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23.2.2 SPI MODE OPERATION
Any serial port function that is not desired may be
overridden by programming the corresponding data
direction (TRIS) register to the opposite value.
When initializing the SPI, several options need to be
specified. This is done by programming the appropriate
control bits (SSPxCON1<5:0> and SSPxSTAT<7:6>).
These control bits allow the following to be specified:
The MSSPx consists of a transmit/receive shift register
(SSPxSR) and a buffer register (SSPxBUF). The
SSPxSR shifts the data in and out of the device, MSb
first. The SSPxBUF holds the data that was written to
the SSPxSR until the received data is ready. Once the
8 bits of data have been received, that byte is moved to
the SSPxBUF register. Then, the Buffer Full Detect bit,
BF of the SSPxSTAT register, and the interrupt flag bit,
SSPxIF, are set. This double-buffering of the received
data (SSPxBUF) allows the next byte to start reception
before reading the data that was just received. Any
• Master mode (SCKx is the clock output)
• Slave mode (SCKx is the clock input)
• Clock Polarity (Idle state of SCKx)
• Data Input Sample Phase (middle or end of data
output time)
• Clock Edge (output data on rising/falling edge of
SCKx)
• Clock Rate (Master mode only)
write
to
the
SSPxBUF
register
during
• Slave Select mode (Slave mode only)
transmission/reception of data will be ignored and the
write collision detect bit WCOL of the SSPxCON1
register, will be set. User software must clear the
WCOL bit to allow the following write(s) to the
SSPxBUF register to complete successfully.
To enable the serial port, SSPx Enable bit, SSPxEN of
the SSPxCON1 register, must be set. To reset or recon-
figure SPI mode, clear the SSPxEN bit, re-initialize the
SSPxCONx registers and then set the SSPxEN bit.
This configures the SDIx, SDOx, SCKx and SSx pins
as serial port pins. For the pins to behave as the serial
port function, some must have their data direction bits
(in the TRIS register) appropriately programmed as
follows:
When the application software is expecting to receive
valid data, the SSPxBUF should be read before the
next byte of data to transfer is written to the SSPxBUF.
The Buffer Full bit, BF of the SSPxSTAT register,
indicates when SSPxBUF has been loaded with the
received data (transmission is complete). When the
SSPxBUF is read, the BF bit is cleared. This data may
be irrelevant if the SPI is only a transmitter. Generally,
the MSSPx interrupt is used to determine when the
transmission/reception has completed. If the interrupt
method is not going to be used, then software polling
can be done to ensure that a write collision does not
occur.
• SDIx must have corresponding TRIS bit set
• SDOx must have corresponding TRIS bit cleared
• SCKx (Master mode) must have corresponding
TRIS bit cleared
• SCKx (Slave mode) must have corresponding
TRIS bit set
• SSx must have corresponding TRIS bit set
FIGURE 23-5:
SPI MASTER/SLAVE CONNECTION
SPI Master SSPxM<3:0> = 00xx
= 1010
SPI Slave SSPxM<3:0> = 010x
SDOx
SDIx
Serial Input Buffer
Serial Input Buffer
(SSPxBUF)
(BUF)
SDIx
SDOx
Shift Register
(SSPxSR)
Shift Register
(SSPxSR)
LSb
MSb
MSb
LSb
Serial Clock
SCKx
SCKx
SSx
Slave Select
(optional)
General I/O
Processor 2
Processor 1
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