Application Note
AN_188
C232HM_MPSSE_Cable_in_USB_to_SPI
_Interface
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Issue Date: 2011-10-17
This application note gives an example on how to configure the FTDI C232HM HiSpeed USB 2.0 cable as a USB to Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). All source code
required is also included.
Use of FTDI devices in life support and/or safety applications is entirely at the user’s risk, and the user agrees
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from such use.
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Table of Contents
1
Introduction .................................................................... 2
1.1
Scope ........................................................................................ 2
1.2
PICkit Serial SPI Demo Board and CM232H............................... 2
1.3
Introduction to SPI Interface ................................................... 3
1.3.1
1.4
2
SPI Operating Modes ................................................................................. 3
CM232H SPI/GPIO Interface and PICkit Interface.................... 5
Application Code Details ................................................. 6
2.1
SPI Client Details ...................................................................... 6
3
SPI Demo Code Listing .................................................... 8
4
Summary....................................................................... 11
5
Contact Information ...................................................... 12
Appendix A – References ................................................... 13
Document References ..................................................................... 13
Acronyms and Abbreviations ........................................................... 13
Appendix B – List of Tables & Figures ................................ 14
Appendix C – Revision History ........................................... 15
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1 Introduction
This document gives an example of using the FTDI C232HM Hi-Speed USB cable by configuring the Multi
Protocol Synchronous Serial Engine of the cable as a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). The cable contains
the FTDI FT232H chip which may be configured to enable the MPSSE. A simple console application,
written in “C” and using the libMPSSE-SPI API library, illustrates how the SPI interface is realized in
software. The interface works as a SPI master, controlling slave SPI chips on the bus.
For further explanation and description of the MPSSE, please refer to application
notesAN_135_MPSSE_BASICS and AN_108 Command Processor for MPSSE.
The sample application code is neither guaranteed nor supported by FTDI.
To demonstrate the SPI interface of the C232HM, the Microchip PICkitTM Serial SPI Demo Board is used.
For detailed electrical and mechanical specification of C232HM cable, refer to the C232HM MPSSE Cable
datasheet.
1.1 Scope
This document is designed as an introduction to using the FTDI C232HM cable with the SPI protocol. Not
all SPI configuration modes will be discussed. It is assumed that the user is familiar with loading FTDI
drivers and using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
1.2 PICkit Serial SPI Demo Board and CM232H
The SPI client demonstration hardware is made by Microchip, and features seven individually selectable
SPI client devices. The SPI header pins can be easily connected to the CM232H’s fly-wire sockets as
shown in Figure 1.1 and Table 1.3.
Figure 1.1 C232HM Cable and SPI Demo Board
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1.3 Introduction to SPI Interface
The SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) is a master/slave synchronous serial bus that consists of 4 signals.
Both command and data signals are sent across the interface. The SPI master initiates all data
transactions. Full duplex data transfers can be made up to 30 Mbits/sec with the C232HM. There is no
fixed bit length in SPI. A generic SPI system consists of the following signals and is illustrated in Figure
1.2.
Serial Clock (SCLK) from master to slave.
Serial Data Out (also called Master Out Slave In or MOSI) from master.
Serial Data In (also called Master In Slave Out or MISO) from slave.
Chip Select (CS) from master.
Figure 1.2 Basic SPI System
1.3.1 SPI Operating Modes
The C232HM always acts as the SPI master. In addition to SPI signals, the C232HM cable has 4
additional Chip Select lines (GPIOL [3:0]) that are used to access up to 5 SPI slave devices. These
signals are controlled by libMPSSE-SPI API commands.
As SPI data is shifted out of the master and in to a slave device, SPI data will also be shifted out from the
slave and clocked in to the master. Depending on which type of slave device is being implemented, data
can be shifted MSB first or LSB first. Slave devices can have active low or active high chip select inputs.
Figure 1.3 shows an example SPI timing diagram.
