QSPI — Quad serial peripheral interface

The QSPI peripheral provides support for communicating with an external flash memory device using SPI.

The main features for the QSPI peripheral are:

  • Single/dual/quad SPI input/output
  • 6 to 96 MHz configurable clock frequency
  • Single-word read/write access from/to external flash
  • EasyDMA for block read and write transfers
  • Up to 48 MB/sec EasyDMA read rate
  • Execute in place (XIP) for executing program directly from external flash
  • XIP access can optionally be disabled
  • On-the-fly encryption and decryption, including EasyDMA and XIP
Figure 1. Block diagram


Configuring QSPI

Before any data can be transferred to or from the external flash memory, the peripheral needs to be configured.

  1. Select the mandatory input/output pins in the following registers:
    For which pins to use, see Pin assignments. Only the dedicated QSPI pins shall be used.
  2. To ensure stable operation, set the GPIO drive strength to high drive. See the GPIO — General purpose input/output chapter for details on how to configure GPIO drive strength.
  3. Activate the dedicated peripheral setting of the GPIO pin. See the GPIO — General purpose input/output chapter for details on how to assign pins between cores, peripherals, or subsystems.
  4. Configure the interface towards the external flash memory using IFCONFIG0, IFCONFIG1, and ADDRCONF.
  5. Enable the QSPI peripheral and acquire I/O pins using ENABLE.
  6. Activate the external flash memory interface using the ACTIVATE task. The READY event will be generated when the interface has been activated and the external flash memory is ready for access.
Note:

If the IFCONFIG0 register is configured to use the quad mode, the external flash device also needs to be set in the quad mode before any data transfers can take place.

This can be done by sending custom instructions to the external flash device, as described in Sending custom instructions.

Write operation

A write operation to the external flash is configured using the WRITE.DST, WRITE.SRC, and WRITE.CNT registers. It is started using the WRITESTART task.

The READY event is generated when the transfer is complete.

The QSPI peripheral automatically takes care of splitting DMA transfers into page writes.

Read operation

A read operation from the external flash is configured using the READ.SRC, READ.DST, and READ.CNT registers. It is started using the READSTART task.

The READY event is generated when the transfer is complete.

Erase operation

Erase of pages/blocks of the external flash is configured using the ERASE.PTR and ERASE.LEN registers. It is started using the ERASESTART task.

The READY event is generated when the erase operation has been started.

In this case, the READY event will not indicate that the erase operation of the flash has been completed, but it only signals that the erase operation has been started. The actual status of the erase operation can normally be read from the external flash using a custom instruction (see Sending custom instructions).

Execute in place

Execute in place (XIP) allows the CPU to execute program code directly from the external flash.

After the external flash has been configured, the CPU can execute code from the external flash by accessing the XIP memory region. See the following figure and Memory for details.

The XIP memory region is read-only, writing to it will result in a bus error.

When accessing the XIP memory region, the start address of this XIP memory region will map to the address XIPOFFSET of the external flash.

Figure 2. XIP memory map

Encryption

The contents of an external flash memory can be protected using stream cipher encryption. Encryption can be configured and enabled independently for XIP and EasyDMA, with separate keys and nonce.

Once configured and enabled, the stream cipher operates between the AHB bus and the external flash, encrypting and decrypting data passing through.

The following figure shows the stream cipher block with the three configuration registers. The stream cipher uses an AES 128 encryption operation to form the keystream from key, nonce, and external memory address. The keystream then combines each 32-bit plaintext digit one at a time with the corresponding digit of the keystream.
Figure 3. Stream cipher

The same nonce and key must be used for both encryption and decryption of the same memory address.

The memory address used for encryption is the external flash memory address and thus independent of XIPOFFSET. This means a second firmware image can be encrypted and written using EasyDMA, then XIPOFFSET set to point to the new firmware image before executing from it.

Stream ciphers are symmetric. They do not differentiate between encrypting or decrypting, reading or writing. Thus, if the contents of a plain text external flash is read when stream cipher is enabled, the data provided to the MCU is encrypted.

