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20.3. SPI0 Slave Mode Operation
When SPI0 is enabled and not configured as a master, it will operate as a SPI slave. As a slave, bytes are
shifted in through the MOSI pin and out through the MISO pin by a master device controlling the SCK sig-
nal. A bit counter in the SPI0 logic counts SCK edges. When 8 bits have been shifted through the shift reg-
ister, the SPIF flag is set to logic 1, and the byte is copied into the receive buffer. Data is read from the
receive buffer by reading SPI0DAT. A slave device cannot initiate transfers. Data to be transferred to the
master device is pre-loaded into the shift register by writing to SPI0DAT. Writes to SPI0DAT are double-
buffered, and are placed in the transmit buffer first. If the shift register is empty, the contents of the transmit
buffer will immediately be transferred into the shift register. When the shift register already contains data,
the SPI will wait until the byte is transferred before loading it with the transmit buffer’s contents.
When configured as a slave, SPI0 can be configured for 4-wire or 3-wire operation. The default, 4-wire
slave mode, is active when NSSMD1 (SPI0CN.3) = 0 and NSSMD0 (SPI0CN.2) = 1. In 4-wire mode, the
NSS signal is routed to a port pin and configured as a digital input. SPI0 is enabled when NSS is logic 0,
and disabled when NSS is logic 1. The bit counter is reset on a falling edge of NSS. Note that the NSS sig-
nal must be driven low at least 2 system clocks before the first active edge of SCK for each byte transfer.
Figure 20.4 shows a connection diagram between two slave devices in 4-wire slave mode and a master
device.
3-wire slave mode is active when NSSMD1 (SPI0CN.3) = 0 and NSSMD0 (SPI0CN.2) = 0. NSS is not
used in this mode, and does not get mapped to an external port pin through the crossbar. Since there is no
way of uniquely addressing the device in 3-wire slave mode, SPI0 must be the only slave device present
on the bus. It is important to note that in 3-wire slave mode there is no external means of resetting the bit
counter that determines when a full byte has been received. The bit counter can only be reset by disabling
and re-enabling SPI0 with the SPIEN bit. Figure 20.3 shows a connection diagram between a slave device
in 3-wire slave mode and a master device.
20.4. SPI0 Interrupt Sources
When SPI0 interrupts are enabled, the following four flags will generate an interrupt when they are set to
logic 1:
Note: All of the following interrupt bits must be cleared by software.
1. The SPI Interrupt Flag, SPIF (SPI0CN.7) is set to logi
c 1 at the end of each byte transfer. This
flag can occur in all SPI0 modes.
2. The Write Collision Flag, WCOL (SPI0CN.6) is set to logic
1 if a write to SPI0DAT is attempted
when the transmit buffer has not been emptied to the SPI shift register. When this occurs, the
write to SPI0DAT will be ignored, and the transmit buffer will not be written.This flag can occur
in all SPI0 modes.
3. The Mode Fault Flag MODF (SPI0CN.5) is set to logic 1 when SPI0 is configured as a master,
a
nd for multi-master mode and the NSS pin is pulled low. When a Mode Fault occurs, the
MSTEN and SPIEN bits in SPI0CN are set to logic 0 to disable SPI0 and allow another master
device to access the bus.
4. The Receive Overrun Flag RXOVRN (SPI0CN.4) is se
t to logic 1 when configured as a slave,
and a transfer is completed and the receive buffer still holds an unread byte from a previous
transfer. The new byte is not transferred to the receive buffer, allowing the previously received
data byte to be read. The data byte which caused the overrun is lost.