Figure 1.3 Example SPI Timing Diagram
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The SPI device in the above example uses SPI Mode 0, with active low Chip Select
The SPI interface has 4 unique modes of clock phase (CPHA) and clock polarity (CPOL), known as Mode
0, Mode 1, Mode 2 and Mode 3. Table 1.1 summarizes these modes.
For CPOL = 0, the base (inactive) level of SCLK is 0.
In this mode:
When CPHA = 0, data will be transferred on the rising edge of SCLK.
When CPHA = 1, data will be transferred on the falling edge of SCLK
For CPOL =1, the base (inactive) level of SCLK is 1.
In this mode:
When CPHA = 0, data will be transferred on the falling edge of SCLK
When CPHA = 1, data will be transferred on the rising edge of SCLK.
Mode
CPOL
CPHA
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
3
1
1
Table 1.1 Clock Phase/Polarity
It is worth noting that the SPI slave interface can be implemented in various ways. The C232HM cable
can be configured to handle MODE 0 and MODE 2.
It is recommended that designers review the SPI Slave data sheet to determine the SPI mode
implementation.
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1.4 CM232H SPI/GPIO Interface and PICkit Interface
The CM232H IO lines used for SPI and GPIO are listed in Table 1.2.
C232HM
Colour
PCB Pin
Name
Type
Description
Number
Orange
2
SK
Output
Serial Clock
Yellow
3
DO
Output
Serial Data Out (MOSI)
Green
4
DI
Input
Serial Data In (MISO)
Brown
5
CS
Output
Serial Chip Select
Grey
6
GPIOL0
Output
Additional (spare) Chip Select
Purple
7
GPIOL1
Output
Additional (spare) Chip Select
White
8
GPIOL2
Output
Additional (spare) Chip Select
Blue
9
GPIOL3
Output
Additional (spare) Chip Select
Table 1.2 CM232H SPI & GPIO IOs
The CM232H Cable to PICkit connections are listed in Table 1.3.
CM232H Cable Flywire Colour
CM232H Cable Wire Function
PICKit SPI Connector Name
Brown
Serial Chip Select (CS)
CS
Red
VBUS
+V
Black
GND
GND
Green
Serial Data In (DI)
MISO
Orange
Serial Clock
SCK
Yellow
Serial Data Out (DO)
MOSI
Table 1.3 C232HM Cable to PICkit Connections
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2 Application Code Details
This application demonstrates the SPI capability of the C232HM cable by interfacing it to the MCP23S08
8 bit I/O Expander chip. The application uses SPI to write data to the GPIO pins of the MCP23S08 chip.
The GPIO outputs are connected to LEDs, which give a visual indication of the written data. Select the
MCP23S08 and enable the LEDs by connecting jumpers JP7 and JP8 on the PICKit demo board.
2.1 SPI Client Details
The MCP23S08 chip uses SPI Mode 0 (SCLK base polarity is logic low, data is transferred on rising edge
of SCLK). Chip select (CS) polarity is active low. The following registers are configured to drive the
external LEDs:
Control Byte
I/O Direction (IODIR) register
Output Latch (OLAT) register
When sending these commands, chip select is driven low.
The control byte is always the first byte sent to the MCP23S08. Pins A0 and A1 are hardware address
pins that can be used to select multiple 23S08 devices (Of course, the spare CS lines can be used for the
same purpose). The control byte also specifies if the operation is read or write. The format of the control
byte (for the demo board) is shown in Table 2.1.
0
1
0
0
0
A1
A0
R/W
Table 2.1 MCP23S08 Control Byte
In the SPI demo board, pins A1 and A0 are pulled low – these bits are always zero. R/W is 0 for a write,
and 1 for a read operation. For this demo, the value of the control byte will be 0x40.
Register
Name
Address
(Hex)
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
IODIR
00
IO7
IO6
IO5
IO4
IO3
IO2
IO1
IO0
OLAT
0A
OL7
OL6
OL5
OL4
OL3
OL2
OL1
OL0
Table 2.2 MCP23S08 Configuration Registers (subset)
To configure the data bus to outputs, the IODIR register needs to be set to all zeros.
