25.5.2.7 Addressing

Each block transfer needs to have both a source address and a destination address defined. The source address is set by writing the Transfer Source Address (SRCADDR) register, the destination address is set by writing the Transfer Destination Address (DSTADDR) register.

The addressing of this DMAC module can be static or incremental, for either source or destination of a block transfer, or both.

Incrementation for the source address of a block transfer is enabled by writing the Source Address Incrementation Enable bit in the Block Transfer Control register (BTCTRL.SRCINC=1). The step size of the incrementation is configurable and can be chosen by writing the Step Selection bit in the Block Transfer Control register (BTCTRL.STEPSEL=1) and writing the desired step size in the Address Increment Step Size bit group in the Block Transfer Control register (BTCTRL.STEPSIZE). If BTCTRL.STEPSEL=0, the step size for the source incrementation will be the size of one beat.

When source address incrementation is configured (BTCTRL.SRCINC=1), SRCADDR is calculated as follows:

If BTCTRL.STEPSEL=1:

SRCADDR = SRCADDR S T A R T + B T C N T ⋅ ( B E A T S I Z E + 1 ) ⋅ 2 STEPSIZE

If BTCTRL.STEPSEL=0:

SRCADDR = SRCADDR S T A R T + B T C N T ⋅ ( B E A T S I Z E + 1 )

  • SRCADDRSTART is the source address of the first beat transfer in the block transfer
  • BTCNT is the initial number of beats remaining in the block transfer
  • BEATSIZE is the configured number of bytes in a beat
  • STEPSIZE is the configured number of beats for each incrementation

The following figure shows an example where DMA channel 0 is configured to increment the source address by one beat after each beat transfer (BTCTRL.SRCINC=1), and DMA channel 1 is configured to increment the source address by two beats (BTCTRL.SRCINC=1, BTCTRL.STEPSEL=1, and BTCTRL.STEPSIZE=0x1). As the destination address for both channels are peripherals, destination incrementation is disabled (BTCTRL.DSTINC=0).

Figure 25-8. Source Address Increment

Incrementation for the destination address of a block transfer is enabled by setting the Destination Address Incrementation Enable bit in the Block Transfer Control register (BTCTRL.DSTINC=1). The step size of the incrementation is configurable by clearing BTCTRL.STEPSEL=0 and writing BTCTRL.STEPSIZE to the desired step size. If BTCTRL.STEPSEL=1, the step size for the destination incrementation will be the size of one beat.

When the destination address incrementation is configured (BTCTRL.DSTINC=1), DSTADDR must be set and calculated as follows:

D S T A D D R = D S T A D D R S T A R T + B T C N T • ( B E A T S I Z E + 1 ) • 2 S T E P S I Z E
where BTCTRL.STEPSEL is zero
D S T A D D R = D S T A D D R S T A R T + B T C N T • ( B E A T S I Z E + 1 )
where BTCTRL.STEPSEL is one
  • DSTADDRSTART is the destination address of the first beat transfer in the block transfer
  • BTCNT is the initial number of beats remaining in the block transfer
  • BEATSIZE is the configured number of bytes in a beat
  • STEPSIZE is the configured number of beats for each incrementation

The following figure shows an example where DMA channel 0 is configured to increment destination address by one beat (BTCTRL.DSTINC=1) and DMA channel 1 is configured to increment destination address by two beats (BTCTRL.DSTINC=1, BTCTRL.STEPSEL=0, and BTCTRL.STEPSIZE=0x1). As the source address for both channels are peripherals, source incrementation is disabled (BTCTRL.SRCINC=0).

Figure 25-9. Destination Address Increment