Datasheet

Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Module
MC68HC908GR60A • MC68HC908GR48A • MC68HC908GR32A Data Sheet, Rev. 5
212 Freescale Semiconductor
15.6.2 Mode Fault Error
Setting SPMSTR selects master mode and configures the SPSCK and MOSI pins as outputs and the
MISO pin as an input. Clearing SPMSTR selects slave mode and configures the SPSCK and MOSI pins
as inputs and the MISO pin as an output. The mode fault bit, MODF, becomes set any time the state of
the slave select pin, SS
, is inconsistent with the mode selected by SPMSTR.
To prevent SPI pin contention and damage to the MCU, a mode fault error occurs if:
•The SS
pin of a slave SPI goes high during a transmission
•The SS
pin of a master SPI goes low at any time
For the MODF flag to be set, the mode fault error enable bit (MODFEN) must be set. Clearing the
MODFEN bit does not clear the MODF flag but does prevent MODF from being set again after MODF is
cleared.
MODF generates a receiver/error CPU interrupt request if the error interrupt enable bit (ERRIE) is also
set. The SPRF, MODF, and OVRF interrupts share the same CPU interrupt vector. (See Figure 15-12.)
It is not possible to enable MODF or OVRF individually to generate a receiver/error CPU interrupt request.
However, leaving MODFEN low prevents MODF from being set.
In a master SPI with the mode fault enable bit (MODFEN) set, the mode fault flag (MODF) is set if SS
goes low. A mode fault in a master SPI causes the following events to occur:
• If ERRIE = 1, the SPI generates an SPI receiver/error CPU interrupt request.
• The SPE bit is cleared.
• The SPTE bit is set.
• The SPI state counter is cleared.
• The data direction register of the shared I/O port regains control of port drivers.
NOTE
To prevent bus contention with another master SPI after a mode fault error,
clear all SPI bits of the data direction register of the shared I/O port before
enabling the SPI.
When configured as a slave (SPMSTR = 0), the MODF flag is set if SS
goes high during a transmission.
When CPHA = 0, a transmission begins when SS
goes low and ends once the incoming SPSCK goes
back to its idle level following the shift of the eighth data bit. When CPHA = 1, the transmission begins
when the SPSCK leaves its idle level and SS
is already low. The transmission continues until the SPSCK
returns to its idle level following the shift of the last data bit. See
15.4 Transmission Formats.
NOTE
Setting the MODF flag does not clear the SPMSTR bit. SPMSTR has no
function when SPE = 0. Reading SPMSTR when MODF = 1 shows the
difference between a MODF occurring when the SPI is a master and when
it is a slave.
NOTE
When CPHA = 0, a MODF occurs if a slave is selected (SS
is low) and later
unselected (SS
is high) even if no SPSCK is sent to that slave. This
happens because SS
low indicates the start of the transmission (MISO
driven out with the value of MSB) for CPHA = 0. When CPHA = 1, a slave
can be selected and then later unselected with no transmission occurring.
Therefore, MODF does not occur since a transmission was never begun.