Datasheet

Queuing Transmission Data
MC68HC908GR60A • MC68HC908GR48A • MC68HC908GR32A Data Sheet, Rev. 5
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15.5 Queuing Transmission Data
The double-buffered transmit data register allows a data byte to be queued and transmitted. For an SPI
configured as a master, a queued data byte is transmitted immediately after the previous transmission
has completed. The SPI transmitter empty flag (SPTE) indicates when the transmit data buffer is ready
to accept new data. Write to the transmit data register only when SPTE is high. Figure 15-9 shows the
timing associated with doing back-to-back transmissions with the SPI (SPSCK has CPHA: CPOL = 1:0).
Figure 15-9. SPRF/SPTE CPU Interrupt Timing
The transmit data buffer allows back-to-back transmissions without the slave precisely timing its writes
between transmissions as in a system with a single data buffer. Also, if no new data is written to the data
buffer, the last value contained in the shift register is the next data word to be transmitted.
For an idle master or idle slave that has no data loaded into its transmit buffer, the SPTE is set again no
more than two bus cycles after the transmit buffer empties into the shift register. This allows the user to
queue up a 16-bit value to send. For an already active slave, the load of the shift register cannot occur
until the transmission is completed. This implies that a back-to-back write to the transmit data register is
not possible. SPTE indicates when the next write can occur.
BIT
3
MOSI
SPSCK
SPTE
WRITE TO SPDR
1
CPU WRITES BYTE 2 TO SPDR, QUEUEING BYTE 2
CPU WRITES BYTE 1 TO SPDR, CLEARING SPTE BIT.
BYTE 1 TRANSFERS FROM TRANSMIT DATA
3
1
2
2
3
5
REGISTER TO SHIFT REGISTER, SETTING SPTE BIT.
SPRF
READ SPSCR
MSB BIT
6
BIT
5
BIT
4
BIT
2
BIT
1
LSB MSB BIT
6
BIT
5
BIT
4
BIT
3
BIT
2
BIT
1
LSB MSB BIT
6
BYTE 2 TRANSFERS FROM TRANSMIT DATA
CPU WRITES BYTE 3 TO SPDR, QUEUEING BYTE
BYTE 3 TRANSFERS FROM TRANSMIT DATA
5
8
10
8
10
4
FIRST INCOMING BYTE TRANSFERS FROM SHIFT
6
CPU READS SPSCR WITH SPRF BIT SET.
4
6
9
SECOND INCOMING BYTE TRANSFERS FROM SHIFT
9
11
AND CLEARING SPTE BIT.
REGISTER TO SHIFT REGISTER, SETTING SPTE BIT.
REGISTER TO RECEIVE DATA REGISTER, SETTING
SPRF BIT.
3 AND CLEARING SPTE BIT.
REGISTER TO SHIFT REGISTER, SETTING SPTE BIT.
REGISTER TO RECEIVE DATA REGISTER, SETTING
SPRF BIT.
12
CPU READS SPDR, CLEARING SPRF BIT.
BIT
5
BIT
4
BYTE 1 BYTE 2 BYTE 3
7
12
READ SPDR
7
CPU READS SPDR, CLEARING SPRF BIT.
11
CPU READS SPSCR WITH SPRF BIT SET.
CPHA:CPOL = 1:0