Command token format -2, Mmc data token format -2, Spi data token format -2 – Intel PXA255 User Manual

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Intel® PXA255 Processor Developer’s Manual

MultiMediaCard Controller

The MMC bus connects the card stack to the controller. The software and controller can turn the

MMC clock on and off. The card stack and the controller communicate serially through the

command and data lines and implement a message-based protocol. The messages consist of the
following tokens:

Command: a 6-byte command token starts an operation. The command set includes card

initialization, card register reads and writes, data transfers, etc. The MMC controller sends the

command token serially on the MMCMD signal. The format for a command token is shown in

Table 15-1

.

Response: a response token is an answer to a command token. Each command has either a

specific response type or no response type. The format for a response token varies according to
the response expected and the card’s mode. Response token formats are detailed The

MultiMediaCard System Specification Version 2.1.

Data: data is transferred serially between the controller and the card in 8-bit blocks at rates up

to 20 Mbps. The format for the data token depends on the card’s mode.

Table 15-2

shows the

data token format for MMC mode and

Table 15-3

shows the data token format for SPI mode.

In MMC mode, all operations contain command tokens and most commands have an associated

response token. Read and write commands also have a data token. Command and response tokens

are sent and received on the bidirectional MMCMD signal and data tokens are sent and received on

Table 15-1. Command Token Format

Bit Position

Width (bits)

Value

Description

47

1

0

start bit

46

1

1

transmission bit

[45:40]

6

x

command index

[39:8]

32

x

argument

[7:1]

7

x

CRC7

0

1

1

end bit

Table 15-2. MMC Data Token Format

Stream Data

Block Data

Description

1

0

start bit

x

x

data

no CRC

x

CRC7

1

1

end bit

Table 15-3. SPI Data Token Format

Value

Description

11111110

start byte

x

data

x

CRC16

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