The Output Latch register can be written with any single byte hex value. This value will be displayed in
binary form on the external LEDs.
The control byte, IODIR and OLAT values are sent to the MCP23S08 as shown in Figure 2.1.
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Figure 2.1 SPI Write Operation
To summarize, the application makes 2 SPI write operations to configure the 23S08 IO pins and to write
data to these pins. Table 2.3 illustrates the register values that are used.
Device Opcode
Register Address
Data
Function
0x40
0x00
0x00
Set GPIO to Outputs
0x40
0x0A
0xAA (for example)
Data to Display
(control byte)
Table 2.3 SPI Write Commands used in Demo Application
In the following code example in section 3, these commands are implemented in C as follows:
/*Write command to configure 23S08's IODIR register as all outputs*/
sizeToTransfer=24; //3 Bytes Opcodes and Data
sizeTransfered=0;
buffer[0]=0x40; // Opcode to select device
buffer[1]=0x00; // Opcode for IODIR register
buffer[2]=0x00; // Data Packet - Make GPIO pins outputs
status = p_SPI_Write(ftHandle, buffer, sizeToTransfer, &sizeTransfered,
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_SIZE_IN_BITS|
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_ENABLE|
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_DISABLE);
Sleep(5);
// short gap between writes
/* Write Data to 23S08's OLAT Register */
sizeToTransfer=24; // 3 Bytes Opcodes and Data
sizeTransfered=0;
buffer[0]=0x40; // Opcode to select device
buffer[1]=0x0A; // Opcode for OLAT Register
buffer[2]=LEDS; // Data to write to OLAT & LEDs
status = p_SPI_Write(ftHandle, buffer, sizeToTransfer, &sizeTransfered,
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_SIZE_IN_BITS|
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_ENABLE|
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_DISABLE);
In addition to the SPI write commands, SCLK frequency, SPI operation mode and Chip Select polarity
need to be setup. These parameters are configured by the following code:
channelConf.ClockRate = 50000;
channelConf.configOptions = SPI_CONFIG_OPTION_MODE0| SPI_CONFIG_OPTION_CS_DBUS3|
SPI_CONFIG_OPTION_CS_ACTIVELOW;
The above commands setup the MPSSE cable to output SCLK at 50 KHz, use SPI Mode 0, assign Chip
Select to pin DB3 and make Chip Select active low.
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3 SPI Demo Code Listing
The source code can be obtained from the link below:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/SoftwareExamples/MPSSE/SPI_Daynamic.zip
Note that the software and source code is provided as an example only and is not guaranteed or
supported by FTDI.
/* Project: libMPSSE-SPI
* Module: SPI Sample Application - Interfacing CM232H Cable to MCP23S08 8 Bit I/O Expander
* Refer to Applications Note AN_188 for operational details
* FTDI-USA Apps Project
* Revision History:
* 1.0 Initial version
*
*
*/
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#ifdef _WIN32
#include<windows.h>
#endif
#include "libMPSSE_spi.h"
#include "ftd2xx.h"
#ifdef _WIN32
#define GET_FUN_POINTER GetProcAddress
#endif
#define
#define
#define
#define
#define
#define
SPI_DEVICE_BUFFER_SIZE
SPI_WRITE_COMPLETION_RETRY
CHANNEL_TO_OPEN
SPI_SLAVE_0
SPI_SLAVE_1
SPI_SLAVE_2
256
10
0
// 0 for first available channel
0
1
2
// Options-Bit0: If this bit is 1 then it means that the
#define SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_SIZE_IN_BYTES
// Options-Bit0: If this bit is 1 then it means that the
#define SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_SIZE_IN_BITS
// Options-Bit1: if BIT1 is 1 then CHIP_SELECT line will
#define SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_ENABLE