Execute in place (XIP)

Enable the stream cipher for QSPI XIP by doing the following steps.
  1. Configure keys using XIP_ENC.KEY0 through XIP_ENC.KEY3.
  2. Configure nonce using XIP_ENC.NONCE0 through XIP_ENC.NONCE2.
  3. Set XIP_ENC.ENABLE.
Any instructions or data read from the XIP interface will now pass through the stream cipher.

EasyDMA

Enable the stream cipher for QSPI EasyDMA by doing the following steps.
  1. Configure keys using DMA_ENC.KEY0 through DMA_ENC.KEY3.
  2. Configure nonce using DMA_ENC.NONCE0 through DMA_ENC.NONCE2.
  3. Set DMA_ENC.ENABLE.
Any data read from or written to the external flash over the EasyDMA interface will now pass through the stream cipher.

Sending custom instructions

Custom instructions can be sent to the external flash using the CINSTRCONF, CINSTRDAT0, and CINSTRDAT1 registers. It is possible to send an instruction consisting of a one-byte opcode and up to 8 bytes of additional data and to read its response.

A custom instruction is prepared by first writing the data to be sent to CINSTRDAT0 and CINSTRDAT1 before writing the opcode and other configurations to the CINSTRCONF register.

The custom instruction is sent when the CINSTRCONF register is written and it is always sent on a single data line SPI interface.

The READY event will be generated when the custom instruction has been sent.

After a custom instruction has been sent, the CINSTRDAT0 and CINSTRDAT1 will contain the response bytes from the custom instruction.

The data of custom instructions is not part of the stream cipher encryption.

Figure 4. Sending custom instruction

Long frame mode

The LFEN and LFSTOP fields in the CINSTRCONF register control the operation of the custom instruction Long frame mode. Long frame mode is a mechanism that permits arbitrary byte length custom instructions. While in Long frame mode a long custom instruction sequence is split in multiple writes to the CINSTRDAT0 and CINSTRDAT1 registers.

To enable Long frame mode every write to the CINSTRCONF register must have the LFEN field set to 1. The contents of the OPCODE field will be transmitted after the first write to CINSTRCONF and will be omitted in every subsequent write to this register. For subsequent writes the number of data bytes as specified in the LENGTH field are transferred (that is the value of LENGTH - 1 data bytes). The values of the LIO2 and LIO3 fields are set in the first write to CINSTRCONF and will apply for the entire custom instruction transmission until the long frame is finalized.

To finalize a long frame transmission, the LFSTOP field in the CINSTRCONF register must be set to 1 in the last write to this register.

Deep power-down mode

The external flash memory can be put in Deep power-down mode (DPM) to minimize its current consumption when there is no need to access the memory.

DPM is enabled in register IFCONFIG0 and configured in register DPMDUR. The DPM status of the external memory can be read in the STATUS register. The DPMDUR register has to be configured according to the external flash specification to get the information in the STATUS register and the timing of the READY event correct.

Entering or exiting DPM is controlled using register IFCONFIG1.

Instruction set

The following table shows the instruction set supported by QSPI when communicating with an external flash device.

Table 1. Instruction set
InstructionOpcodeDescription
WREN0x06Write enable
RDSR0x05Read status register
WRSR0x01Write status register
FASTREAD0x0BRead bytes at higher speed
READ2O0x3BDual-read output
READ2IO0xBBDual-read input/output
READ4O0x6BQuad-read output
READ4IO0xEBQuad-read input/output
PP0x02Page program
PP2O0xA2Dual-page program output
PP4O0x32Quad-page program output
PP4IO0x38Quad-page program input/output
SE0x20Sector erase
BE0xD8Block erase
CE0xC7Chip erase
DP0xB9Enter Deep power-down mode
DPE0xABExit Deep power-down mode
EN4BSpecified in the ADDRCONF registerEnable 32 bit address mode

