Spi Status Flags - STMicroelectronics STM32F05 series Reference Manual

Serial peripheral interface / inter-IC sound (SPI/I2S)
Communication using DMA (direct memory addressing)
To operate at its maximum speed and to facilitate the data register read/write process
required to avoid overrun, the SPI features a DMA capability, which implements a simple
request/acknowledge protocol.
A DMA access is requested when the TXE or RXNE enable bit in the SPIx_CR2 register is
set. Separate requests must be issued to the Tx and Rx buffers.
● In transmission, a DMA request is issued each time TXE is set to 1. The DMA then
writes to the SPIx_DR register.
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In reception, a DMA request is issued each time RXNE is set to 1. The DMA then reads
the SPIx_DR register.
When the SPI is used only to transmit data, it is possible to enable only the SPI Tx DMA
channel. In this case, the OVR flag is set because the data received is not read. When the
SPI is used only to receive data, it is possible to enable only the SPI Rx DMA channel.
In transmission mode, when the DMA has written all the data to be transmitted (the TCIF
flag is set in the DMA_ISR register), the BSY flag can be monitored to ensure that the SPI
communication is complete. This is required to avoid corrupting the last transmission before
disabling the SPI or entering the Stop mode. The software must first wait until
FTLVL[1:0]=00 and then until BSY=0.
Packing with DMA
If the transfers are managed by DMA (TXDMAEN and RXDMAEN set in the SPIx_CR2
register) packing mode is enabled/disabled automatically depending on the PSIZE value
configured for SPI TX and the SPI RX DMA channel. If the DMA channel PSIZE value is
equal to 16-bit and SPI data size is less than or equal to 8-bit, then packing mode is
enabled. The DMA then automatically manages the write operations to the SPIx_DR
register.
If data packing mode is used and the number of data to transfer is not a multiple of two, the
LDMA_TX/LDMA_RX bits must be set. The SPI then considers only one data for the
transmission or reception to serve the last DMA transfer (for more details refer to
packing on page
26.3.8

SPI Status flags

Three status flags are provided for the application to completely monitor the state of the SPI
bus.
Tx buffer empty flag (TXE)
The TXE flag is set when transmission TXFIFO has enough space to store data to send.
TXE flag is linked to the TXFIFO level. The flag goes high and stays high until the TXFIFO
level is lower or equal to 1/2 of the FIFO depth. An interrupt can be generated if the TXEIE
bit in the SPIx_CR2 register is set. The bit is cleared automatically when the TXFIFO level
becomes greater than 1/2.
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