Dma Channels - ST STM32L4x6 Reference Manual

Direct memory access controller (DMA)
10.4.3

DMA channels

Each channel can handle DMA transfer between a peripheral register located at a fixed
address and a memory address. The amount of data to be transferred (up to 65535) is
programmable. The register which contains the amount of data items to be transferred is
decremented after each transaction.
Programmable data sizes
Transfer data sizes of the peripheral and memory are fully programmable through the
PSIZE and MSIZE bits in the DMA_CCRx register.
Pointer incrementation
Peripheral and memory pointers can optionally be automatically post-incremented after
each transaction depending on the PINC and MINC bits in the DMA_CCRx register. If
incremented mode is enabled, the address of the next transfer will be the address of the
previous one incremented by 1, 2 or 4 depending on the chosen data size. The first transfer
address is the one programmed in the DMA_CPARx/DMA_CMARx registers. During
transfer operations, these registers keep the initially programmed value. The current
transfer addresses (in the current internal peripheral/memory address register) are not
accessible by software.
If the channel is configured in non-circular mode, no DMA request is served after the last
transfer (that is once the number of data items to be transferred has reached zero). In order
to reload a new number of data items to be transferred into the DMA_CNDTRx register, the
DMA channel must be disabled.
Note: If a DMA channel is disabled, the DMA registers are not reset. The DMA channel registers
(DMA_CCRx, DMA_CPARx and DMA_CMARx) retain the initial values programmed during
the channel configuration phase.
In circular mode, after the last transfer, the DMA_CNDTRx register is automatically reloaded
with the initially programmed value. The current internal address registers are reloaded with
the base address values from the DMA_CPARx/DMA_CMARx registers.
Channel configuration procedure
The following sequence should be followed to configure a DMA channel x (where x is the
channel number).
1. Set the peripheral register address in the DMA_CPARx register. The data will be
moved from/ to this address to/ from the memory after the peripheral event.
2. Set the memory address in the DMA_CMARx register. The data will be written to or
read from this memory after the peripheral event.
3. Configure the total number of data to be transferred in the DMA_CNDTRx register.
After each peripheral event, this value will be decremented.
4. Configure the channel priority using the PL[1:0] bits in the DMA_CCRx register
5. Configure data transfer direction, circular mode, peripheral & memory incremented
mode, peripheral & memory data size, and interrupt after half and/or full transfer in the
DMA_CCRx register
6. Activate the channel by setting the ENABLE bit in the DMA_CCRx register.
As soon as the channel is enabled, it can serve any DMA request from the peripheral
connected on the channel.
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