Interface description

Figure 5. 24-bit FASTREAD, SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit FASTREAD, SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 6. 24-bit READ2O (dual-read output), SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit READ2O (dual-read output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 7. 24-bit READ2IO (dual read input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit READ2IO (dual read input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 8. 24-bit READ4O (quad-read output), SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit READ4O (quad-read output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 9. 24-bit READ4IO (quad-read input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit READ4IO (quad-read input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 10. 24-bit PP (page program), SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit PP (page program), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 11. 24-bit PP2O (dual-page program output), SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit PP2O (dual-page program output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 12. 24-bit PP4O (quad page program output), SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit PP4O (quad page program output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 13. 24-bit PP4IO (quad page program input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
24-bit PP4IO (quad page program input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 14. 32-bit FASTREAD, SPIMODE = MODE0
32-bit FASTREAD, SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 15. 32-bit READ2O (dual-read output), SPIMODE = MODE0
32-bit READ2O (dual-read output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 16. 32-bit READ2IO (dual read input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
32-bit READ2IO (dual read input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 17. 32-bit READ4O (quad-read output), SPIMODE = MODE0
32-bit READ4O (quad-read output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 18. 32-bit READ4IO (quad-read input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
2-bit READ4IO (quad-read input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 19. 32-bit PP (page program), SPIMODE = MODE0
32-bit PP (page program), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 20. 32-bit PP2O (dual-page program output), SPIMODE = MODE0
32-bit PP2O (dual-page program output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 21. 32-bit PP4O (quad-page program output), SPIMODE = MODE0
32-bit PP4O (quad-page program output), SPIMODE = MODE0
Figure 22. 32-bit PP4IO (quad page program input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0
32-bit PP4IO (quad page program input/output), SPIMODE = MODE0

Registers

Instances

InstanceDomainBase addressTrustZoneSplit accessDescription
MapAttDMA

QSPI : S
QSPI : NS

APPLICATION

0x5002B000
0x4002B000

USSSANo

External memory (quad serial peripheral) interface

Configuration

InstanceDomainConfiguration

QSPI : S
QSPI : NS

APPLICATION

Supports 192 MHz and 96 MHz PCLK192M frequency

Register overview

RegisterOffsetTZDescription
TASKS_ACTIVATE0x000

Activate QSPI interface

TASKS_READSTART0x004

Start transfer from external flash memory to internal RAM

TASKS_WRITESTART0x008

Start transfer from internal RAM to external flash memory

TASKS_ERASESTART0x00C

Start external flash memory erase operation

TASKS_DEACTIVATE0x010

Deactivate QSPI interface

SUBSCRIBE_ACTIVATE0x080

Subscribe configuration for task ACTIVATE

SUBSCRIBE_READSTART0x084

Subscribe configuration for task READSTART

SUBSCRIBE_WRITESTART0x088

Subscribe configuration for task WRITESTART

SUBSCRIBE_ERASESTART0x08C

Subscribe configuration for task ERASESTART

SUBSCRIBE_DEACTIVATE0x090

Subscribe configuration for task DEACTIVATE

EVENTS_READY0x100

QSPI peripheral is ready. This event will be generated as a response to all QSPI tasks except DEACTIVATE.

PUBLISH_READY0x180

Publish configuration for event READY

INTEN0x300

Enable or disable interrupt

INTENSET0x304

Enable interrupt

INTENCLR0x308

Disable interrupt

ENABLE0x500

Enable QSPI peripheral and acquire the pins selected in PSELn registers

READ.SRC0x504

Flash memory source address

READ.DST0x508

RAM destination address

READ.CNT0x50C

Read transfer length

WRITE.DST0x510

Flash destination address

WRITE.SRC0x514

RAM source address

WRITE.CNT0x518

Write transfer length

ERASE.PTR0x51C

Start address of flash block to be erased

ERASE.LEN0x520

Size of block to be erased.

PSEL.SCK0x524

Pin select for serial clock SCK

PSEL.CSN0x528

Pin select for chip select signal CSN.

PSEL.IO00x530

Pin select for serial data MOSI/IO0.

