SPRS825F October 2012 – June 2020 F28M36H33B2 , F28M36H53B2 , F28M36P53C2 , F28M36P63C2
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Figure 5-15 shows the internal structure of the IPC peripheral used to synchronize program execution and exchange of data between the Cortex-M3 and the C28x CPU. IPC can be used by itself when synchronizing program execution or it can be used in conjunction with Message RAMs when coordinating data transfers between processors. In either case, the operation of the IPC is the same. There are two independent sides to the IPC peripheral—MTOC (Master to Control) and CTOM (Control to Master).
The MTOC IPC is used by the Master Subsystem to send events to the Control Subsystem. The MTOC IPC typically sends events to the Control Subsystem by using the following registers: MTOCIPCSET, MTOCIPCFLG/MTOCIPCSTS (1), and MTOCIPCACK. Each of the 32 bits of these registers represents 32 independent channels through which the Cortex-M3 CPU can send up to 32 events to the C28x CPU through software handshaking. Additionally, the first 4 bits of the MTOCIPC registers are supplemented with interrupts. To send an event through channel 2 from Cortex-M3 to C28x, for example, the Cortex-M3 and C28x CPUs use bit 2 of the MTOCIPCSET, MTOCIPCFLG/MTOCIPCSTS, MTOCIPCACK registers. The handshake starts with the Cortex-M3 polling bit 2 of the MTOCIPCFLG register to make sure bit 2 is ‘0’. Next, the Cortex-M3 writes a ‘1’ into bit 2 of the MTOCIPCSET register to start the handshake. In the mean time, the C28x is continually polling the MTOCIPCSTS register while waiting for the message. As soon as the Cortex-M3 writes ‘1’ to bit 2 of the MTOCIPCSET register, bit 2 of MTOCIPCFLG/MTOCIPCSTS also turns ‘1’, thus announcing the event to the C28x. As soon as the C28x CPU reads a ‘1’ from the MTOCIPCSTS register, the C28x CPU should acknowledge by writing a ‘1’ to bit 2 of the MTOCIPCACK register, which in turn, clears bit 2 of the MTOCIPCFLG/MTOCIPCSTS register, enabling the Cortex-M3 to send another message. Because the first four channels (bits 0, 1, 2, 3) are backed up by interrupts, both processors in the above example can use IPC interrupt 2 instead of polling to increase performance.
A similar handshake is also used when sending data (not just event) from the Master Subsystem to the Control Subsystem, but with two additional steps. Before setting a bit in the MTOCIPCSET register, the Cortex-M3 should first load the MTOC Message RAM with a block of data that is to be made available to the C28x. In the second additional step, the C28x should read the data before setting a bit in the MTOCIPCACK register. This way, no data gets lost during multiple data transfers through a given block of the message RAM.
The CTOM IPC is used by the Control Subsystem to send events to the Master Subsystem. The CTOM IPC typically sends events to the Master Subsystem by using the following three registers: CTOMIPCSET, CTOMIPCFLG/CTOMIPCSTS, and CTOMIPCACK. The process is exactly the same as that for the MTOC IPC communication above.