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ADSP-21992
August 2002
PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL DATA
The data bus is configurable to provide an 8 or 16 bit 
interface to external memory. Support for word packing lets 
the DSP access 16- or 24-bit words from external memory 
regardless of the external data bus width.
The memory DMA controller lets the ADSP-21992 move 
data and instructions from between memory spaces: inter-
nal-to-external, internal-to-internal, and external-to- 
external. On chip peripherals can also use this controller for 
DMA transfers. 
The embedded ADSP-219x core can respond to up to 
seventeen interrupts at any given time: three internal (stack, 
emulator kernel, and power down), two external (emulator 
and reset), and twelve user defined (peripherals) interrupts. 
Programmers assign each of the 32 peripheral interrupt 
requests to one of the 12 user defined interrupts. These 
assignments determine the priority of each peripheral for 
interrupt service.
The following sections provide a functional overview of the 
ADSP-21992 peripherals.
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Port
The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Port provides func-
tionality for a generic configurable serial port interface 
based on the SPI standard, which enables the DSP to com-
municate with multiple SPI compatible devices. Key 
features of the SPI port are:
 Interface to host microcontroller or serial EEPROM
 Master or slave operation (3 Wire Interface   MISO, 
MOSI, SCK) 
 Data rates to 20 Mbaud (16-bit baud rate selector)
 8 or 16-bit transfer
 Programmable clock phase & polarity
 Broadcast Mode - 1 master, multiple slaves
 DMA capability & Dedicated interrupts
 PF0 can be used as Slave Select Input Line
 PF1-PF7 can be used as external Slave Select output
SPI is a 3 wire interface consisting of 2 data pins (MOSI 
and MISO), one clock pin (SCK), and a single Slave Select 
input (SPISS0) that is multiplexed with the PF0 Flag IO 
line and seven Slave Select outputs (SPISEL1 to SPISEL7) 
that are multiplexed with the PF1 to PF7 Flag IO lines. The 
SPISS0 input is used to select the ADSP-21992 as a slave 
to an external master. The SPISEL1 to SPISEL7 outputs 
can be used by the ADSP-21992 (acting as a master) to 
select/enable up to seven external slaves in an multi device 
SPI configuration. In a multimaster or a multi device con-
figuration, all MOSI pins are tied together, all MISO pins 
are tied together, and all SCK pins are tied together.
During transfers, the SPI port simultaneously transmits and 
receives by serially shifting data in and out on the serial data 
line. The serial clock line synchronizes the shifting and 
sampling of data on the serial data line.
In master mode, the DSP’s core performs the following 
sequence to set up and initiate SPI transfers:
1.
Enables and configures the SPI port operation (data 
size, and transfer format).
2.
Selects the target SPI slave with the SPISELx output 
pin (reconfigured Programmable Flag pin).
3.
Defines one or more DMA descriptors in Page 0 of I/O 
memory space (optional in DMA mode only).
4.
Enables the SPI DMA engine and specifies transfer 
direction (optional in DMA mode only).
5.
In non DMA mode only, reads or writes the SPI port 
receive or transmit data buffer. 
The SCK line generates the programmed clock pulses for 
simultaneously shifting data out on MOSI and shifting 
data in on MISO. In DMA mode only, transfers continue 
until the SPI DMA word count transitions from 1 to 0.
In slave mode, the DSP core performs the following 
sequence to set up the SPI port to receive data from a master 
transmitter:
1.
Enables and configures the SPI slave port to match the 
operation parameters set up on the master (data size 
and transfer format) SPI transmitter.
2.
Defines and generates a receive DMA descriptor in 
Page 0 of memory space to interrupt at the end of the 
data transfer (optional in DMA mode only).
3.
Enables the SPI DMA engine for a receive access 
(optional in DMA mode only).
4.
Starts receiving the data on the appropriate SCK edges 
after receiving an SPI chip select on the SPISS0 input 
pin (reconfigured Programmable Flag pin) 
from a master
In DMA mode only, reception continues until the SPI 
DMA word count transitions from 1 to 0. The DSP core 
could continue, by queuing up the next DMA descriptor.
A slave mode transmit operation is similar, except the DSP 
core specifies the data buffer in memory space from which 
to transmit data, generates and relinquishes control of the 
transmit DMA descriptor, and begins filling the SPI port 
data buffer. If the SPI controller is not ready on time to 
transmit, it can transmit a “zero” word.
DSP Serial Port (SPORT)
The ADSP-21992 incorporates a complete synchronous 
serial port (SPORT) for serial and multiprocessor commu-
nications. The SPORT supports the following features:
 Bidirectional: the SPORT has independent transmit and 
receive sections.
 Double buffered: the SPORT section (both receive and 
transmit) has a data register for transferring data words 
to and from other parts of the processor and a register for 
shifting data in or out. The double buffering provides 
additional time to service the SPORT.