SER_IRQ Cycle Control
There are two modes of operation for the SER_IRQ Start Frame.
1)
Quiet (Active) Mode
: Any device may initiate a Start Frame by driving the SER_IRQ low for one
clock, while the SER_IRQ is Idle. After driving low for one clock the SER_IRQ is immediately tri-
stated without at any time driving high. A Start Frame may not be initiated while the SER_IRQ is
Active. The SER_IRQ is Idle between Stop and Start Frames. The SER_IRQ is Active between
Start and Stop Frames. This mode of operation allows the SER_IRQ to be Idle when there are no
IRQ/Data transitions which should be most of the time.
Once a Start Frame has been initiated the Host Controller will take over driving the SER_IRQ low in the
next clock and will continue driving the SER_IRQ low for a programmable period of three to seven
clocks. This makes a total low pulse width of four to eight clocks. Finally, the Host Controller will drive
the SER_IRQ back high for one clock, then tri-state.
Any SER_IRQ Device (i.e., The LPC47S42x) which detects any transition on an IRQ/Data line for which
it is responsible must initiate a Start Frame in order to update the Host Controller unless the SER_IRQ
is already in an SER_IRQ Cycle and the IRQ/Data transition can be delivered in that SER_IRQ Cycle.
2)
Continuous (Idle) Mode
: Only the Host controller can initiate a Start Frame to update IRQ/Data
line information. All other SER_IRQ agents become passive and may not initiate a Start Frame.
SER_IRQ will be driven low for four to eight clocks by Host Controller. This mode has two
functions. It can be used to stop or idle the SER_IRQ or the Host Controller can operate SER_IRQ
in a continuous mode by initiating a Start Frame at the end of every Stop Frame.
An SER_IRQ mode transition can only occur during the Stop Frame.
Upon reset, SER_IRQ bus is
defaulted to continuous mode, therefore only the Host controller can initiate the first Start
Frame. Slaves must continuously sample the Stop Frames pulse width to determine the next
SER_IRQ Cycle’s mode.
SER_IRQ Data Frame
Once a Start Frame has been initiated, the LPC47S42x will watch for the rising edge of the Start Pulse
and start counting IRQ/Data Frames from there. Each IRQ/Data Frame is three clocks: Sample phase,
Recovery phase, and Turn-around phase. During the Sample phase the LPC47S42x drives the
SER_IRQ low, if and only if, its last detected IRQ/Data value was low. If its detected IRQ/Data value is
high, SER_IRQ is left tri-stated. During the Recovery phase the LPC47S42x drives the SER_IRQ high,
if and only if, it had driven the SER_IRQ low during the previous Sample Phase. During the Turn-
around Phase the LPC47S42x tri-states the SER_IRQ. The LPC47S42x will drive the SER_IRQ line low
at the appropriate sample point if its associated IRQ/Data line is low, regardless of which device
initiated the Start Frame.
The Sample Phase for each IRQ/Data follows the low to high transition of the Start Frame pulse by a
number of clocks equal to the IRQ/Data Frame times three, minus one. (e.g. The IRQ5 Sample clock is
the sixth IRQ/Data Frame, (6 x 3) - 1 = 17th clock after the rising edge of the Start Pulse).
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