TM4C1232D5PM Datasheet, PDF (524/1171 Pages) Texas Instruments – Tiva Microcontroller

Micro Direct Memory Access (μDMA)
Refer to Figure 8-2 on page 524 for an example showing operation in Ping-Pong mode.
Figure 8-2. Example of Ping-Pong μDMA Transaction
µDMA Controller
Primary Structure
SOURCE
DEST
CONTROL
Unused
transfers using BUFFER A
BUFFER A
Cortex-M4F Processor
Peripheral/_{µDMA Interrupt}
Alternate Structure
SOURCE
DEST
CONTROL
Unused
transfers using BUFFER B
BUFFER B
Peripheral/_{µDMA Interrupt}
Primary Structure
SOURCE
DEST
CONTROL
Unused
transfers using BUFFER A
BUFFER A
Peripheral/_{µDMA Interrupt}
Alternate Structure
SOURCE
DEST
CONTROL
Unused
transfers using BUFFER B
BUFFER B
· Process data in BUFFER A
· Reload primary structure
· Process data in BUFFER B
· Reload alternate structure
· Process data in BUFFER B
· Reload alternate structure
8.2.6.5
Memory Scatter-Gather
Memory Scatter-Gather mode is a complex mode used when data must be transferred to or from
varied locations in memory instead of a set of contiguous locations in a memory buffer. For example,
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