PSEL.IO10x534

Pin select for serial data MISO/IO1.

PSEL.IO20x538

Pin select for serial data WP/IO2.

PSEL.IO30x53C

Pin select for serial data HOLD/IO3.

XIPOFFSET0x540

Address offset into the external memory for Execute in Place operation.

IFCONFIG00x544

Interface configuration.

XIPEN0x54C

Enable Execute in Place operation.

XIP_ENC.KEY00x560

Bits 31:0 of XIP AES KEY

XIP_ENC.KEY10x564

Bits 63:32 of XIP AES KEY

XIP_ENC.KEY20x568

Bits 95:64 of XIP AES KEY

XIP_ENC.KEY30x56C

Bits 127:96 of XIP AES KEY

XIP_ENC.NONCE00x570

Bits 31:0 of XIP NONCE

XIP_ENC.NONCE10x574

Bits 63:32 of XIP NONCE

XIP_ENC.NONCE20x578

Bits 95:64 of XIP NONCE

XIP_ENC.ENABLE0x57C

Enable stream cipher for XIP

DMA_ENC.KEY00x580

Bits 31:0 of DMA AES KEY

DMA_ENC.KEY10x584

Bits 63:32 of DMA AES KEY

DMA_ENC.KEY20x588

Bits 95:64 of DMA AES KEY

DMA_ENC.KEY30x58C

Bits 127:96 of DMA AES KEY

DMA_ENC.NONCE00x590

Bits 31:0 of DMA NONCE

DMA_ENC.NONCE10x594

Bits 63:32 of DMA NONCE

DMA_ENC.NONCE20x598

Bits 95:64 of DMA NONCE

DMA_ENC.ENABLE0x59C

Enable stream cipher for EasyDMA

IFCONFIG10x600

Interface configuration.

STATUS0x604

Status register.

DPMDUR0x614

Set the duration required to enter/exit deep power-down mode (DPM).

ADDRCONF0x624

Extended address configuration.

CINSTRCONF0x634

Custom instruction configuration register.

CINSTRDAT00x638

Custom instruction data register 0.

CINSTRDAT10x63C

Custom instruction data register 1.

IFTIMING0x640

SPI interface timing.

TASKS_ACTIVATE

Address offset: 0x000

Activate QSPI interface

Triggering this task activates the external flash memory interface and initiates communication with the external memory. The READY event is generated when the activation has been completed.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

TASKS_ACTIVATE

Activate QSPI interface

Triggering this task activates the external flash memory interface and initiates communication with the external memory. The READY event is generated when the activation has been completed.

Trigger

1

Trigger task

TASKS_READSTART

Address offset: 0x004

Start transfer from external flash memory to internal RAM

The READY event will be generated when transfer is complete.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

TASKS_READSTART

Start transfer from external flash memory to internal RAM

The READY event will be generated when transfer is complete.

Trigger

1

Trigger task

TASKS_WRITESTART

Address offset: 0x008

Start transfer from internal RAM to external flash memory

The READY event will be generated when transfer is complete.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

TASKS_WRITESTART

Start transfer from internal RAM to external flash memory

The READY event will be generated when transfer is complete.

Trigger

1

Trigger task

TASKS_ERASESTART

Address offset: 0x00C

Start external flash memory erase operation

The READY event will be generated when the erase operation has been started. The generation of the READY event does not imply that the erase operation is completed.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

TASKS_ERASESTART

Start external flash memory erase operation

The READY event will be generated when the erase operation has been started. The generation of the READY event does not imply that the erase operation is completed.

Trigger

1

Trigger task

TASKS_DEACTIVATE

Address offset: 0x010

Deactivate QSPI interface

This task might be needed to optimize current consumption in case there are any added current consumption when QSPI interface is activated, but idle.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

TASKS_DEACTIVATE

Deactivate QSPI interface

This task might be needed to optimize current consumption in case there are any added current consumption when QSPI interface is activated, but idle.

