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[rtl] rework TWI module #340

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[rtl] rework TWI module #340

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@stnolting stnolting commented Jun 9, 2022

Triggered by the issues found in #339 this PR provides a complete makeover of the TWI module's hardware. These changes do not impact hardware utilization.

✔️ Optimizations and Fixes

  • VHDL code clean-up
  • fixed problem with synchronization of a new operation (START, STOP, transmission) to the TWI clock
  • SDA will be set LOW after a byte transmission to keep the bus claimed
  • data is now sampled from the bus right in the center of SCL's high period
  • less transmission overhead (faster)

✨ New Features

  • add new status flag to the TWI control register to check if the TWI is currently claimed (by the NEORV32 TWI module or by any other controller): bit 29, TWI_CTRL_CLAIMED, read-only; set if the TWI is busy or if SDA and SCL are both low

⚠️ Relevant Changes

  • the "START condition executed" interrupt is removed
  • the "STOP condition executed" interrupt is removed
  • the interrupt will only fire when a byte transmission has completed

Exemplary TWI operation using the modified module from this PR:

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START condition, transfer 0x70, transfer 0xF1, STOP condition. TWI bus is not connected to any device; SDA and SCL are just connected to "pull-up resistors" (-> 'H'); hence, a high level is sampled in the ACK time slot (=NACK). Note the interrupt requests right at the end of each byte transmission.

@stnolting stnolting added HW hardware-related optimization Make things faster, smaller and more efficient labels Jun 9, 2022
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@stnolting stnolting marked this pull request as ready for review June 9, 2022 13:48
@stnolting stnolting added the enhancement New feature or request label Jun 9, 2022
* make sure TWI bus stays claimed (SDA = SCL = low) after a byte transmission
* make sure the ACK sample time slot has the same "length" as the other data sampling time slots
@stnolting stnolting merged commit 2ddad3f into main Jun 10, 2022
@stnolting stnolting deleted the rework_twi branch June 10, 2022 13:58
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TWI Accidentally bit left shift after byte transmission
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