Dosonchip

NEW FIRMWARE & ROYALTY-FREE API C SOURCE CODE AVAILABLE (MANY IMPROVEMENTS)
There is a new host interface with royalty-free host-side C source code available direct from the DOSonCHIP website:

http://dosonchip.com

that works with the new firmware version 2.xx which is available on all new chips.

-SDHC up to 32GB is supported. -Speeds are MUCH MUCH faster. -The SPI interface is now a true SPI interface without the need for the DIR and BUSY handshake signals. -The UART interface only requires 2-pins: RX and TX (hardware handshake signals are optional (UART_CTS should be set to GND if not used). -New functionality.

= PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SUBSEQENT INFORMATION APPLIES TO FIRMWARE VERSIONS 1.xx =

Host communication via SPI:

"SPI" for Dummies (IE, me two days ago):

1. SPI (see any SPI tutorial website for more info)

SPI is a four-wire interface consisting of the following signals:

SCLK - serial clock, driven by the master (your processor in this case).

MISO - "Master In Slave Out", the pin the DosOnChip controller wiggles to send data to your micro.

MOSI - "Master Out, Slave In" the pin you wiggle to send data to the DosOnChip module.

NSS/CS - Chipselect. When attaching multiple devices to the SPI bus, each device needs its own chipselect so that you can tell it when to listen to changes in SCLK and MOSI and when it should respond by changing MISO to send dat to the host. When CS is inactive, DosOnChip and other peripherals are supposed to ignore any pin state changes on the SPI bus.

(Bus, in this case, refers to SCLK, MISO and MOSI as a group.)

HARDWARE CONNECTION
The DOSOnChip breakout board sold by SparkFun.com comes configured to work in SPI mode - no jumper changes, etc are necessary. The pins that must be connected are:  SCLK MISO MOSI CS RESET DIR BUSY VCC</li> GND</li> </ul> Aside from VCC and GND, these are assigned to bits in the header file in the first code section below.

Notes:

1. When using only one device on SPI, you should be able to leave the CS signal in the active state at all times, also called "3 wire mode." The DOSOnChip module (DOC for short) recommends that you wiggle this pin as part of its communications protocol in noisy environments (more later).

2. In addition to the above signals, DOC requires that you monitor an additional pins: BUSY.

3. DOC requires that you toggle the RESET pin to reset the device. It is possible to put the module to sleep via SPI, but reawakening the device requires that you disconnect power and reapply it. Even toggling the RESET pin will not cause the device to wake up.

So, the "SPI"-like interface consists of the following signals:

SCLK - clock. Must be toggled up and down to write or read a bit. (two transitions per bit).

MISO - master in/slave (DOC) out

MOSI - master out/ slave (DOC) in

CS - ChipSelect

DIR - read only from master point-of-view. DOC sets this to 1 when it is ready to receive data, and sets it to 0 when it has data to send.

BUSY - Read-only from master point of view. DOC sets this to 1 when it can't be bothered to communicate.

RESET - used to reset or intialize the device.

That gives us 7 signals. Personally, when I order a device that advertises itself as SPI compatible, I expect to be able to drive it with the host controller's SPI system. Especially when I am using a Silicon Labs C8051F124, a close cousin of the C8051F310 that DOC burns their firmware into and sells as their own device. Since both SPI systems were designed by the same people, you'd think they could talk to each other. However, getting this to work within the context of the SPI interrupt handler is difficult. I wound up using a spare timer interrupt instead so I could have bit- and clock-level control.

The documentation for this device is inadequate. The PDF datasheet for the DOC has no timing specifications, no example code (one section includes the directive "Insert Pseudocode Here") no mention of the case-sensitivity of the command interpreter. However, new documentation is planned for later in 2007.

MORE NOTES
When you get the DOC working, itms to remember:

+ commands must be LOWER CASE and filenames must be UPPER CASE (this follows the Microsoft FAT file naming convention).

+ To write data to a file:

+ The SD card must be formatted as FAT16 or FAT32 (not FAT12).