Trigger

1

Trigger task

SUBSCRIBE_ACTIVATE

Address offset: 0x080

Subscribe configuration for task ACTIVATE

Triggering this task activates the external flash memory interface and initiates communication with the external memory. The READY event is generated when the activation has been completed.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

CHIDX

[0..255]

DPPI channel that task ACTIVATE will subscribe to

B

RW

EN

Disabled

0

Disable subscription

Enabled

1

Enable subscription

SUBSCRIBE_READSTART

Address offset: 0x084

Subscribe configuration for task READSTART

The READY event will be generated when transfer is complete.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

CHIDX

[0..255]

DPPI channel that task READSTART will subscribe to

B

RW

EN

Disabled

0

Disable subscription

Enabled

1

Enable subscription

SUBSCRIBE_WRITESTART

Address offset: 0x088

Subscribe configuration for task WRITESTART

The READY event will be generated when transfer is complete.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

CHIDX

[0..255]

DPPI channel that task WRITESTART will subscribe to

B

RW

EN

Disabled

0

Disable subscription

Enabled

1

Enable subscription

SUBSCRIBE_ERASESTART

Address offset: 0x08C

Subscribe configuration for task ERASESTART

The READY event will be generated when the erase operation has been started. The generation of the READY event does not imply that the erase operation is completed.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

CHIDX

[0..255]

DPPI channel that task ERASESTART will subscribe to

B

RW

EN

Disabled

0

Disable subscription

Enabled

1

Enable subscription

SUBSCRIBE_DEACTIVATE

Address offset: 0x090

Subscribe configuration for task DEACTIVATE

This task might be needed to optimize current consumption in case there are any added current consumption when QSPI interface is activated, but idle.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

CHIDX

[0..255]

DPPI channel that task DEACTIVATE will subscribe to

B

RW

EN

Disabled

0

Disable subscription

Enabled

1

Enable subscription

EVENTS_READY

Address offset: 0x100

QSPI peripheral is ready. This event will be generated as a response to all QSPI tasks except DEACTIVATE.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

EVENTS_READY

QSPI peripheral is ready. This event will be generated as a response to all QSPI tasks except DEACTIVATE.

NotGenerated

0

Event not generated

Generated

1

Event generated

PUBLISH_READY

Address offset: 0x180

Publish configuration for event READY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

CHIDX

[0..255]

DPPI channel that event READY will publish to

B

RW

EN

Disabled

0

Disable publishing

Enabled

1

Enable publishing

INTEN

Address offset: 0x300

Enable or disable interrupt

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

READY

Enable or disable interrupt for event READY

Disabled

0

Disable

Enabled

1

Enable

INTENSET

Address offset: 0x304

Enable interrupt

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

READY

Write '1' to enable interrupt for event READY

Set

1

Enable

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

INTENCLR

Address offset: 0x308

Disable interrupt

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

READY

Write '1' to disable interrupt for event READY

Clear

1

Disable

Disabled

0

Read: Disabled

Enabled

1

Read: Enabled

ENABLE

Address offset: 0x500

Enable QSPI peripheral and acquire the pins selected in PSELn registers

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

ENABLE

Enable or disable QSPI

Disabled

0

Disable QSPI

Enabled

1

Enable QSPI

READ.SRC

Address offset: 0x504

Flash memory source address

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

SRC

Word-aligned flash memory source address.

READ.DST

Address offset: 0x508

RAM destination address

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

DST

Word-aligned RAM destination address.

READ.CNT

Address offset: 0x50C

Read transfer length

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

CNT

Read transfer length in number of bytes. The length must be a multiple of 4 bytes.

WRITE.DST

Address offset: 0x510

Flash destination address

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

DST

Word-aligned flash destination address.

WRITE.SRC

Address offset: 0x514

RAM source address

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

SRC

Word-aligned RAM source address.

WRITE.CNT

Address offset: 0x518

Write transfer length

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

CNT

Write transfer length in number of bytes. The length must be a multiple of 4 bytes.

