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Chapter 31: LPC176x/5x General Purpose DMA (GPDMA)
31.5.17 DMA Channel Source Address registers (DMACCxSrcAddr - 
0x5000 41x0)
The eight read/write DMACCxSrcAddr Registers (DMACC0SrcAddr to DMACC7SrcAddr) 
contain the current source address (byte-aligned) of the data to be transferred. Each 
register is programmed directly by software before the appropriate channel is enabled. 
When the DMA channel is enabled this register is updated:
• As the source address is incremented.
• By following the linked list when a complete packet of data has been transferred.
Reading the register when the channel is active does not provide useful information. This 
is because by the time software has processed the value read, the address may have 
progressed. It is intended to be read-only when the channel has stopped, in which case it 
shows the source address of the last item read.
Note: The source and destination addresses must be aligned to the source and 
destination widths.
Table 560
 shows the bit assignments of the DMACCxSrcAddr Registers.
 
31.5.18 DMA Channel Destination Address registers (DMACCxDestAddr - 
0x5000 41x4)
The eight read/write DMACCxDestAddr Registers (DMACC0DestAddr to 
DMACC7DestAddr) contain the current destination address (byte-aligned) of the data to 
be transferred. Each register is programmed directly by software before the channel is 
enabled. When the DMA channel is enabled the register is updated as the destination 
address is incremented and by following the linked list when a complete packet of data 
has been transferred. Reading the register when the channel is active does not provide 
useful information. This is because by the time that software has processed the value 
read, the address may have progressed. It is intended to be read-only when a channel 
has stopped, in which case it shows the destination address of the last item read. 
Table 561
 shows the bit assignments of the DMACCxDestAddr Register.
 
31.5.19 DMA Channel Linked List Item registers (DMACCxLLI - 0x5000 41x8)
The eight read/write DMACCxLLI Registers (DMACC0LLI to DMACC7LLI) contain a 
word-aligned address of the next Linked List Item (LLI). If the LLI is 0, then the current LLI 
is the last in the chain, and the DMA channel is disabled when all DMA transfers 
associated with it are completed. Programming this register when the DMA channel is 
enabled may have unpredictable side effects. Table 562
 shows the bit assignments of the 
DMACCxLLI Register.
Table 560. DMA Channel Source Address registers (DMACCxSrcAddr - 0x5000 41x0)
Bit Name Function
31:0 SrcAddr DMA source address. Reading this register will return the current source address.
Table 561. DMA Channel Destination Address registers (DMACCxDestAddr - 0x5000 41x4)
Bit Name Function
31:0 DestAddr DMA Destination address. Reading this register will return the current destination 
address.