// Options-Bit2: if BIT2 is 1 then CHIP_SELECT line will
#define SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_DISABLE
transfer size provided is in bytes
0x00000001
transfer size provided is in bytes
0x00000001
be enables at start of transfer
0x00000002
be disabled at end of transfer
0x00000004
typedef FT_STATUS (*pfunc_SPI_GetNumChannels)(uint32 *numChannels);
pfunc_SPI_GetNumChannels p_SPI_GetNumChannels;
typedef FT_STATUS (*pfunc_SPI_GetChannelInfo)(uint32 index, FT_DEVICE_LIST_INFO_NODE *chanInfo);
pfunc_SPI_GetChannelInfo p_SPI_GetChannelInfo;
typedef FT_STATUS (*pfunc_SPI_OpenChannel)(uint32 index, FT_HANDLE *handle);
pfunc_SPI_OpenChannel p_SPI_OpenChannel;
typedef FT_STATUS (*pfunc_SPI_InitChannel)(FT_HANDLE handle, ChannelConfig *config);
pfunc_SPI_InitChannel p_SPI_InitChannel;
typedef FT_STATUS (*pfunc_SPI_CloseChannel)(FT_HANDLE handle);
pfunc_SPI_CloseChannel p_SPI_CloseChannel;
typedef FT_STATUS (*pfunc_SPI_Read)(FT_HANDLE handle, uint8 *buffer, uint32 sizeToTransfer, uint32
*sizeTransfered, uint32 options);
pfunc_SPI_Read p_SPI_Read;
typedef FT_STATUS (*pfunc_SPI_Write)(FT_HANDLE handle, uint8 *buffer, uint32 sizeToTransfer, uint32
*sizeTransfered, uint32 options);
pfunc_SPI_Write p_SPI_Write;
typedef FT_STATUS (*pfunc_SPI_IsBusy)(FT_HANDLE handle, bool *state);
pfunc_SPI_IsBusy p_SPI_IsBusy;
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uint32 channels;
uint8 LEDS = 0x00;
FT_HANDLE ftHandle;
ChannelConfig channelConf;
uint8 buffer[SPI_DEVICE_BUFFER_SIZE];
FT_STATUS write_byte()
// write_byte function configures IODIR and OLAT Registers
{
uint32 sizeToTransfer = 0;
uint32 sizeTransfered=0;
bool writeComplete=0;
uint32 retry=0;
bool state;
FT_STATUS status;
// Write command to configure 23S08's IODIR register as all outputs
sizeToTransfer=24; // 3 Bytes Opcodes and Data
sizeTransfered=0;
buffer[0]=0x40; // Opcode to select device
buffer[1]=0x00; // Opcode for IODIR register
buffer[2]=0x00; // Data Packet - Make GPIO pins outputs
status = p_SPI_Write(ftHandle, buffer, sizeToTransfer, &sizeTransfered,
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_SIZE_IN_BITS|
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_ENABLE|
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_DISABLE);
Sleep(5);
// short gap between writes
// Write Data to 23S08's OLAT Register
sizeToTransfer=24; // 3 Bytes Opcodes + Data
sizeTransfered=0;
buffer[0]=0x40; // Opcode to select device
buffer[1]=0x0A; // Opcode for OLAT Register
buffer[2]=LEDS; // Data to write to OLAT & LEDs
status = p_SPI_Write(ftHandle, buffer, sizeToTransfer, &sizeTransfered,
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_SIZE_IN_BITS|
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_ENABLE|
SPI_TRANSFER_OPTIONS_CHIPSELECT_DISABLE);
return status;
}
int main()
{
#ifdef _WIN32
#ifdef _MSC_VER
HMODULE h_libMPSSE;
#else
HANDLE h_libMPSSE;
#endif
#endif
FT_STATUS status;
uint8 address=0;
// Setup SCLK, SPI Mode, Latency Timer, Chip Select Pin and Chip Select Polarity
channelConf.ClockRate = 50000;
channelConf.LatencyTimer= 255;
channelConf.configOptions = SPI_CONFIG_OPTION_MODE0| SPI_CONFIG_OPTION_CS_DBUS3|
SPI_CONFIG_OPTION_CS_ACTIVELOW;
// Direction and Value of GPIO Pins (for dir: 0=in, 1=out)
channelConf.Pin = 0x00000000;
// Load libMPSSE
#ifdef _WIN32
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#ifdef _MSC_VER
h_libMPSSE = LoadLibrary(L"libMPSSE.dll");
#endif
#endif// init function pointers
p_SPI_GetNumChannels=(pfunc_SPI_GetNumChannels)GET_FUN_POINTER(h_libMPSSE,
"SPI_GetNumChannels");
p_SPI_GetChannelInfo = (pfunc_SPI_GetChannelInfo)GET_FUN_POINTER(h_libMPSSE, "SPI_GetChannelInfo");
