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4.3.1 Command Structure
The gSPI command structure is 32 bits. The bit positions and definitions are shown in Figure 22.
Figure 22. gSPI Command Structure
BCM_SPID Command Structure
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31 30 29 28
11 10
0
C
A
F1 F0
Address – 17 bits
Packet length - 11bits *
* 11’h0 = 2048 bytes
Function No: 00 – Func 0: All SPI-specific registers
01 – Func 1: Registers and memories belonging to other blocks in the chip (64 bytes max)
10 – Func 2: DMA channel 1. WLAN packets up to 2048 bytes.
11 – Func 3: DMA channel 2 (optional). Packets up to 2048 bytes.
Access : 0 – Fixed address
1 – Incremental address
Command : 0 – Read
1 – Write
4.3.1.1 Write
The host puts the first bit of the data onto the bus half a clock-cycle before the first active edge following the CS going low. The fol-
lowing bits are clocked out on the falling edge of the gSPI clock. The device samples the data on the active edge.
4.3.1.2 Write/Read
The host reads on the rising edge of the clock requiring data from the device to be made available before the first rising-clock edge
of the data. The last clock edge of the fixed delay word can be used to represent the first bit of the following data word. This allows
data to be ready for the first clock edge without relying on asynchronous delays.
4.3.1.3 Read
The read command always follows a separate write to set up the WLAN device for a read. This command differs from the write/read
command in the following respects: a) chip selects go high between the command/address and the data, and b) the time interval
between the command/address is not fixed.
4.3.2 Status
The gSPI interface supports status notification to the host after a read/write transaction. This status notification provides information
about packet errors, protocol errors, available packets in the RX queue, etc. The status information helps reduce the number of inter-
rupts to the host. The status-reporting feature can be switched off using a register bit, without any timing overhead. The gSPI bus
timing for read/write transactions with and without status notification are as shown in Figure 23 below and Figure 24 on page 30.
See Table 6 on page 30 for information on status-field details.
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