DW1000 User Manual
© Decawave Ltd 2017
Version 2.12
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Figure 2: Single octet header of the non-indexed SPI transaction
The remaining octets of the transaction, the transaction body, immediately following this one-octet header
are read from (or written to) the selected register file beginning at index zero. Figure 3 shows an example of
a non-indexed read from the Device ID register using the single octet header.
Figure 3: Example non-indexed read of the Device ID register (0x00)
Note: The octets of a multi-octet value are transferred on the SPI interface in octet order beginning with
the low-order octet. This is shown in Figure 3.
2.2.1.2.1
SPI transaction with a 2-octet header
Figure 4 shows the fields within the two octet transaction header of a short-indexed SPI transaction. Bit-6 of
the first octet is 1 indicating that a sub-index is present. The register (file) ID in the first octet selects the top
level address of the DW1000 parameter block being accessed. In the second octet bit-7 is zero indicating
that a further transaction header octet is not present and that the remaining 7 bits of octet-2 are a short
sub-index into the register file.
Figure 4: Two octet header of the short indexed SPI transaction
The remaining octets of the transaction, the transaction body, immediately following this two-octet header
are read from (or written to) the selected register file beginning at the selected index address 0 to 127.
Figure 5 shows an example of an indexed read from the Device ID register using the two octet transaction
header.
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Operation:
0 = Read
1 = Write
Bit = 0, says
sub-index is
not present
Register file ID – Range 0x00 to 0x3F (64 locations)
Bit number:
Meaning:
Transaction Header
Octet
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Operation:
0 = Read
1 = Write
Bit = 1, says
sub-index is
present
Register file ID – Range 0x00 to 0x3F (64 locations)
Extended
Address:
0 = no
7-bit Register File sub-address, range 0x00 to 0x7F (128 byte locations)
Bit number:
Meaning:
Transaction Header
Octet 1
Octet 2
MOSI
MISO
SPICSn
0
x
00
0
x
30
0
x
01
0
xCA
0
xDE
Non sub indexed read from register
file ID
0
x
00
,
this
32
-
bit register
contains the Device ID
,
the
4
-
octet
result is
0
xDECA
0130
