SLAU929 April   2024 MSPM0C1104 , MSPM0G3505 , MSPM0G3506 , MSPM0G3507 , MSPM0L1105 , MSPM0L1304 , MSPM0L1305 , MSPM0L1306

 

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  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1MSPM0 Portfolio Overview
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 Portfolio Comparison of Microchip AVR ATmega and ATiny MCUs to MSPM0
  5. 2Ecosystem and Migration
    1. 2.1 Software Ecosystem Comparison
      1. 2.1.1 MSPM0 Software Development Kit (MSPM0 SDK)
      2. 2.1.2 MPLAB X IDE vs Code Composer Studio IDE (CCS)
      3. 2.1.3 MPLAB Code Configurator vs SysConfig
    2. 2.2 Hardware Ecosystem
    3. 2.3 Debug Tools
    4. 2.4 Migration Process
    5. 2.5 Migration and Porting Example
  6. 3Core Architecture Comparison
    1. 3.1 CPU
    2. 3.2 Embedded Memory Comparison
      1. 3.2.1 Flash Features
      2. 3.2.2 Flash Organization
        1. 3.2.2.1 Memory Banks
        2. 3.2.2.2 Flash Memory Regions
        3. 3.2.2.3 NONMAIN Memory
      3. 3.2.3 Embedded SRAM
    3. 3.3 Power Up and Reset Summary and Comparison
    4. 3.4 Clocks Summary and Comparison
    5. 3.5 MSPM0 Operating Modes Summary and Comparison
      1. 3.5.1 Operating Modes Comparison
      2. 3.5.2 MSPM0 Capabilities in Lower Power Modes
      3. 3.5.3 Entering Lower-Power Modes
    6. 3.6 Interrupt and Events Comparison
      1. 3.6.1 Interrupts and Exceptions
      2. 3.6.2 Event Handler and EXTI (Extended Interrupt and Event Controller)
    7. 3.7 Debug and Programming Comparison
      1. 3.7.1 Bootstrap Loader (BSL) Programming Options
  7. 4Digital Peripheral Comparison
    1. 4.1 General-Purpose I/O (GPIO, IOMUX)
    2. 4.2 Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART)
    3. 4.3 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
    4. 4.4 I2C
    5. 4.5 Timers (TIMGx, TIMAx)
    6. 4.6 Windowed Watchdog Timer (WWDT)
    7. 4.7 Real-Time Clock (RTC)
  8. 5Analog Peripheral Comparison
    1. 5.1 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
    2. 5.2 Comparator (COMP)
    3. 5.3 Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)
    4. 5.4 Operational Amplifier (OPA)
    5. 5.5 Voltage References (VREF)
  9. 6References

4.3 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)

MSPM0 and Microchip 8-bit MCUs both support serial peripheral interface (SPI). Overall, MSPM0 and ATtiny/ATmega SPI support is comparable with the difference listed in Table 4-3.

Table 4-3 SPI Feature Comparison
Feature ATmega ATtiny MSPM0
Controller or peripheral operation Yes Yes Yes
Data bit width (controller mode) 8 bits 8 bits 4 to 16 bit
Data bit width (peripheral mode) 8 bits 8 bits 7 to 16 bit
Maximum speed 8MHz 10MHz MSPM0C: 12 MHz
MSPM0L: 16MHz
MSPM0G: 32MHz
Full-duplex transfers Yes Yes Yes
Half-duplex transfer (bidirectional data line) No No No
Simplex transfers (unidirectional data line) Yes Yes Yes
Hardware chip select management No No Yes
Programmable clock polarity and phase Yes Yes Yes
Programmable data order with MSB-first or LSB-first shifting Yes Yes Yes
SPI format support No No Motorola, TI, MICROWIRE
Hardware CRC No No No, MSPM0 offers SPI parity mode
TX FIFO depth 1 1 4
RX FIFO depth 1 2 4

SPI code examples

Information about SPI code examples can be found in the MSPM0 SDK examples guide.