The TMAG5170-Q1 performs mandatory CRC for SPI communication. The Data integrity is maintained in both directions by a 4-bit CRC covering the content of the incoming and outgoing 32-bit messages. The four LSB bits of each 32-bit SPI frame are dedicated for the CRC. The CRC code is generated by the polynomial x⁴ + x + 1. Initialize the CRC bits with b1111.

During the SDI write frame, the TMAG5170-Q1 reads for the CRC data before executing a write instruction. The write instruction from the controller is ignored if there is any CRC error present in the frame. During the SDI regular read frame, the TMAG5170-Q1 starts to deliver the requested data through SDO line in the same frame and notifies the controller of any error occurrence through the ERROR_STAT bit. If the device detects a CRC error in the SDI line, the device will invert the last bit of the SDO CRC in the same frame to promptly signal to a controller that the SPI communication is compromised. A controller can also determine the presence of a CRC error in the SDI frame by checking the Status11 bit in the next regular read frame.

Figure 7-13 4-Bit CRC Calculation

Use the following XOR function equations to calculate the 4-bit CRC. Figure 7-13 describes the notations of these equations.

The following shows example codes for calculating the 4-bit CRC.

function logic [3:0] calculate_crc4;
   input logic [27:0] frame;

   logic [31:0]       padded_frame;
   logic [3:0] 	      frame_crc;
   logic 	      inv;
   integer 	      i;

   padded_frame = {frame, 4'b0000};
   
   begin
      frame_crc = 4'hf; // initial value
      for (i=31; i >= 0; i=i-1) begin
	 inv = padded_frame[i] ^ frame_crc[3];
	 frame_crc[3] = frame_crc[2];
	 frame_crc[2] = frame_crc[1];
	 frame_crc[1] = frame_crc[0] ^ inv;
	 frame_crc[0] = inv;
      end
      return frame_crc;
   end
endfunction