w79e532 Winbond Electronics Corp America, w79e532 Datasheet - Page 55

• Manufacturer Part Number: w79e532
• Description: 8-bit Microcontroller
• Manufacturer: Winbond Electronics Corp America

12.2 Multiprocessor Communications
Multiprocessor communications makes use of the 9th data bit in modes 2 and 3. In the W79E(L)532,
the RI flag is set only if the received byte corresponds to the Given or Broadcast address. This
hardware feature eliminates the software overhead required in checking every received address, and
greatly simplifies the software programmer task.
In the multiprocessor communication mode, the address bytes are distinguished from the data bytes
by transmitting the address with the 9th bit set high. When the master processor wants to transmit a
block of data to one of the slaves, it first sends out the address of the targeted slave (or slaves). All
the slave processors should have their SM2 bit set high when waiting for an address byte. This
ensures that they will be interrupted only by the reception of a address byte. The Automatic address
recognition feature ensures that only the addressed slave will be interrupted. The address comparison
is done in hardware not software.
The addressed slave clears the SM2 bit, thereby clearing the way to receive data bytes. With SM2 =
0, the slave will be interrupted on the reception of every single complete frame of data. The
unaddressed slaves will be unaffected, as they will be still waiting for their address. In Mode 1, the 9th
bit is the stop bit, which is 1 in case of a valid frame. If SM2 is 1, then RI is set only if a valid frame is
received and the received byte matches the Given or Broadcast address.
The Master processor can selectively communicate with groups of slaves by using the Given Address.
All the slaves can be addressed together using the Broadcast Address. The addresses for each slave
are defined by the SADDR and SADEN SFRs. The slave address is an 8-bit value specified in the
SADDR SFR. The SADEN SFR is actually a mask for the byte value in SADDR. If a bit position in
SADEN is 0, then the corresponding bit position in SADDR is don't care. Only those bit positions in
SADDR whose corresponding bits in SADEN are 1 are used to obtain the Given Address. This gives
the user flexibility to address multiple slaves without changing the slave address in SADDR.
The following example shows how the user can define the Given Address to address different slaves.
Slave 1:
Slave 2:
The Given address for slave 1 and 2 differ in the LSB. For slave 1, it is a don't care, while for slave 2 it
is 1. Thus to communicate only with slave 1, the master must send an address with LSB = 0 (1010
0000). Similarly the bit 1 position is 0 for slave 1 and don't care for slave 2. Hence to communicate
only with slave 2 the master has to transmit an address with bit 1 = 1 (1010 0011). If the master
wishes to communicate with both slaves simultaneously, then the address must have bit 0 = 1 and bit
1 = 0. The bit 3 position is don't care for both the slaves. This allows two different addresses to select
both slaves (1010 0001 and 1010 0101).
The master can communicate with all the slaves simultaneously with the Broadcast Address. This
address is formed from the logical ORing of the SADDR and SADEN SFRs. The zeros in the result
are defined as don't cares In most cases the Broadcast Address is FFh. In the previous case, the
Broadcast Address is (1111111X) for slave 1 and (11111111) for slave 2.
SADDR 1010 0100
SADEN 1111 1010
Given 1010 0x0x
SADDR 1010 0111
SADEN 1111 1001
Given 1010 0xx1
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Publication Release Date: November 21, 2005
W79E532/W79L532
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