Enhanced Queued Analog-to-Digital Converter (eQADC)
MPC5566 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 2
Freescale Semiconductor 19-101
19.4.8 eQADC Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) Submodule
Figure 19-55. eQADC Synchronous Serial Interface Block Diagram
The eQADC SSI protocol allows for a full duplex, synchronous, serial communication between the 
eQADC and a single external device. Figure 19-55 shows the different components inside the eQADC SSI. 
The eQADC SSI submodule on the eQADC is always configured as a master. The eQADC SSI has four 
associated port pins:
• Free running clock (FCK)
• Serial data select (SDS)
• Serial data in (SDI)
• Serial data out (SDO)
The FCK clock signal times the shifting and sampling of the two serial data signals and it is free running 
between transmissions, allowing it to be used as the clock for the external device. The SDS
 signal is 
asserted to indicate the start of a transmission, and negated to indicate the end or the abort of a 
transmission. SDI is the master serial data input and SDO the master serial data output.
The eQADC SSI submodule is enabled by setting the EQADC_MCR[ESSIE] (see Section 19.3.2.1, 
“eQADC Module Configuration Register (EQADC_MCR)”). When enabled, the eQADC SSI can be 
optionally capable of starting serial transmissions. When serial transmissions are disabled (ESSIE set to 
0b10), no data is transmitted to the external device but FCK is free-running. This operation mode permits 
the control of the timing of the first serial transmission, and can be used to avoid the transmission of data 
to an unstable external device, for example, a device that is not fully reset. This mode of operation is 
specially important for the reset procedure of an external device that uses the FCK as its main clock.
The main elements of the eQADC SSI are the shift registers. The 26-bit transmit shift register in the master 
and 26-bit receive shift register in the slave are linked by the SDO pin. In a similar way, the 26-bit transmit 
shift register in the slave and 26-bit receive shift register in the master are linked by the SDI pin. Refer to 
Transmit Shift Register
System
Clock
eQADC SSI Control Logic
Receive Shift Register
Pad
Interface
Master
Out
Slave
In
SDO
SDS
FCK
SDI
CFIFO data
Control
RFIFO Data
Baud Clock Generator
Divide by:
2, 3, 4, ..., 15, 16, 17
FCK Clock
eQADC SSI Control Register
BR MDT
External Bus Interface
eQADC
FIFO
Control
Unit