RM0090 Inter-integrated circuit (I
2
C) interface
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25.3.8 DMA requests
DMA requests (when enabled) are generated only for data transfer. DMA requests are
generated by Data Register becoming empty in transmission and Data Register becoming
full in reception. The DMA must be initialized and enabled before the I2C data transfer. The
DMAEN bit must be set in the I2C_CR2 register before the ADDR event. In master mode or
in slave mode when clock stretching is enabled, the DMAEN bit can also be set during the
ADDR event, before clearing the ADDR flag. The DMA request must be served before the
end of the current byte transfer. When the number of data transfers which has been
programmed for the corresponding DMA channel is reached, the DMA controller sends an
End of Transfer EOT signal to the I
2
C interface and generates a Transfer Complete interrupt
if enabled:
● Master transmitter: In the interrupt routine after the EOT interrupt, disable DMA
requests then wait for a BTF event before programming the Stop condition.
● Master receiver
– When the number of bytes to be received is equal to or greater than two, the DMA
controller sends a hardware signal, EOT_1, corresponding to the last but one data
byte (number_of_bytes – 1). If, in the I2C_CR2 register, the LAST bit is set, I
2
C
automatically sends a NACK after the next byte following EOT_1. The user can
generate a Stop condition in the DMA Transfer Complete interrupt routine if
enabled.
– When a single byte must be received: the NACK must be programmed during EV6
event, i.e. program ACK=0 when ADDR=1, before clearing ADDR flag. Then the
user can program the STOP condition either after clearing ADDR flag, or in the
DMA Transfer Complete interrupt routine.
Transmission using DMA
DMA mode can be enabled for transmission by setting the DMAEN bit in the I2C_CR2
register. Data will be loaded from a Memory area configured using the DMA peripheral (refer
to the DMA specification) to the I2C_DR register whenever the TxE bit is set. To map a DMA
channel for I
2
C transmission, perform the following sequence. Here x is the channel number.
1. Set the I2C_DR register address in the DMA_CPARx
register. The data will be moved
to this address from the memory after each TxE event.
2. Set the memory address in the DMA_CMARx register. The data will be loaded into
I2C_DR from this memory after each TxE event.
3. Configure the total number of bytes to be transferred in the DMA_CNDTRx register.
After each TxE event, this value will be decremented.
4. Configure the channel priority using the PL[0:1] bits in the DMA_CCRx register
5. Set the DIR bit and, in the DMA_CCRx register, configure interrupts after half transfer
or full transfer depending on application requirements.
6. Activate the channel by setting the EN bit in the DMA_CCRx register.
When the number of data transfers which has been programmed in the DMA Controller
registers is reached, the DMA controller sends an End of Transfer EOT/ EOT_1 signal to the
I
2
C interface and the DMA generates an interrupt, if enabled, on the DMA channel interrupt
vector.
Note: Do not enable the ITBUFEN bit in the I2C_CR2 register if DMA is used for transmission.
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