Microchip Technology DM164134 Data Sheet
© 2006 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS41159E-page 147
PIC18FXX8
17.3.3
ENABLING SPI I/O
To enable the serial port, SSP Enable bit, SSPEN
(SSPCON1<5>), must be set. To reset or reconfigure
SPI mode, clear the SSPEN bit, reinitialize the SSPCON
registers and then, set the SSPEN bit. This configures
the SDI, SDO, SCK and SS pins as serial port pins. For
the pins to behave as the serial port function, some must
have their data direction bits (in the TRIS register)
appropriately programmed as follows:
(SSPCON1<5>), must be set. To reset or reconfigure
SPI mode, clear the SSPEN bit, reinitialize the SSPCON
registers and then, set the SSPEN bit. This configures
the SDI, SDO, SCK and SS pins as serial port pins. For
the pins to behave as the serial port function, some must
have their data direction bits (in the TRIS register)
appropriately programmed as follows:
• SDI is automatically controlled by the SPI module
• SDO must have TRISC<5> bit cleared
• SCK (Master mode) must have TRISC<3> bit
cleared
• SCK (Slave mode) must have TRISC<3> bit set
• SS must have TRISA<5> bit set
Any serial port function that is not desired may be over-
ridden by programming the corresponding data
direction (TRIS) register to the opposite value.
ridden by programming the corresponding data
direction (TRIS) register to the opposite value.
17.3.4
TYPICAL CONNECTION
Figure 17-2 shows a typical connection between two
microcontrollers. The master controller (Processor 1)
initiates the data transfer by sending the SCK signal.
Data is shifted out of both shift registers on their
programmed clock edge and latched on the opposite
edge of the clock. Both processors should be
programmed to the same Clock Polarity (CKP), then
both controllers would send and receive data at the
same time. Whether the data is meaningful (or dummy
data) depends on the application software. This leads
to three scenarios for data transmission:
microcontrollers. The master controller (Processor 1)
initiates the data transfer by sending the SCK signal.
Data is shifted out of both shift registers on their
programmed clock edge and latched on the opposite
edge of the clock. Both processors should be
programmed to the same Clock Polarity (CKP), then
both controllers would send and receive data at the
same time. Whether the data is meaningful (or dummy
data) depends on the application software. This leads
to three scenarios for data transmission:
• Master sends data
– Slave sends dummy data
• Master sends data
– Slave sends data
• Master sends dummy data
– Slave sends data
FIGURE 17-2:
SPI™ MASTER/SLAVE CONNECTION
Serial Input Buffer
(SSPBUF)
Shift Register
(SSPSR)
MSb
LSb
SDO
SDI
PROCESSOR 1
SCK
SPI™ Master SSPM3:SSPM0 = 00xxb
Serial Input Buffer
(SSPBUF)
Shift Register
(SSPSR)
LSb
MSb
SDI
SDO
PROCESSOR 2
SCK
SPI™ Slave SSPM3:SSPM0 = 010xb
Serial Clock