+ when you attempt to use a file or directory name with LOWERCASE, even if is a FAT16 file structure, DOC will respond with an error -14, "Long Filenames Not Supported." Note that a filename like "aadsf.txt," is not 8.3-filename (FAT16) compliant - this should be "AADSF.TXT".

>ow LOG.TXT<cr>

--> chip responds with an integer from 1 to 4, which is the file handle number. >w #1 10<cr>

--> write to file handle 1 (you MUST include the # in this command) 10 bytes, to follow.

"

(chip responds with a quote, indicating that it is ready to receive bytes into the file. Send no more than the number of characters you requested with the "w #1..." command. When the chip has read that many bytes, it will respond with another &quot;

For example:

SUMMARY
That's about it. I had some issues with receiving bit streams that were off by a bit because the DOC clocks data out and in on different edges, so if your clock transition is 1-0-1 instead of 0-1-0, you'll drop the last bit of the transmission and the first bit you receive will be incorrect.

Now that I have this thing working, it's great.

CODE for the C8051F124
My ISR is attached to a post above for anyone who wants to study it. Please do not reuse this code in any commercial apps, but you're welcome to use it as a reference for your own designs.

First, the header file SPI.H:


 * 1) ifndef _spi_h_
 * 2) define _spi_h_


 * 1) include <C8051F120.H>

sbit SPI_SCLK=P0^2; sbit SPI_MISO=P0^3; sbit SPI_MOSI=P0^4; sbit SPI_NSS=P0^5;

sbit SPI_RESET=P3^0; sbit SPI_DIR=P3^2; sbit SPI_BUSY=P3^4;

extern xdata unsigned int spi_interrupts; extern bit SPI_SD_SYNCHRONIZED;

void spi_reset_device; char spi_read; void spi_write(char _data); void spi_writestr(char *t);

unsigned int spi_t_size; unsigned int spi_r_size;


 * 1) endif

SPI.C

/* SPI.C

This is a mock-SPI interface for the DOSOnChip module, written in Keil C for the Silicon Labs C8051F124.All code is copyright 2007 by Steven David Lively (david dot lively at arm) and may not be reused in a commercial product without my permission.




 * 1) include "spi.h"
 * 2) include <C8051F120.H>

xdata unsigned int spi_interrupts=0; xdata unsigned char spi_int_restart=0;

xdata unsigned char t_buf[256]; xdata unsigned char t_in=0, t_out=0;

xdata unsigned char r_buf[256]; xdata unsigned char r_in=0,r_out=0;

bit SPI_SD_SYNCHRONIZED=0;

unsigned int spi_t_size { return (t_in-t_out); } unsigned int spi_r_size { return (r_in-r_out); }

char iStateStack[10]; char iStateStackPtr=0;

void statePush(unsigned char c) { iStateStack[iStateStackPtr++]=c; }

char statePop { if(iStateStackPtr) return iStateStack[--iStateStackPtr]; else return 0; }

// enumerate state names here so we don't have to fuss with the // mess involved in renumbering states later. enum { st_RESET, st_SYNC, st_CHECK_RECEIVE, st_CHECK_SEND };

int iState=st_RESET;

void spi_reset_device { int i;	ET2=0; /*	SPI_RESET=0;

for(i=0;i<1000;i++);

SPI_RESET=1;*/ t_out=t_in=0; r_out=r_in=0; iState=st_RESET;

ET2=1; }

// pseudo-SPI interrupt. void timer2_interrupt(void) interrupt 5 {
 * 1) define SPI_CLOCK_DELAY 100
 * 2) define SYNC_PATTERN 0x0D3E

unsigned char sfrpage=SFRPAGE;

static unsigned int sync_buffer=0x0000;

if (SPI_BUSY) return;

SFRPAGE=SPI0_PAGE;

switch(iState) { int i;

case st_RESET: // SPI_SD_SYNCHRONIZED=0;

SPI_RESET=0; SPI_NSS=1; SPI_SCLK=0; SPI_MOSI=1;

for(i=0;i<1000;i++); SPI_RESET=1;

