SPI Commands

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SPI Commands
CLK
Gets/sets the SPI clock frequency. The SPI clock frequency can be configured from 500kHz to 12MHz in 1kHz steps. The default clock frequency is 2MHz. 
Set the SPI clock frequency: SPI0 CLK [frequency]
Get the current SPI clock frequency: SPI0 CLK ?
Parameters:
The frequency parameter can be set to any frequency from 500000 Hz to 12000000 Hz in 1000 Hz steps.
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in setting the updated SPI clock frequency. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
SPI0 CLK ?
-SPI0 CLK 2000000
​
SPI0 CLK 5000000
-OK
ORDER
Gets/sets the SPI data bit order. The SPI bus bit order can be configured to either LSB first or MSB first. The default bit order setting is MSB first.
Set the SPI bit order: SPI0 ORDER [bitorder]
Get the current SPI bit order: SPI0 ORDER ?
Parameters:
The bitorder parameter shall be set as follows:
to configure the SPI bus for LSB first, set it to LSB or LSBFIRST
to configure the SPI bus for MSB first, set it to MSB or MSBFIRST
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in setting the bit order of the SPI bus. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
SPI0 ORDER ?
-SPI0 ORDER MSBFIRST
​
SPI0 ORDER LSBFIRST
-OK
MODE
Gets/sets the SPI mode. Modes 0, 1, 2, or 3 are determined by CPOL and CPHA. It's possible to set the mode directly, or to configure CPOL and CPHA independently to determine the mode setting. The default mode is 0.
Set the SPI bus mode: SPI0 MODE [spiMode]
Get the current SPI bus mode setting: SPI0 MODE ?
Parameters:
The spiMode parameter shall be set to 0, 1, 2, or 3 based on the desired clock polarity and phase settings:
SPI Mode
CPOL
CPHA
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
3
1
1
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in setting the mode of the SPI bus. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
SPI0 MODE ?
-SPI0 MODE 0
​
SPI0 MODE 3
-OK
​
SPI0 CPOL ?
-SPI0 CPOL 1
​
SPI0 CPHA ?
-SPI0 CPHA 1
CPOL
Gets/set the SPI Clock Polarity. Clock polarity indicates the idle condition of the clock signal. This is related to the SPI mode. It's possible to configure the CPOL setting directly by using this command, or indirectly by using the MODE command. The default value of CPOL is 0.
Set the SPI Clock Polarity setting: SPI0 CPOL [polarity]
Get the current SPI Clock Polarity setting: SPI0 CPOL ?
Parameters:
The polarity parameter shall be set as follows:
to configure the SPI clock polarity for idle low, use 0.
to configure the SPI clock polarity for idle high, use 1.
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in setting the clock polarity of the SPI bus. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
SPI0 CPOL ?
-SPI0 CPOL 0
​
SPI0 CPOL 1
-OK
CPHA
Gets/sets the SPI Clock Phase. Clock Phase indicates when the data is valid in relation to the clock edges. This is related to the SPI mode. It's possible to configure the CPHA setting directly by using this command, or indirectly by using the MODE command. The default value of CPHA is 0.
Set the SPI Clock Phase setting: SPI0 CPHA [phase]
Get the current SPI Clock Phase setting: SPI0 CPHA ?
Parameters:
The phase parameter shall be set as follows:
to configure the SPI clock phase for data changing on the trailing edge, use 0.
to configure the SPI clock phase for data changing on the leading edge, use 1.
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in setting the clock phase of the SPI bus. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
SPI0 CPHA ?
-SPI0 CPHA 0
​
SPI0 CPHA 1
-OK
TXBITS
Gets/sets the number of bits per transmission. The SPI bus can be configured to either 8 or 16 bits per transfer. The default setting is 8 bits per transfer.
Set the SPI bits per transmission setting: SPI0 TXBITS [bitcount]
Get the current SPI bits per transmission setting: SPI0 TXBITS ?
Parameters:
The bitcount parameter shall be set as follows:
to configure the SPI bus transmission for 8-bit transmissions, use 8.
to configure the SPI bus transmission for 16-bit transmissions, use 16
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in setting the number of bits per transmission for the SPI bus. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
SPI0 TXBITS ?
-SPI0 TXBITS 8
​
SPI0 TXBITS 16
-OK
BEGIN
Starts the SPI Controller. This command must be issued before sending/receiving any data on the SPI bus.
Start the SPI transmission: SPI0 BEGIN
Parameters:
This command has no parameters.
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in starting the SPI controller. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
SPI0 BEGIN
-OK
TXRX
Sends/Receives data on the SPI bus. This transfer can be done either directly, or by using a buffer.
To transfer data using the buffer: SPI0 TXRX BUF[n] [count]
To transfer data directly: SPI0 TXTX [data]
Before sending the TXRX command, be sure you've selected the target peripheral device on your SPI bus. The CS pin of the target device should be driven to the correct logical value using the IO commands.
Parameters:
When using the buffer method, count is the number of bytes to transfer from 1 to 256.
When using direct transfer, [data] is the 8-bit or 16-bit payload to transfer. The size of data depends on the TXBITS setting.
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in transferring the data on the SPI bus. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
IO0 MODE DOUT
-OK
​
SPI0 BEGIN
-OK
​
IO0 VALUE LOW
-OK
​
SPI0 TXRX 0xAB
-SPI0 RXD 0xFF
​
IO0 VALUE HIGH
-OK
​
SPI0 END
-OK
​
BUF0 WRITE 0 0xAA 0xBB 0xCC
-OK
​
SPI0 BEGIN
-OK
​
IO0 VALUE LOW
-OK
​
SPI0 TXRX BUF0 3
-OK
​
IO0 VALUE HIGH
-OK
​
SPI0 END
-OK
END
Stops the SPI controller. This command ends the SPI session until a BEGIN command restarts the SPI controller.
Stop the SPI controller: SPI0 END
Parameters:
This command has no parameters.
Response:
This function returns an ACK Response if the command succeeds in stopping the SPI controller. If the command fails, the function will return a NAK Response.
Example Usage:
SPI0 END
-OK
WHR
This command performs a transfer of 0 to 1024 bytes in a single SPI transaction.
Transfer bytes: SPI0 WHR [writeOnlyFlag] [byteCount] [hexPayload]
Parameters:
This command has 3 parameters:
The writeOnlyFlag parameter indicates if the transfer is a write-only operation. If the writeOnlyFlag is set, Nova will not return any data that may be transferred back from the SPI peripheral device. This value can be either0 or 1.
The byteCount parameter indicates the number of bytes to transfer on the SPI bus. This value can be from 0 to 1024 and must match the length of the hexPayload parameter.
The hexPayload parameter is the data that will be written to the SPI bus. This parameter should be entered as a string of hex values without a leading "0x" and no spaces. The length must match the byteCount parameter.
Response:
This function returns either OK or NG when the WHR command is used only to write data (writeOnlyFlag = 1) to the SPI bus. When the WHR command is used to perform a read operation (writeOnlyFlag = 0), the response will contain the requested number of data bytes read from the bus, or NG indicating that command failed to execute successfully.
Example Usage:
SPI0 WHR 1 4 DEADBEEF
-OK
​
SPI0 WHR 0 4 00000000
-SPI0 RXD DEADBEEF
IO Commands
I2C Commands
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CLK
ORDER
MODE
CPOL
CPHA
TXBITS
BEGIN
TXRX
END
WHR