26.5.8 Host Data
| Name: | MDATA |
| Offset: | 0x08 |
| Reset: | 0x00 |
| Property: | - |
| Bit | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| DATA[7:0] | |||||||||
| Access | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | |
| Reset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bits 7:0 – DATA[7:0] Data
This bit field provides direct access to the host’s physical shift register, which is used to shift out data on the bus (transmit) and to shift in data received from the bus (receive). The direct access implies that the MDATA register cannot be accessed during byte transmissions.
Reading valid data or writing data to be transmitted can only be
successful when the CLKHOLD bit is read as ‘1’ or when an
interrupt occurs.
A write access to the MDATA register will command the host to perform a byte
transmit operation on the bus, directly followed by receiving the Acknowledge
bit from the client. This is independent of the Acknowledge Action (ACKACT) bit
from the Host Control B (TWIn.MCTRLB) register. The write operation is performed
regardless of winning or losing arbitration before the Write Interrupt Flag
(WIF) is set to ‘1’.
If the Smart Mode Enable (SMEN) bit in the Host Control A (TWIn.MCTRLA) register
is set to ‘1’, a read access to the MDATA register will command
the host to perform an acknowledge action. This is dependent on the setting of
the Acknowledge Action (ACKACT) bit from the Host Control B (TWIn.MCTRLB)
register.
- The WIF and RIF flags are
cleared automatically if the MDATA register is read while ACKACT is set
to ‘
1’. - The ARBLOST and BUSEER flags are left unchanged.
- The WIF, RIF, ARBLOST, and BUSERR flags together with the Clock Hold (CLKHOLD) bit are all located in the Host Status (TWIn.MSTATUS) register.