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The McBSP indicates a transmitter empty (or underflow) condition by clearing the XEMPTY bit in SPCR2. Either of the following events activates XEMPTY ( XEMPTY = 0):
In the underflow condition, the transmitter continues to transmit the old data that is in the DXR(s) for every new transmit frame-synchronization signal, until a new value is loaded into DXR1 by the CPU or the DMA controller.
If both DXRs are needed (word length larger than 16 bits), the CPU or the DMA controller must load DXR2 first and then load DXR1. As soon as DXR1 is loaded, the contents of both DXRs are copied to the transmit shift registers (XSRs). If DXR2 is not loaded first, the previous content of DXR2 is passed to the XSR2.
XEMPTY is deactivated (XEMPTY = 1) when a new word in DXR1 is transferred to XSR1. If FSXM = 1 in PCR and FSGM = 0 in SRGR2, the transmitter generates a single internal FSX pulse in response to a DXR-to-XSR copy. Otherwise, the transmitter waits for the next frame-synchronization pulse before sending out the next frame on DX.
When the transmitter is taken out of reset (XRST = 1), it is in a transmitter ready (XRDY = 1 in SPCR2) and transmitter empty (XEMPTY = 0) state. If DXR1 is loaded by the CPU or the DMA controller before internal FSX goes active high, a valid DXR-to-XSR transfer occurs. This allows for the first word of the first frame to be valid even before the transmit frame-synchronization pulse is generated or detected. Alternatively, if a transmit frame-synchronization pulse is detected before DXR1 is loaded, zeros are output on DX.