SPI_NSS=0;

sync_buffer=0x0000;

iState=st_SYNC; break;

case st_SYNC: /* synchronize with the SD card by waiting or 0D 3E and adding to the receiver buffer. sometimes, for some wierd reason (probably havin to do with reset/chipselect timing), the SD card reader spits out a string of 1s for awhile before getting to the carriage-return, prompt sequence 0x0D 0x3E ">". This state waits for that pattern before releasing the input buffer to the outside world. */			// synchronized with SD reader? if (sync_buffer==SYNC_PATTERN) { SPI_SD_SYNCHRONIZED=1; r_buf[r_in++]=(unsigned char)((sync_buffer&0xFF00)>>8); r_buf[r_in++]=(unsigned char)(sync_buffer&0x00FF); iState=st_CHECK_RECEIVE; }			else if(!SPI_BUSY) // wait for chip to come out of "busy" mode {				//grab another bit and check for sync. SPI_MOSI=1; sync_buffer<<=1; sync_buffer|=SPI_MISO; // add the bit to the receive buffer for debug purposes //r_buf[r_in++]=((unsigned char)SPI_BUSY<<4) | SPI_MISO;

SPI_SCLK=1; for(i=0;i<SPI_CLOCK_DELAY;i++); SPI_SCLK=0; for(i=0;i<SPI_CLOCK_DELAY;i++);

}

break;

case st_CHECK_RECEIVE: // is the device waiting to send data? SPI_MOSI=1;	  // make sure we only clock in 0xFF. Set this pin once and we're done

while ( ! (SPI_BUSY|SPI_DIR) ) { // yes, so read it in. unsigned char bits_left; unsigned char recv_byte=0;

for(bits_left=8;bits_left>0;bits_left--) { recv_byte<<=1; recv_byte|=SPI_MISO;

SPI_SCLK=1; for(i=0;i<SPI_CLOCK_DELAY;i++); SPI_SCLK=0; for(i=0;i<SPI_CLOCK_DELAY;i++); }

r_buf[r_in++]=recv_byte; }

iState=st_CHECK_SEND;

break;

case st_CHECK_SEND: // can we send? if(t_out!=t_in && (!SPI_BUSY & SPI_DIR)) {

while((t_out!=t_in) && (!SPI_BUSY & SPI_DIR)) { // yes, so send it while we can. Stop when the chip objects. unsigned char bits_left; unsigned char xmit_byte; unsigned char echo_byte=0;

xmit_byte=t_buf[t_out++]; for(bits_left=8;bits_left>0;bits_left--) { SPI_MOSI=(xmit_byte&0x80)!=0; xmit_byte<<=1; echo_byte<<=1; echo_byte|=(unsigned char)SPI_MISO; SPI_SCLK=1; for(i=0;i<SPI_CLOCK_DELAY;i++); SPI_SCLK=0; for(i=0;i<SPI_CLOCK_DELAY;i++); }

/*					if (echo_byte!=t_buf[t_out-1]) { r_buf[r_in++]='!'; r_buf[r_in++]=echo_byte; r_buf[r_in++]='\n'; r_buf[r_in++]='\r'; } */					SPI_NSS=1; for(i=0;i<SPI_CLOCK_DELAY;i++); SPI_NSS=0; for(i=0;i<SPI_CLOCK_DELAY;i++); }

} // if (tout!=t_in && ...

iState=st_CHECK_RECEIVE;

break;

default : iState=st_CHECK_RECEIVE;

}

SFRPAGE=sfrpage;

}

// called by outside code to send data on SPI void spi_write(char _data) { t_buf[t_in++]=_data; }
 * 1) pragma disable

void spi_writestr(char *t) { while(*t) spi_write(*t++); // add a carriage return. spi_write(0x0D); }
 * 1) pragma disable

// called to read available bytes char spi_read(void) { if (r_in!=r_out) return r_buf[r_out++]; else return (-1); }

related

 * Breakout Board with DOSonCHIP + SD socket
 * Breakout Board with DOSonCHIP + micro-SD socket
 * DOSonCHIP
 * DOSonCHIP Website http://dosonchip.com/
 * CD17B10 User Guide
 * CD17Bxx Datasheet

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