27.8.1 Control A


Bit	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24
		DORD	CPOL	CPHA	FORM[3:0]
Access		R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
Reset		0	0	0	0	0	0	0


Bit	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16
			DIPO[1:0]				DOPO[1:0]
Access			R/W	R/W			R/W	R/W
Reset			0	0			0	0


Bit	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8
								IBON
Access								R/W
Reset								0


Bit	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
	RUNSTDBY			MODE[2:0]			ENABLE	SWRST
Access	R/W			R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W	R/W
Reset	0			0	0	0	0	0

Bit 30 – DORD Data Order

This bit selects the data order when a character is shifted out from the shift register.

This bit is not synchronized.

Value	Description
0	MSB is transferred first.
1	LSB is transferred first.

Bit 29 – CPOL Clock Polarity

In combination with the Clock Phase bit (CPHA), this bit determines the SPI transfer mode.

This bit is not synchronized.

Value	Description
0	SCK is low when idle. The leading edge of a clock cycle is a rising edge, while the trailing edge is a falling edge.
1	SCK is high when idle. The leading edge of a clock cycle is a falling edge, while the trailing edge is a rising edge.

Bit 28 – CPHA Clock Phase

In combination with the Clock Polarity bit (CPOL), this bit determines the SPI transfer mode.

This bit is not synchronized.


Mode	CPOL	CPHA	Leading Edge	Trailing Edge
0x0	0	0	Rising, sample	Falling, change
0x1	0	1	Rising, change	Falling, sample
0x2	1	0	Falling, sample	Rising, change
0x3	1	1	Falling, change	Rising, sample

Value	Description
0	The data is sampled on a leading SCK edge and changed on a trailing SCK edge.
1	The data is sampled on a trailing SCK edge and changed on a leading SCK edge.

Bits 27:24 – FORM[3:0] Frame Format

This bit field selects the various frame formats supported by the SPI in client mode. When the 'SPI frame with address' format is selected, the first byte received is checked against the ADDR register.


FORM[3:0]	Name	Description
0x0	SPI	SPI frame
0x1	-	Reserved
0x2	SPI_ADDR	SPI frame with address
0x3-0xF	-	Reserved

Bits 21:20 – DIPO[1:0] Data In Pinout

These bits define the data in (DI) pad configurations.

In host operation, DI is MISO.

In client operation, DI is MOSI.

These bits are not synchronized.


DIPO[1:0]	Name	Description
0x0	PAD[0]	SERCOM PAD[0] is used as data input
0x1	PAD[1]	SERCOM PAD[1] is used as data input
0x2	PAD[2]	SERCOM PAD[2] is used as data input
0x3	PAD[3]	SERCOM PAD[3] is used as data input

Bits 17:16 – DOPO[1:0] Data Out Pinout

This bit defines the available pad configurations for data out (DO), the serial clock (SCK) and the SPI select (SS). In Client operation, the SPI Select line (SS) is controlled by DOPO. In host operation, the SPI Select line (SS) is either controlled by DOPO when CTRLB.MSSEN = 1, or by a GPIO driven by the application when CTRLB.MSSEN = 0.

In host operation, DO is MOSI.

In client operation, DO is MISO.

These bits are not synchronized.


DOPO	DO	SCK	Client SS	Host SS (MSSEN = 1)	Host SS (MSSEN = 0)
0x0	PAD[0]	PAD[1]	PAD[2]	PAD[2]	Any GPIO configured by the application
0x1	PAD[2]	PAD[3]	PAD[1]	PAD[1]	Any GPIO configured by the application
0x2	PAD[3]	PAD[1]	PAD[2]	PAD[2]	Any GPIO configured by the application
0x3	PAD[0]	PAD[3]	PAD[1]	PAD[1]	Any GPIO configured by the application

Bit 8 – IBON Immediate Buffer Overflow Notification

This bit controls when the buffer overflow status bit (STATUS.BUFOVF) is set when a buffer overflow occurs.

This bit is not synchronized.

Value	Description
0	STATUS.BUFOVF is set when it occurs in the data stream.
1	STATUS.BUFOVF is set immediately upon buffer overflow.

Bit 7 – RUNSTDBY Run In Standby

This bit defines the functionality in standby sleep mode.

These bits are not synchronized.


RUNSTDBY	Client	Host
0x0	Disabled. All reception is dropped, including the ongoing transaction.	Generic clock is disabled when ongoing transaction is finished. All interrupts can wake up the device.
0x1	Ongoing transaction continues, wake on Receive Complete interrupt.	Generic clock is enabled while in sleep modes. All interrupts can wake up the device.

Bits 4:2 – MODE[2:0] Operating Mode

These bits must be written to 0x2 or 0x3 to select the SPI serial communication interface of the SERCOM.

0x2: SPI client operation

0x3: SPI host operation

These bits are not synchronized.

Bit 1 – ENABLE Enable

Due to synchronization, there is delay from writing CTRLA.ENABLE until the peripheral is enabled/disabled. The value written to CTRL.ENABLE will read back immediately and the Synchronization Enable Busy bit in the Synchronization Busy register (SYNCBUSY.ENABLE) will be set. SYNCBUSY.ENABLE is cleared when the operation is complete.

This bit is not enable-protected.

Value	Description
0	The peripheral is disabled or being disabled.
1	The peripheral is enabled or being enabled.

Bit 0 – SWRST Software Reset

Writing '0' to this bit has no effect.

Writing '1' to this bit resets all registers in the SERCOM, except DBGCTRL, to their initial state, and the SERCOM will be disabled.

Writing ''1' to CTRL.SWRST will always take precedence, meaning that all other writes in the same write-operation will be discarded. Any register write access during the ongoing reset will result in an APB error. Reading any register will return the reset value of the register.

Due to synchronization, there is a delay from writing CTRLA.SWRST until the reset is complete. CTRLA.SWRST and SYNCBUSY. SWRST will both be cleared when the reset is complete.

This bit is not enable-protected.