ERASE.PTR

Address offset: 0x51C

Start address of flash block to be erased

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

PTR

Word-aligned start address of block to be erased.

ERASE.LEN

Address offset: 0x520

Size of block to be erased.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

LEN

LEN

4KB

0

Erase 4 kB block (flash command 0x20)

64KB

1

Erase 64 kB block (flash command 0xD8)

All

2

Erase all (flash command 0xC7)

PSEL.SCK

Address offset: 0x524

Pin select for serial clock SCK

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDCBAAAAA
Reset 0xFFFFFFFF11111111111111111111111111111111
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

PIN

[0..31]

Pin number

B

RW

PORT

[0..1]

Port number

C

RW

CONNECT

Connection

Disconnected

1

Disconnect

Connected

0

Connect

PSEL.CSN

Address offset: 0x528

Pin select for chip select signal CSN.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDCBAAAAA
Reset 0xFFFFFFFF11111111111111111111111111111111
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

PIN

[0..31]

Pin number

B

RW

PORT

[0..1]

Port number

C

RW

CONNECT

Connection

Disconnected

1

Disconnect

Connected

0

Connect

PSEL.IO0

Address offset: 0x530

Pin select for serial data MOSI/IO0.

Serial data output (MOSI) during single mode, or serial data IO0 during quad mode

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDCBAAAAA
Reset 0xFFFFFFFF11111111111111111111111111111111
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

PIN

[0..31]

Pin number

B

RW

PORT

[0..1]

Port number

C

RW

CONNECT

Connection

Disconnected

1

Disconnect

Connected

0

Connect

PSEL.IO1

Address offset: 0x534

Pin select for serial data MISO/IO1.

Serial data input (MISO) during single mode, or serial data IO1 during quad mode

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDCBAAAAA
Reset 0xFFFFFFFF11111111111111111111111111111111
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

PIN

[0..31]

Pin number

B

RW

PORT

[0..1]

Port number

C

RW

CONNECT

Connection

Disconnected

1

Disconnect

Connected

0

Connect

PSEL.IO2

Address offset: 0x538

Pin select for serial data WP/IO2.

In single mode, this pin can control Write protect (WP, active low).

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDCBAAAAA
Reset 0xFFFFFFFF11111111111111111111111111111111
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

PIN

[0..31]

Pin number

B

RW

PORT

[0..1]

Port number

C

RW

CONNECT

Connection

Disconnected

1

Disconnect

Connected

0

Connect

PSEL.IO3

Address offset: 0x53C

Pin select for serial data HOLD/IO3.

In single mode, this pin can can pause the device (HOLD, active low).

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDCBAAAAA
Reset 0xFFFFFFFF11111111111111111111111111111111
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

PIN

[0..31]

Pin number

B

RW

PORT

[0..1]

Port number

C

RW

CONNECT

Connection

Disconnected

1

Disconnect

Connected

0

Connect

XIPOFFSET

Address offset: 0x540

Address offset into the external memory for Execute in Place operation.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

XIPOFFSET

Address offset into the external memory for Execute in Place operation. Value must be a multiple of 4.

IFCONFIG0

Address offset: 0x544

Interface configuration.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDEDCBBBAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

READOC

Configure number of data lines and opcode used for reading.

FASTREAD

0

Single data line SPI. FAST_READ (opcode 0x0B).

READ2O

1

Dual data line SPI. READ2O (opcode 0x3B).

READ2IO

2

Dual data line SPI. READ2IO (opcode 0xBB).

READ4O

3

Quad data line SPI. READ4O (opcode 0x6B).

READ4IO

4

Quad data line SPI. READ4IO (opcode 0xEB).

B

RW

WRITEOC

Configure number of data lines and opcode used for writing.

PP

0

Single data line SPI. PP (opcode 0x02).

PP2O

1

Dual data line SPI. PP2O (opcode 0xA2).

PP4O

2

Quad data line SPI. PP4O (opcode 0x32).

PP4IO

3

Quad data line SPI. PP4IO (opcode 0x38).

