AD469x Platform FPGA Architecture SPI Engine Instruction Set Specification

SPI Engine Instruction Set Specification

The SPI Engine instruction set is a simple 16-bit instruction set, of which 12-bits are currently allocated (bits 15,14,11,10 are always 0).

Instructions

Transfer Instruction

15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	r	w	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n

The transfer instructions perform a low-level SPI transfer. It will generate SCLK transitions for the specified amount of cycles according to the SPI configuration register. If the r bit is set, the SDI pin will be sampled and stored in the shift register; at the end of each word data is output on the SDI_DATA stream. If the w bit is set, the SDO pin will be updated with the data received from the SDO_DATA stream. If the w bit is set the sdo_t signal will also be set to 0 for the duration of the transfer. If the SDI_DATA stream is not able to accept data or the SDO_DATA stream is not able to provide data, the execution is stalled at the end/start of the transfer until data is accepted/becomes available.

Bits	Name	Description
r	Read	If set to 1, data will be read from the SDI pin and the read words will be available on the SDI_DATA interface.
w	Write	If set to 1, data will be taken from the SDO_DATA interface and output on the SDO pin.
n	Length	n + 1 number of words will be transferred.

Chip-select Instruction

15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
0	0	0	1	0	0	t	t	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s

The chip-select instruction updates the value of the chip-select output signal of the SPI Engine execution module.

Before and after the update is performed the execution module is paused for the specified delay. The length of the delay depends on the module clock frequency, the setting of the prescaler register and the t parameter of the instruction. delay = t * (div + 1) / f_clk. This delay is inserted before and after the update of the chip-select signal, so the total execution time of the chip-select instruction is twice the delay.

Name	Value	Description
t	Delay	Delay before and after setting the new configuration.
s	Chip-select	The new chip-select configuration.

Configuration Write Instruction

15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
0	0	1	0	0	0	r	r	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v

The configuration-write instruction updates a configuration register of the SPI Engine execution module with a new value.

Name	Value	Description
r	Register	Configuration register address: 2'b00 = prescaler configuration register 2'b01 = SPI configuration register 2'b10 = Dynamic transfer length register
v	Value	New value for the configuration register

Synchronize Instruction

15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n

The synchronize instruction generates a synchronization event on the SYNC output stream. This can be used to monitor the progress of the command stream. The synchronize instruction is also used by the SPI Engine Interconnect module to identify the end of a transaction and re-start the arbitration process.

Name	Value	Description
n	id	Value of the generated synchronization event.

Sleep Instruction

15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	t	t	t	t	t	t	t	t

The sleep instruction stops the execution of the command stream for the specified amount of time. The time is based on the external clock frequency the configuration value of the prescaler register and the time parameter of the instruction.

       sleep_time = (t + 1) * ((div + 1) * 2) / f_clk

Name	Value	Description
t	Time	The amount of time to wait.

Configuration Registers

The SPI Engine execution module has a set of 8-bit configuration registers which can be used to dynamically modify the behavior of the module at runtime.

SPI Configuration Register

The SPI configuration register configures various aspects of the low-level SPI bus behavior.

Bits	Name	Description
[7:3]	reserved	Must always be 0
[2]	three_wire	Configures the output of the the three_wire pin
[1]	CPOL	Configures the polarity of the SCLK signal When 0, the idle state of the SCLK signal is low When 1, the idle state of the SCLK signal is high
[0]	CPHA	Configures the phase of the SCLK signal. When 0, data is updated on the leading edge and sampled on the trailing edge When 1, data is is sampled on the leading edge and updated on the trailing edge.

Prescaler Configuration Register

The prescaler configuration register configures the divider that is applied to the module clock when generating the SCLK signal and other internal control signals used by the sleep and chip-select commands.

Bits	Name	Description
[7:0]	div	Prescaler clock divider

The frequency of the SCLK signal is derived from the module clock frequency using the following formula:

      f_sclk = f_clk / ((div + 1) * 2)

If no prescaler block is present div is 0.

Dynamic Transfer Length Register

The dynamic transfer length register sets the length (in bits) of a transfer. By default, the transfer length is equal to the DATA_WIDTH of the execution module. If required the user can reduce this length by setting this register. A general rule of thumb is to set the DATA_WIDTH parameter to the largest transfer length supported by the target device.

Bits	Name	Description
[7:0]	div	Dynamic transfer length

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