Serial Peripheral Interface Module (SPI)
13.5.3 Transmission Format When CPHA = 1
Figure 13-6 shows an SPI transmission in which CPHA is logic 1. The figure should not be used as a
replacement for data sheet parametric information. Two waveforms are shown for SPSCK: one for
CPOL = 0 and another for CPOL = 1. The diagram may be interpreted as a master or slave timing
diagram since the serial clock (SPSCK), master in/slave out (MISO), and master out/slave in (MOSI) pins
are directly connected between the master and the slave. The MISO signal is the output from the slave,
and the MOSI signal is the output from the master. The SS line is the slave select input to the slave. The
slave SPI drives its MISO output only when its slave select input (SS) is at logic 0, so that only the selected
slave drives to the master. The SS pin of the master is not shown but is assumed to be inactive. The SS
pin of the master must be high or must be reconfigured as general-purpose I/O not affecting the SPI. (See
13.7.2 Mode Fault Error.) When CPHA = 1, the master begins driving its MOSI pin on the first SPSCK
edge. Therefore, the slave uses the first SPSCK edge as a start transmission signal. The SS pin can
remain low between transmissions. This format may be preferable in systems having only one master and
only one slave driving the MISO data line.
SPSCK CYCLE #
FOR REFERENCE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
SPSCK; CPOL = 0
SPSCK; CPOL =1
MOSI
MSB
MSB
BIT 6
BIT 6
BIT 5
BIT 5
BIT 4
BIT 4
BIT 3
BIT 3
BIT 2
BIT 2
BIT 1
BIT 1
LSB
FROM MASTER
MISO
LSB
FROM SLAVE
SS; TO SLAVE
CAPTURE STROBE
Figure 13-6. Transmission Format (CPHA = 1)
When CPHA = 1 for a slave, the first edge of the SPSCK indicates the beginning of the transmission. This
causes the SPI to leave its idle state and begin driving the MISO pin with the MSB of its data. Once the
transmission begins, no new data is allowed into the shift register from the transmit data register.
Therefore, the SPI data register of the slave must be loaded with transmit data before the first edge of
SPSCK. Any data written after the first edge is stored in the transmit data register and transferred to the
shift register after the current transmission.
13.5.4 Transmission Initiation Latency
When the SPI is configured as a master (SPMSTR = 1), writing to the SPDR starts a transmission. CPHA
has no effect on the delay to the start of the transmission, but it does affect the initial state of the SPSCK
signal. When CPHA = 0, the SPSCK signal remains inactive for the first half of the first SPSCK cycle.
When CPHA = 1, the first SPSCK cycle begins with an edge on the SPSCK line from its inactive to its
active level. The SPI clock rate (selected by SPR1:SPR0) affects the delay from the write to SPDR and
the start of the SPI transmission. (See Figure 13-7.) The internal SPI clock in the master is a free-running
derivative of the internal MCU clock. To conserve power, it is enabled only when both the SPE and
SPMSTR bits are set. SPSCK edges occur halfway through the low time of the internal MCU clock. Since
the SPI clock is free-running, it is uncertain where the write to the SPDR occurs relative to the slower
SPSCK. This uncertainty causes the variation in the initiation delay shown in Figure 13-7. This delay is
no longer than a single SPI bit time. That is, the maximum delay is two MCU bus cycles for DIV2, eight
MCU bus cycles for DIV8, 32 MCU bus cycles for DIV32, and 128 MCU bus cycles for DIV128.
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