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Serial audio interface (SAI)
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Anticipated frame synchronization detection (AFSDET)
The AFSDET flag is used only in slave mode. It is never asserted in master mode. It
indicates that a frame synchronization (FS) has been detected earlier than expected since
the frame length, the frame polarity, the frame offset are defined and known.
Anticipated frame detection sets the AFSDET flag in the SAI_xSR register.
This detection has no effect on the current audio frame which is not sensitive to the
anticipated FS. This means that “parasitic” events on signal FS are flagged without any
perturbation of the current audio frame.
An interrupt is generated if the AFSDETIE bit is set in the SAI_xIM register. To clear the
AFSDET flag, CAFSDET bit must be set in the SAI_xCLRFR register.
To resynchronize with the master after an anticipated frame detection error, four steps are
required:
1. Disable the SAI block by resetting SAIXEN bit in SAI_xCR1 register. To make sure the
SAI is disabled, read back the SAIXEN bit and check it is set to 0.
2. Flush the FIFO via FFLUS bit in SAI_xCR2 register.
3. Enable again the SAI peripheral (SAIXEN bit set to 1).
4. The SAI block will wait for the assertion on FS to restart the synchronization with
master.
The SAIXEN flag is not asserted in AC’97 mode since the SAI audio block acts as a link
controller and generates the FS signal even when declared as slave.It has no meaning in
SPDIF mode since the FS signal is not used.
Late frame synchronization detection
The LFSDET flag in the SAI_xSR register can be set only when the SAI audio block
operates as a slave. The frame length, the frame polarity and the frame offset configuration
are known in register SAI_xFRCR.
If the external master does not send the FS signal at the expecting time thus generating the
signal too late, the LFSDET flag is set and an interrupt is generated if LFSDETIE bit is set in
the SAI_xIM register.
The LFSDET flag is cleared when CLFSDET bit is set in the SAI_xCLRFR register.
The late frame synchronization detection flag is set when the corresponding error is
detected. The SAI needs to be resynchronized with the master (see sequence described in
Section : Anticipated frame synchronization detection (AFSDET)).
In a noisy environment, glitches on the SCK clock may be wrongly detected by the audio
block state machine and shift the SAI data at a wrong frame position. This event can be
detected by the SAI and reported as a late frame synchronization detection error.
There is no corruption if the external master is not managing the audio data frame transfer in
continuous mode, which should not be the case in most applications. In this case, the
LFSDET flag will be set.
The LFSDET flag is not asserted in AC’97 mode since the SAI audio block acts as a link
controller and generates the FS signal even when declared as slave.It has no meaning in
SPDIF mode since the signal FS is not used by the protocol.
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