33.8.2 Control B

Name: CTRLB
Offset: 0x04
Reset: 0x00000000
Property: PAC Write-Protection, Enable-Protected

Bit 3130292827262524 
          
Access  
Reset  
Bit 2322212019181716 
       RXEN  
Access R/W 
Reset 0 
Bit 15141312111098 
 AMODE[1:0]MSSEN   SSDE  
Access R/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 0000 
Bit 76543210 
  PLOADEN   CHSIZE[2:0] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 0000 

Bit 17 – RXEN Receiver Enable

Writing '0' to this bit will disable the SPI receiver immediately. The receive buffer will be flushed, data from ongoing receptions will be lost and STATUS.BUFOVF will be cleared.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.RXEN when the SPI is disabled will set CTRLB.RXEN immediately. When the SPI is enabled, CTRLB.RXEN will be cleared, SYNCBUSY.CTRLB will be set and remain set until the receiver is enabled. When the receiver is enabled CTRLB.RXEN will read back as '1'.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.RXEN when the SPI is enabled will set SYNCBUSY.CTRLB, which will remain set until the receiver is enabled, and CTRLB.RXEN will read back as '1'.

This bit is not enable-protected.

ValueDescription
0The receiver is disabled or being enabled.
1The receiver is enabled or it will be enabled when SPI is enabled.

Bits 15:14 – AMODE[1:0] Address Mode

These bits set the Client addressing mode when the frame format (CTRLA.FORM) with address is used. They are unused in Host mode.

AMODE[1:0]NameDescription
0x0MASKADDRMASK is used as a mask to the ADDR register
0x12_ADDRSThe Client responds to the two unique addresses in ADDR and ADDRMASK
0x2RANGEThe Client responds to the range of addresses between and including ADDR and ADDRMASK. ADDR is the upper limit
0x3-Reserved

Bit 13 – MSSEN Host Client Select Enable

This bit enables hardware Client select (SS) control.

ValueDescription
0Hardware SS control is disabled.
1Hardware SS control is enabled.

Bit 9 – SSDE Client Select Low Detect Enable

This bit enables wake up when the Client select (SS) pin transitions from high to low.

ValueDescription
0SS low detector is disabled.
1SS low detector is enabled.

Bit 6 – PLOADEN Client Data Preload Enable

Setting this bit will enable preloading of the Client shift register when there is no transfer in progress. If the SS line is high when DATA is written, it will be transferred immediately to the shift register.

Bits 2:0 – CHSIZE[2:0] Character Size

CHSIZE[2:0]NameDescription
0x08BIT8 bits
0x19BIT9 bits
0x2-0x7-Reserved