
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
Error Conditions
MC68HC908AS60
Advance Information
MOTOROLA
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
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18.7.1 Overflow Error
The overflow flag (OVRF in SPSCR) becomes set if the SPI receive data
register still has unread data from a previous transmission when the
capture strobe of bit 1 of the next transmission occurs. (See Figure 18-4 and Figure 18-5.) If an overflow occurs, the data being received is not
transferred to the receive data register so that the unread data can still
be read. Therefore, an overflow error always indicates the loss of data.
OVRF generates a receiver/error CPU interrupt request if the error
interrupt enable bit (ERRIE in SPSCR) is also set. MODF and OVRF can
generate a receiver/error CPU interrupt request. (See Figure 18-9.) It is
not possible to enable only MODF or OVRF to generate a receiver/error
CPU interrupt request. However, leaving MODFEN low prevents MODF
from being set.
If an end-of-block transmission interrupt was meant to pull the MCU out
of wait, having an overflow condition without overflow interrupts enabled
causes the MCU to hang in wait mode. If the OVRF is enabled to
generate an interrupt, it can pull the MCU out of wait mode instead.
If the CPU SPRF interrupt is enabled and the OVRF interrupt is not,
watch for an overflow condition. Figure 18-7 shows how it is possible to
miss an overflow.
Figure 18-7. Missed Read of Overflow Condition
READ SPDR
READ SPSCR
OVRF
SPRF
BYTE 1
BYTE 2
BYTE 3
BYTE 4
BYTE 1 SETS SPRF BIT.
CPU READS SPSCR WITH SPRF BIT SET
CPU READS BYTE 1 IN SPDR,
BYTE 2 SETS SPRF BIT.
CPU READS SPSCR WITH SPRF BIT SET
BYTE 3 SETS OVRF BIT. BYTE 3 IS LOST.
CPU READS BYTE 2 IN SPDR, CLEARING SPRF BIT,
BYTE 4 FAILS TO SET SPRF BIT BECAUSE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
CLEARING SPRF BIT.
BUT NOT OVRF BIT.
OVRF BIT IS SET. BYTE 4 IS LOST.
AND OVRF BIT CLEAR.