USART Registers: SPI Mode
15-14 USART Peripheral Interface, SPI Mode
UxCTL, USART Control Register
76543210
Unused Unused I2CCHAR LISTEN SYNC MM SWRST
rw0 rw0 rw0 rw0 rw0 rw0 rw0 rw1
Unused Bits
76Unused
I2CBit 5 I2C mode enable. This bit selects I2C or SPI operation when SYNC = 1.
0 SPI mode
1I
2C mode
CHAR Bit 4 Character length
0 7-bit data
1 8-bit data
LISTEN Bit 3 Listen enable. The LISTEN bit selects the loopback mode
0 Disabled
1 Enabled. The transmit signal is internally fed back to the receiver
SYNC Bit 2 Synchronous mode enable
0 UART mode
1 SPI mode
MM Bit 1 Master mode
0 USART is slave
1 USART is master
SWRST Bit 0 Software reset enable
0 Disabled. USART reset released for operation
1 Enabled. USART logic held in reset state
Applies to USART0 on MSP430x15x and MSP430x16x devices only.