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Serial peripheral interface / inter-IC sound (SPI/I2S)
RM0313
26.5.5
Note:
Communication formats
During SPI communication, receive and transmit operations are performed simultaneously.
The serial clock (SCK) synchronizes the shifting and sampling of the information on the data
lines. The communication format depends on the clock phase, the clock polarity and the
data frame format. To be able to communicate together, the master and slaves devices must
follow the same communication format.
Clock phase and polarity controls
Four possible timing relationships may be chosen by software, using the CPOL and CPHA
bits in the SPIx_CR1 register. The CPOL (clock polarity) bit controls the idle state value of
the clock when no data is being transferred. This bit affects both master and slave modes. If
CPOL is reset, the SCK pin has a low-level idle state. If CPOL is set, the SCK pin has a
high-level idle state.
If the CPHA bit is set, the second edge on the SCK pin captures the first data bit transacted
(falling edge if the CPOL bit is reset, rising edge if the CPOL bit is set). Data are latched on
each occurrence of this clock transition type. If the CPHA bit is reset, the first edge on the
SCK pin captures the first data bit transacted (falling edge if the CPOL bit is set, rising edge
if the CPOL bit is reset). Data are latched on each occurrence of this clock transition type.
The combination of CPOL (clock polarity) and CPHA (clock phase) bits selects the data
capture clock edge.
Figure 228, shows an SPI full-duplex transfer with the four combinations of the CPHA and
CPOL bits.
Prior to changing the CPOL/CPHA bits the SPI must be disabled by resetting the SPE bit.
The idle state of SCK must correspond to the polarity selected in the SPIx_CR1 register (by
pulling up SCK if CPOL=1 or pulling down SCK if CPOL=0).
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