Data Sheet
Table Of Contents
- 1.0 Device Overview
- 2.0 Can Message Frames
- 3.0 Message Transmission
- 4.0 Message Reception
- 5.0 Bit Timing
- 6.0 Error Detection
- 7.0 Interrupts
- 8.0 Oscillator
- 9.0 RESET
- 10.0 Modes of Operation
- 11.0 Register Map
- 12.0 SPI™ Interface
- 12.1 Overview
- 12.2 Reset Instruction
- 12.3 Read Instruction
- 12.4 Read RX Buffer Instruction
- 12.5 Write Instruction
- 12.6 Load TX Buffer Instruction
- 12.7 Request-To-Send (RTS) Instruction
- 12.8 Read Status Instruction
- 12.9 RX Status Instruction
- 12.10 Bit Modify Instruction
- Figure 12-1: Bit Modify
- Table 12-1: SPI™ Instruction Set
- Figure 12-2: Read instruction
- Figure 12-3: Read RX Buffer Instruction
- Figure 12-4: Byte Write instruction
- Figure 12-5: Load TX Buffer
- Figure 12-6: Request-to-send (RTS) instruction
- Figure 12-7: BIT Modify instruction
- Figure 12-8: Read Status instruction
- Figure 12-9: RX StatUs Instruction
- Figure 12-10: SPI™ Input Timing
- Figure 12-11: SPI™ Output TIming
- 13.0 Electrical Characteristics
- 14.0 PackAging Information
MCP2515
DS21801D-page 16 Preliminary © 2005 Microchip Technology Inc.
3.5 TXnRTS PINS
The TXnRTS pins are input pins that can be configured
as:
• Request-to-send inputs, which provides an
alternative means of initiating the transmission of
a message from any of the transmit buffers
• Standard digital inputs
Configuration and control of these pins is accomplished
using the TXRTSCTRL register (see Register 3-2). The
TXRTSCTRL register can only be modified when the
MCP2515 is in Configuration mode (see Section 10.0
“Modes of Operation”). If configured to operate as a
request-to-send pin, the pin is mapped into the
respective TXBnCTRL.TXREQ bit for the transmit
buffer. The TXREQ bit is latched by the falling edge of
the TX
nRTS pin. The TXnRTS pins are designed to
allow them to be tied directly to the RX
nBF pins to
automatically initiate a message transmission when the
RXnBF pin goes low.
The TX
nRTS pins have internal pull-up resistors of
100 kΩ (nominal).
3.6 Aborting Transmission
The MCU can request to abort a message in a specific
message buffer by clearing the associated
TXBnCTRL.TXREQ bit.
In addition, all pending messages can be requested to
be aborted by setting the CANCTRL.ABAT bit. This bit
MUST be reset (typically after the TXREQ bits have
been verified to be cleared) to continue transmitting
messages. The CANCTRL.ABTF flag will only be set if
the abort was requested via the CANCTRL.ABAT bit.
Aborting a message by resetting the TXREQ bit does
NOT cause the ABTF bit to be set.
Note: Messages that were transmitting when the
abort was requested will continue to
transmit. If the message does not
successfully complete transmission (i.e.,
lost arbitration or was interrupted by an
error frame), it will then be aborted.