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AT91SAM7X512/256/128 Preliminary
31.4 Pin Name List
31.5 Product Dependencies
31.5.1 I/O Lines
The pins used for interfacing the compliant external devices may be multiplexed with PIO
lines.
Before using the SSC receiver, the PIO controller must be configured to dedicate the SSC
receiver I/O lines to the SSC peripheral mode.
Before using the SSC transmitter, the PIO controller must be configured to dedicate the SSC
transmitter I/O lines to the SSC peripheral mode.
31.5.2 Power Management
The SSC is not continuously clocked. The SSC interface may be clocked through the Power
Management Controller (PMC), therefore the programmer must first configure the PMC to
enable the SSC clock.
31.5.3 Interrupt
The SSC interface has an interrupt line connected to the Advanced Interrupt Controller (AIC).
Handling interrupts requires programming the AIC before configuring the SSC.
All SSC interrupts can be enabled/disabled configuring the SSC Interrupt mask register. Each
pending and unmasked SSC interrupt will assert the SSC interrupt line. The SSC interrupt ser-
vice routine can get the interrupt origin by reading the SSC interrupt status register.
31.6 Functional Description
This chapter contains the functional description of the following: SSC Functional Block, Clock
Management, Data format, Start, Transmitter, Receiver and Frame Sync.
The receiver and transmitter operate separately. However, they can work synchronously by
programming the receiver to use the transmit clock and/or to start a data transfer when trans-
mission starts. Alternatively, this can be done by programming the transmitter to use the
receive clock and/or to start a data transfer when reception starts. The transmitter and the
receiver can be programmed to operate with the clock signals provided on either the TK or RK
pins. This allows the SSC to support many slave-mode data transfers. The maximum clock
speed allowed on the TK and RK pins is the master clock divided by 2.
Table 31-1. I/O Lines Description
Pin Name Pin Description Type
RF Receiver Frame Synchro Input/Output
RK Receiver Clock Input/Output
RD Receiver Data Input
TF Transmitter Frame Synchro Input/Output
TK Transmitter Clock Input/Output
TD Transmitter Data Output