13.22.8.2 Control B

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

Bit 3130292827262524 
          
Access  
Reset  
Bit 2322212019181716 
      ACKACTCMD[1:0] 
Access R/WR/WR/W 
Reset 000 
Bit 15141312111098 
 AMODE[1:0]   AACKENGCMDSMEN 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 00000 
Bit 76543210 
          
Access  
Reset  

Bit 18 – ACKACT Acknowledge Action

This bit defines the slave's acknowledge behavior after an address or data byte is received from the master. The acknowledge action is executed when a command is written to the CMD bits. If smart mode is enabled (CTRLB.SMEN=1), the acknowledge action is performed when the DATA register is read.

This bit is not enable-protected.

ValueDescription
0 Send ACK
1 Send NACK

Bits 17:16 – CMD[1:0] Command

This bit field triggers the slave operation as the below. The CMD bits are strobe bits, and always read as zero. The operation is dependent on the slave interrupt flags, INTFLAG.DRDY and INTFLAG.AMATCH, in addition to STATUS.DIR.

All interrupt flags (INTFLAG.DRDY, INTFLAG.AMATCH and INTFLAG.PREC) are automatically cleared when a command is given.

This bit is not enable-protected.

Table 13-66. Command Description
CMD[1:0] DIR Action
0x0 X (No action)
0x1 X (Reserved)
0x2 Used to complete a transaction in response to a data interrupt (DRDY)
0 (Master write) Execute acknowledge action succeeded by waiting for any start (S/Sr) condition
1 (Master read) Wait for any start (S/Sr) condition
0x3 Used in response to an address interrupt (AMATCH)
0 (Master write) Execute acknowledge action succeeded by reception of next byte
1 (Master read) Execute acknowledge action succeeded by slave data interrupt
Used in response to a data interrupt (DRDY)
0 (Master write) Execute acknowledge action succeeded by reception of next byte
1 (Master read) Execute a byte read operation followed by ACK/NACK reception

Bits 15:14 – AMODE[1:0] Address Mode

These bits set the addressing mode.

These bits are not write-synchronized.

ValueNameDescription
0x0 MASK The slave responds to the address written in ADDR.ADDR masked by the value in ADDR.ADDRMASK.

See SERCOM – Serial Communication Interface for additional information.

0x1 2_ADDRS The slave responds to the two unique addresses in ADDR.ADDR and ADDR.ADDRMASK.
0x2 RANGE The slave responds to the range of addresses between and including ADDR.ADDR and ADDR.ADDRMASK. ADDR.ADDR is the upper limit.
0x3 - Reserved.

Bit 10 – AACKEN Automatic Acknowledge Enable

This bit enables the address to be automatically acknowledged if there is an address match.

This bit is not write-synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Automatic acknowledge is disabled.
1 Automatic acknowledge is enabled.

Bit 9 – GCMD PMBus Group Command

This bit enables PMBus group command support. When enabled, the Stop Recived interrupt flag (INTFLAG.PREC) will be set when a STOP condition is detected if the slave has been addressed since the last STOP condition on the bus.

This bit is not write-synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Group command is disabled.
1 Group command is enabled.

Bit 8 – SMEN Smart Mode Enable

When smart mode is enabled, data is acknowledged automatically when DATA.DATA is read.

This bit is not write-synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Smart mode is disabled.
1 Smart mode is enabled.