Network SSP Serial Port

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This chapter describes the signal definitions and operation of the Intel® PXA255 Processor Network Synchronous Serial Protocol (NSSP) serial port.

The NSSP is configured differently than the SSPC.

16.1Overview

The NSSP is a synchronous serial interface that connects to a variety of external analog-to-digital (A/D) converters, telecommunication CODECs, and many other devices that use serial protocols for data transfer. The NSSP provides support for the following protocols:

•Texas Instruments (TI) Synchronous Serial Protocol*

•Motorola Serial Peripheral Interface* (SPI) protocol

•National Semiconductor Microwire*

•Programmable Serial Protocol (PSP)

The NSSP operates as full-duplex devices for the TI Synchronous Serial Protocol*, SPI*, and PSP protocols and as half-duplex devices for the Microwire* protocol.

The FIFOs can be loaded or emptied by the CPU using programmed I/O or DMA burst transfers.

16.2Features

•Supports the TI Synchronous Serial Protocol*, the Motorola SPI* protocol, National Semiconductor Microwire*, and a Programmable Serial Protocol (PSP)

•Two independent transmit and receive FIFOs, each 16 samples deep by 32-bits wide

•Sample sizes from four to 32-bits

•Maximum bit rate of 13 Mbps in slave of clock mode, requires using DMA

•Master-mode and slave-mode operation

•Receive-without-transmit operation

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