Note: In this example, it is not important if the peripheral makes a single request or a burst request.
Because the peripheral has a FIFO that triggers at a level of 8, the arbitration size is set to
8. If the peripheral does make a burst request, then 8 bytes are transferred, which is what
the FIFO can accommodate. If the peripheral makes a single request (if there is any data
in the FIFO), then one byte is transferred at a time. If it is important to the application that
transfers only be made in bursts, then the Channel Useburst SET[8] bit should be set in
the DMA Channel Useburst Set (DMAUSEBURSTSET) register.
9.3.4.3 Configure the Peripheral Interrupt
An interrupt handler should be configured when using μDMA Ping-Pong mode, it is best to use an
interrupt handler. However, the Ping-Pong mode can be configured without interrupts by polling.
The interrupt handler is triggered after each buffer is complete.
1. Configure and enable an interrupt handler for the peripheral.
9.3.4.4 Enable the μDMA Channel
Now the channel is configured and is ready to start.
1. Enable the channel by setting bit 8 of the DMA Channel Enable Set (DMAENASET) register.
9.3.4.5 Process Interrupts
The μDMA controller is now configured and enabled for transfer on channel 8. When the peripheral
asserts the μDMA request signal, the μDMA controller makes transfers into buffer A using the primary
channel control structure. When the primary transfer to buffer A is complete, it switches to the
alternate channel control structure and makes transfers into buffer B. At the same time, the primary
channel control word mode field is configured to indicate Stopped, and an interrupt is generated in
the peripheral's raw interrupt status register.
When an interrupt is triggered, the interrupt handler must determine which buffer is complete and
process the data or set a flag that the data must be processed by non-interrupt buffer processing
code. Then the next buffer transfer must be set up.
In the interrupt handler:
1. Read the primary channel control word at offset 0x088 and check the XFERMODE field. If the
field is 0, this means buffer A is complete. If buffer A is complete, then:
a. Process the newly received data in buffer A or signal the buffer processing code that buffer
A has data available.
b. Reprogram the primary channel control word at offset 0x88 according to Table
9-12 on page 699.
2. Read the alternate channel control word at offset 0x288 and check the XFERMODE field. If the
field is 0, this means buffer B is complete. If buffer B is complete, then:
a. Process the newly received data in buffer B or signal the buffer processing code that buffer
B has data available.
b. Reprogram the alternate channel control word at offset 0x288 according to Table
9-12 on page 699.
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