LM3S301 Luminary Micro, Inc, LM3S301 Datasheet - Page 28

• Manufacturer Part Number: LM3S301
• Description: Lm3s301 Arm Microcontroller
• Manufacturer: Luminary Micro, Inc

Architectural Overview
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1.4.5
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1.4.5.3
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SSI (Section 13 on page 263)
Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) is a four-wire bi-directional communications interface.
The Stellaris SSI module provides the functionality for synchronous serial communications with
peripheral devices, and can be configured to use the Freescale SPI, MICROWIRE, or TI
synchronous serial interface frame formats. The size of the data frame is also configurable, and
can be set between 4 and 16 bits, inclusive.
The SSI module performs serial-to-parallel conversion on data received from a peripheral device,
and parallel-to-serial conversion on data transmitted to a peripheral device. The TX and RX paths
are buffered with internal FIFOs, allowing up to eight 16-bit values to be stored independently.
The SSI module can be configured as either a master or slave device. As a slave device, the SSI
module can also be configured to disable its output, which allows a master device to be coupled
with multiple slave devices.
The SSI module also includes a programmable bit rate clock divider and prescaler to generate the
output serial clock derived from the SSI module’s input clock. Bit rates are generated based on the
input clock and the maximum bit rate is determined by the connected peripheral.
System Peripherals
Programmable GPIOs (Section 8 on page 105)
General-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins offer flexibility for a variety of connections.
The Stellaris GPIO module is composed of five physical GPIO blocks, each corresponding to an
individual GPIO port. The GPIO module is FiRM-compliant (compliant to the ARM Foundation IP
for Real-Time Microcontrollers specification) and supports 12 to 33 programmable input/output
pins. The number of GPIOs available depends on the peripherals being used (see Table 17-4 on
page 348 for the signals available to each GPIO pin).
The GPIO module features programmable interrupt generation as either edge-triggered or
level-sensitive on all pins, programmable control for GPIO pad configuration, and bit masking in
both read and write operations through address lines.
Two Programmable Timers (Section 9 on page 143)
Programmable timers can be used to count or time external events that drive the Timer input pins.
The Stellaris General-Purpose Timer Module (GPTM) contains two GPTM blocks. Each GPTM
block provides two 16-bit timer/counters that can be configured to operate independently as timers
or event counters, or configured to operate as one 32-bit timer or one 32-bit Real-Time Clock
(RTC). Timers can also be used to trigger analog-to-digital (ADC) conversions.
When configured in 32-bit mode, a timer can run as a one-shot timer, periodic timer, or Real-Time
Clock (RTC). When in 16-bit mode, a timer can run as a one-shot timer or periodic timer, and can
extend its precision by using an 8-bit prescaler. A 16-bit timer can also be configured for event
capture or Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) generation.
Watchdog Timer (Section 10 on page 175)
A watchdog timer can generate nonmaskable interrupts (NMIs) or a reset when a time-out value is
reached. The watchdog timer is used to regain control when a system has failed due to a software
error or to the failure of an external device to respond in the expected way.
The Stellaris Watchdog Timer module consists of a 32-bit down counter, a programmable load
register, interrupt generation logic, and a locking register.
The Watchdog Timer can be configured to generate an interrupt to the controller on its first
time-out, and to generate a reset signal on its second time-out. Once the Watchdog Timer has
Preliminary
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