p_SPI_OpenChannel = (pfunc_SPI_OpenChannel)GET_FUN_POINTER(h_libMPSSE, "SPI_OpenChannel");
p_SPI_InitChannel = (pfunc_SPI_InitChannel)GET_FUN_POINTER(h_libMPSSE, "SPI_InitChannel");
p_SPI_Read = (pfunc_SPI_Read)GET_FUN_POINTER(h_libMPSSE, "SPI_Read");
p_SPI_Write = (pfunc_SPI_Write)GET_FUN_POINTER(h_libMPSSE, "SPI_Write");
p_SPI_CloseChannel = (pfunc_SPI_CloseChannel)GET_FUN_POINTER(h_libMPSSE,"SPI_CloseChannel");
status = p_SPI_GetNumChannels(&channels);
printf("Number of available SPI channels = %d\n",channels);
status = p_SPI_OpenChannel(CHANNEL_TO_OPEN,&ftHandle);
status = p_SPI_InitChannel(ftHandle,&channelConf);
printf("Enter a hex value to display in binary - ");
//read in a hex value from standard input
scanf_s("%x" , &LEDS);
printf("LED Display = %x
\n",LEDS);
// Call Write Byte Function to activate LEDs on GPIO pins
write_byte();
printf("End of SPI Demo");
status = p_SPI_CloseChannel(ftHandle);
}
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4 Summary
The hardware and source code described in this application note provide a starting point for developing
applications to enable USB to SPI communication using the FTDI C232HM MPSSE cable and a wide
variety of SPI based client devices.
The C232HM MPSSE cable and the PICKit SPI Demo board are both available from Allied Electronics, DigiKey, Future Electronics and Mouser Electronics.
The source code is available as a Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 project.
Visual Studio 2010 Express Website
Download source available from:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/SoftwareExamples/MPSSE/SPI_Daynamic.zip
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Appendix A – References
Document References
C232HM Datasheet, FTDI Ltd.
FT232H Datasheet, FTDI Ltd.
AN_178 User Guide for LibMPSSE-SPI, FTDI Ltd.
AN_135 MPSSE Basics, FTDI Ltd
AN_108 Command Processor for MPSSE, FTDI Ltd.
PICKit SPI Demo Board Users Guide, Microchip Inc.
MCP23008/23S08 Datasheet, Microchip Inc.
AN_972 I/O Expansion using the MCP23X08, Microchip Inc.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Terms
Description
USB
Universal Serial Bus
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface
MPSSE
Multi-Protocol Synchronous Serial Engine
IODIR
IO Pin Direction register (MCP23S08)
OLAT
Output Latch register (MCP23S08)
PICKit
Demonstration board made by Microchip
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Appendix B – List of Tables & Figures
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Clock Phase/Polarity ................................................................................... 4
Table 1.2 CM232H SPI & GPIO IOs ............................................................................. 5
Table 1.3 C232HM Cable to PICkit Connections .......................................................... 5
Table 2.1 MCP23S08 Control Byte .............................................................................. 6
Table 2.2 MCP23S08 Configuration Registers (subset) ............................................... 6
Table 2.3 SPI Write Commands used in Demo Application ......................................... 7
List of Figures
Figure 1.1 C232HM Cable and SPI Demo Board .......................................................... 2
Figure 1.2 Basic SPI System ....................................................................................... 3
Figure 1.3 Example SPI Timing Diagram .................................................................... 3
Figure 2.1 SPI Write Operation .................................................................................. 7
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