protocol. Instructions are transmitted on a
single data line (DQ0), while addresses and data are transmitted by one, two or four data
lines (DQ0, DQ1, W/VPP(DQ2) and HOLD / (DQ3) according to the instruction.
When used in the Extended SPI protocol, these devices can be driven by a micro controller
in either of the two following modes:
„ CPOL=0, CPHA=0
„ CPOL=1, CPHA=1
Please refer to the SPI modes for a detailed description of these two modes
4.2
Note:
Dual I/O SPI (DIO-SPI) protocol
Dual I/O SPI (DIO-SPI) protocol: instructions, addresses and I/O data are always
transmitted on two data lines (DQ0 and DQ1).
Also when in DIO-SPI mode, the device can be driven by a micro controller in either of the
two following modes:
„ CPOL= 0, CPHA= 0
„ CPOL= 1, CPHA= 1
Please refer to the SPI modes for a detailed description of these two modes.
Extended SPI protocol Dual I/O instructions allow only address and data to be transmitted
over two data lines. However, DIO-SPI allows instructions, addresses, and data to be
transmitted on two data lines.
This mode can be set using two ways
„ Volatile: by setting bit 6 of the VECR to 0. The device enters DIO-SPI protocol
immediately after the Write Enhanced Volatile Configuration Register sequence
completes. The device returns to the default working mode (defined by NVCR) on
power on.
„ Default/ Non-Volatile: This is default mode on power-up. By setting bit 2 of the NVCR
to 0. The device enters DIO-SPI protocol on the subsequent power-on. After all
subsequent power-on sequences, the device still starts in DIO-SPI protocol unless bit 2
of NVCR is set to 1 (default value, corresponding to Extended SPI protocol) or bit 3 of
NVCR is set to 0 (corresponding to QIO-SPI protocol).
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