Usi – universal serial interface, 1 features, 2 overview – Rainbow Electronics ATtiny43U User Manual

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ATtiny43U

14. USI – Universal Serial Interface

14.1

Features

Two-wire Synchronous Data Transfer (Master or Slave)

Three-wire Synchronous Data Transfer (Master or Slave)

Data Received Interrupt

Wakeup from Idle Mode

In Two-wire Mode: Wake-up from All Sleep Modes, Including Power-down Mode

Two-wire Start Condition Detector with Interrupt Capability

14.2

Overview

The Universal Serial Interface (USI), provides the basic hardware resources needed for serial
communication. Combined with a minimum of control software, the USI allows significantly
higher transfer rates and uses less code space than solutions based on software only. Interrupts
are included to minimize the processor load.

A simplified block diagram of the USI is shown in

Figure 14-1 on page 100

. For actual placement

of I/O pins, refer to

“Pinout of ATtiny43U” on page 2

. CPU accessible I/O Registers, including I/O

bits and I/O pins, are shown in bold. The device-specific I/O Register and bit locations are listed
in the

“Register Descriptions” on page 107

.

Figure 14-1. Universal Serial Interface, Block Diagram

The 8-bit USI Data Register (USIDR) contains the incoming and outgoing data. It is directly
accessible via the data bus but a copy of the contents is also placed in the USI Buffer Register
(USIBR) where it can be retrieved later. If reading the USI Data Register directly, the register
must be read as quickly as possible to ensure that no data is lost.

The most significant bit of the USI Data Register is connected to one of two output pins (depend-
ing on the mode configuration, see

Table 14-1 on page 108

). There is a transparent latch

between the output of the USI Data Register and the output pin, which delays the change of data

DATA BUS

USIPF

USITC

USICLK

USICS0

USICS1

USIOIF

USIOIE

USIDC

USISIF

USIWM0

USIWM1

USISIE

Bit7

Two-wire Clock

Control Unit

DO

(Output only)

DI/SDA

(Input/Open Drain)

USCK/SCL

(Input/Open Drain)

4-bit Counter

USIDR

USISR

D Q

LE

USICR

CLOCK

HOLD

TIM0 COMP

Bit0

[1]

3

0

1

2

3

0

1

2

0

1

2

USIDB

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