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Enhanced Direct Memory Access Controller (eDMA)
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15. eDMA engine writes: EDMA _x _TCD.ACTIVE = 0, EDMA _x _TCD.DONE = 1,
EDMA_ x _IRQR n = 1.
16. The channel retires

major loop complete.
The eDMA goes idle or services the next channel.
21.5.5.3 Modulo Feature
The modulo feature of the eDMA provides the ability to implement a circular data queue in which the size
of the queue is a power of two. MOD is a 5-bit bitfield for both the source and destination in the TCD and
specifies which lower address bits are allowed to increment from their original value after the
a offset calculation. All upper address bits remain the same as in the original value. A setting of 0
for this field disables the modulo feature.
Table 21-25 shows how the transfer addresses are specified based on the setting of the MOD field. Here a
circular buffer is created where the address wraps to the original value while the 28 upper address bits
(0x1234567x) retain their original value. In this example the source address is set to 0x12345670, the
offset is set to 4 bytes and the mod field is set to 4, allowing for a 2
4
byte (16-byte) size queue.
21.5.6 TCD Status
21.5.6.1 Minor Loop Complete
There are two methods to test for minor loop completion when using software initiated service requests.
The first method is to read the EDMA
_x _TCD.CITER field and test for a change. Another method may
be extracted from the sequence below. The second method is to test the EDMA _x _TCD.START bit AND
the EDMA _x _TCD.ACTIVE bit. The minor loop complete condition is indicated by both bits reading zero
after the EDMA _x _TCD.START was written to a 1. Polling the EDMA _x _TCD.ACTIVE bit may be
inconclusive because the active status may be missed if the channel execution is short in duration.
The TCD status bits execute the following sequence for a software activated channel:
1. EDMA _x _TCD.START = 1, EDMA _x _TCD.ACTIVE = 0, EDMA _x _TCD.DONE = 0 (channel
service request via software).
Table 21-25. Modulo Feature Example
Transfer
Number
Address
1 0x12345670
2 0x12345674
3 0x12345678
4 0x1234567C
5 0x12345670
6 0x12345674