topic Re: FTM channel, setting DMA event in Kinetis Microcontrollers

FTM channel, setting DMA event

Keith4DSmith — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:04:01 GMT

In the K22P144M120SF5V2RM.pdf file on Kinetis K22 Sub-Family Reference Manual, the

FTM channel control register, FTMx_CnSC, has two bits, CHIE and DMA, section 38.3.6.

CHIE - 1 Enables channel interrupts

DMA - 1 Enable DMA transfer

It appears to enable a DMA transfer from an FTM channel event, both the CHIE and DMA bits must be be on.

The documentation does not make this clear.

Is this a property of all peripherals or just the FTM?

Re: FTM channel, setting DMA event

mjbcswitzerland — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:41:44 GMT

Hi Keith

This is the FTM DMA enable code in the uTasker project:

            if ((ulMode & PWM_DMA_CHANNEL_ENABLE) != 0) {
                ptrFlexTimer->FTM_channel[ucChannel].FTM_CSC |= (FTM_CSC_DMA | FTM_CSC_CHIE); // enable DMA trigger from this channel (also the interrupt needs to be enabled for the DMA to operate - interrupt is however not generated in this configuration)
            }

The code comment should make it clear that it is normal that the two flags are needed and that it is maybe a little surprising since the detail in the user's manual is maybe not easy to find.

Regards

Mark

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Re: FTM channel, setting DMA event

danielchen — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 05:33:10 GMT

Hi Keith:

Please refer to section 38.4.23 DMA of the reference manual.

Regards

Daniel