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==== Serial Peripheral Interface Controller (SPI)
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| Hardware source file(s): | neorv32_spi.vhd |
| Software driver file(s): | neorv32_spi.c |
| | neorv32_spi.h |
| Top entity port: | `spi_sck_o` | 1-bit serial clock output
| | `spi_sdo_i` | 1-bit serial data output
| | `spi_sdi_o` | 1-bit serial data input
| | `spi_csn_i` | 8-bit dedicated chip select (low-active)
| Configuration generics: | _IO_SPI_EN_ | implement SPI controller when _true_
| CPU interrupts: | fast IRQ channel 6 | transmission done interrupt (see <<_processor_interrupts>>)
|=======================
**Theory of Operation**
SPI is a synchronous serial transmission interface. The NEORV32 SPI transceiver allows 8-, 16-, 24- and 32-
bit long transmissions. The unit provides 8 dedicated chip select signals via the top entity's `spi_csn_o`
signal.
The SPI unit is enabled via the _SPI_CTRL_EN_ bit in the `CTRL` control register. The idle clock polarity is configured via the _SPI_CTRL_CPHA_
bit and can be low (`0`) or high (`1`) during idle. The data quantity to be transferred within a
single transmission is defined via the _SPI_CTRL_SIZEx bits_. The unit supports 8-bit (`00`), 16-bit (`01`), 24-
bit (`10`) and 32-bit (`11`) transfers. Whenever a transfer is completed, the "transmission done interrupt" is triggered.
A transmission is still in progress as long as the _SPI_CTRL_BUSY_ flag is set.
The SPI controller features 8 dedicated chip-select lines. These lines are controlled via the control register's _SPI_CTRL_CSx_ bits. When
a specifc _SPI_CTRL_CSx_ bit is **set**, the according chip select line `spi_csn_o(x)` goes **low** (low-active chip select lines).
The SPI clock frequency is defined via the 3-bit _SPI_CTRL_PRSCx_ clock prescaler. The following prescalers
are available:
.SPI prescaler configuration
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| **`SPI_CTRL_PRSCx`** | `0b000` | `0b001` | `0b010` | `0b011` | `0b100` | `0b101` | `0b110` | `0b111`
| Resulting `clock_prescaler` | 2 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 128 | 1024 | 2048 | 4096
|=======================
Based on the _SPI_CTRL_PRSCx_ configuration, the actual SPI clock frequency f~SPI~ is derived from the processor's main clock f~main~ and is determined by:
_**f~SPI~**_ = _f~main~[Hz]_ / (2 * `clock_prescaler`)
A transmission is started when writing data to the `DATA` register. The data must be LSB-aligned. So if
the SPI transceiver is configured for less than 32-bit transfers data quantity, the transmit data must be placed
into the lowest 8/16/24 bit of `DATA`. Vice versa, the received data is also always LSB-aligned.
.SPI register map (`struct NEORV32_SPI`)
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| Address | Name [C] | Bit(s), Name [C] | R/W | Function
.16+<| `0xffffffa8` .16+<| `NEORV32_SPI.CTRL` <|`0` _SPI_CTRL_CS0_ ^| r/w .8+<| Direct chip-select 0..7; setting `spi_csn_o(x)` low when set
<|`1` _SPI_CTRL_CS1_ ^| r/w
<|`2` _SPI_CTRL_CS2_ ^| r/w
<|`3` _SPI_CTRL_CS3_ ^| r/w
<|`4` _SPI_CTRL_CS4_ ^| r/w
<|`5` _SPI_CTRL_CS5_ ^| r/w
<|`6` _SPI_CTRL_CS6_ ^| r/w
<|`7` _SPI_CTRL_CS7_ ^| r/w
<|`8` _SPI_CTRL_EN_ ^| r/w <| SPI enable
<|`9` _SPI_CTRL_CPHA_ ^| r/w <| polarity of `spi_sck_o` when idle
<|`10` _SPI_CTRL_PRSC0_ ^| r/w .3+| 3-bit clock prescaler select
<|`11` _SPI_CTRL_PRSC1_ ^| r/w
<|`12` _SPI_CTRL_PRSC2_ ^| r/w
<|`14` _SPI_CTRL_SIZE0_ ^| r/w .2+<| transfer size (`00`=8-bit, `01`=16-bit, `10`=24-bit, `11`=32-bit)
<|`15` _SPI_CTRL_SIZE1_ ^| r/w
<|`31` _SPI_CTRL_BUSY_ ^| r/- <| transmission in progress when set
| `0xffffffac` | `NEORV32_SPI.DATA` |`31:0` | r/w | receive/transmit data, LSB-aligned
|=======================
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