MC68HC908GT16 Datasheet, PDF (327/412 Pages) Motorola, Inc – Microcontrollers

Serial Peripheral Interface Module (SPI)
Transmission Formats
When the clock phase bit (CPHA) is set, the first edge of SPSCK starts
a transmission. When CPHA is clear, the falling edge of SS starts a
transmission. See 20.6 Transmission Formats.
NOTE: SPSCK must be in the proper idle state before the slave is enabled to
prevent SPSCK from appearing as a clock edge.
20.6 Transmission Formats
During an SPI transmission, data is simultaneously transmitted (shifted
out serially) and received (shifted in serially). A serial clock synchronizes
shifting and sampling on the two serial data lines. A slave select line
allows selection of an individual slave SPI device; slave devices that are
not selected do not interfere with SPI bus activities. On a master SPI
device, the slave select line can optionally be used to indicate multiple-
master bus contention.
20.6.1 Clock Phase and Polarity Controls
Software can select any of four combinations of serial clock (SPSCK)
phase and polarity using two bits in the SPI control register (SPCR). The
clock polarity is specified by the CPOL control bit, which selects an
active high or low clock and has no significant effect on the transmission
format.
The clock phase (CPHA) control bit selects one of two fundamentally
different transmission formats. The clock phase and polarity should be
identical for the master SPI device and the communicating slave device.
In some cases, the phase and polarity are changed between
transmissions to allow a master device to communicate with peripheral
slaves having different requirements.
NOTE: Before writing to the CPOL bit or the CPHA bit, disable the SPI by
clearing the SPI enable bit (SPE).
MC68HC908GT16 • MC68HC908GT8 — Rev. 2
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Serial Peripheral Interface Module (SPI)
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