Serial peripheral interface / inter-IC sound (SPI/I2S)
RM0365
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DocID025202 Rev 7
Note:
The polynomial value should only be odd. No even values are supported.
CRC transfer managed by CPU
Communication starts and continues normally until the last data frame has to be sent or
received in the SPIx_DR register. Then CRCNEXT bit has to be set in the SPIx_CR1
register to indicate that the CRC frame transaction will follow after the transaction of the
currently processed data frame. The CRCNEXT bit must be set before the end of the last
data frame transaction. CRC calculation is frozen during CRC transaction.
The received CRC is stored in the RXFIFO like a data byte or word. That is why in CRC
mode only, the reception buffer has to be considered as a single 16-bit buffer used to
receive only one data frame at a time.
A CRC-format transaction usually takes one more data frame to communicate at the end of
data sequence. However, when setting an 8-bit data frame checked by 16-bit CRC, two
more frames are necessary to send the complete CRC.
When the last CRC data is received, an automatic check is performed comparing the
received value and the value in the SPIx_RXCRC register. Software has to check the
CRCERR flag in the SPIx_SR register to determine if the data transfers were corrupted or
not. Software clears the CRCERR flag by writing '0' to it.
After the CRC reception, the CRC value is stored in the RXFIFO and must be read in the
SPIx_DR register in order to clear the RXNE flag.
CRC transfer managed by DMA
When SPI communication is enabled with CRC communication and DMA mode, the
transmission and reception of the CRC at the end of communication is automatic (with the
exception of reading CRC data in receive only mode). The CRCNEXT bit does not have to
be handled by the software. The counter for the SPI transmission DMA channel has to be
set to the number of data frames to transmit excluding the CRC frame. On the receiver side,
the received CRC value is handled automatically by DMA at the end of the transaction but
user must take care to flush out received CRC information from RXFIFO as it is always
loaded into it. In full-duplex mode, the counter of the reception DMA channel can be set to
the number of data frames to receive including the CRC, which means, for example, in the
specific case of an 8-bit data frame checked by 16-bit CRC:
DMA_RX = Numb_o 2
In receive only mode, the DMA reception channel counter should contain only the amount of
data transferred, excluding the CRC calculation. Then based on the complete transfer from
DMA, all the CRC values must be read back by software from FIFO as it works as a single
buffer in this mode.
At the end of the data and CRC transfers, the CRCERR flag in the SPIx_SR register is set if
corruption occurred during the transfer.
If packing mode is used, the LDMA_RX bit needs managing if the number of data is odd.
Resetting the SPIx_TXCRC and SPIx_RXCRC values
The SPIx_TXCRC and SPIx_RXCRC values are cleared automatically when new data is
sampled after a CRC phase. This allows the use of DMA circular mode (not available in
receive-only mode) in order to transfer data without any interruption, (several data blocks
covered by intermediate CRC checking phases).