C

RW

ADDRMODE

Addressing mode.

24BIT

0

24-bit addressing.

32BIT

1

32-bit addressing.

D

RW

DPMENABLE

Enable deep power-down mode (DPM) feature.

Disable

0

Disable DPM feature.

Enable

1

Enable DPM feature.

E

RW

PPSIZE

Page size for commands PP, PP2O, PP4O and PP4IO.

256Bytes

0

256 bytes.

512Bytes

1

512 bytes.

XIPEN

Address offset: 0x54C

Enable Execute in Place operation.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000100000000000000000000000000000001
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

XIPEN

Enable XIP AHB Slave interface and access to XIP memory range

When disabled, access to external memory is only available through EasyDMA and custom instructions. Access to disabled XIP interface will cause a Bus Error, and the value read is all zeros.

Disable

0

Disable XIP interface

Enable

1

Enable XIP interface

XIP_ENC.KEY0

Address offset: 0x560

Bits 31:0 of XIP AES KEY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

KEY0

Bits 31:0 of XIP AES KEY

XIP_ENC.KEY1

Address offset: 0x564

Bits 63:32 of XIP AES KEY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

KEY1

Bits 63:32 of XIP AES KEY

XIP_ENC.KEY2

Address offset: 0x568

Bits 95:64 of XIP AES KEY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

KEY2

Bits 95:64 of XIP AES KEY

XIP_ENC.KEY3

Address offset: 0x56C

Bits 127:96 of XIP AES KEY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

KEY3

Bits 127:96 of XIP AES KEY

XIP_ENC.NONCE0

Address offset: 0x570

Bits 31:0 of XIP NONCE

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

NONCE0

Bits 31:0 of XIP NONCE

XIP_ENC.NONCE1

Address offset: 0x574

Bits 63:32 of XIP NONCE

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

NONCE1

Bits 63:32 of XIP NONCE

XIP_ENC.NONCE2

Address offset: 0x578

Bits 95:64 of XIP NONCE

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

NONCE2

Bits 95:64 of XIP NONCE

XIP_ENC.ENABLE

Address offset: 0x57C

Enable stream cipher for XIP

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

ENABLE

Enable or disable stream cipher for XIP

Disabled

0

Disable stream cipher for QSPI XIP

Enabled

1

Enable stream cipher for QSPI XIP

DMA_ENC.KEY0

Address offset: 0x580

Bits 31:0 of DMA AES KEY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

KEY0

Bits 31:0 of DMA AES KEY

DMA_ENC.KEY1

Address offset: 0x584

Bits 63:32 of DMA AES KEY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

KEY1

Bits 63:32 of DMA AES KEY

DMA_ENC.KEY2

Address offset: 0x588

Bits 95:64 of DMA AES KEY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

KEY2

Bits 95:64 of DMA AES KEY

DMA_ENC.KEY3

Address offset: 0x58C

Bits 127:96 of DMA AES KEY

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

KEY3

Bits 127:96 of DMA AES KEY

DMA_ENC.NONCE0

Address offset: 0x590

Bits 31:0 of DMA NONCE

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

NONCE0

Bits 31:0 of DMA NONCE

DMA_ENC.NONCE1

Address offset: 0x594

Bits 63:32 of DMA NONCE

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

NONCE1

Bits 63:32 of DMA NONCE

DMA_ENC.NONCE2

Address offset: 0x598

Bits 95:64 of DMA NONCE

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

W

NONCE2

Bits 95:64 of DMA NONCE

DMA_ENC.ENABLE

Address offset: 0x59C

Enable stream cipher for EasyDMA

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

ENABLE

Enable or disable stream cipher for EasyDMA

Disabled

0

Disable stream cipher for QSPI EasyDMA

Enabled

1

Enable stream cipher for QSPI EasyDMA

IFCONFIG1

Address offset: 0x600

Interface configuration.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDDDDDCBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0004048000000000000001000000010010000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

SCKDELAY

[0..255]

Minimum amount of time that the CSN pin must stay high before it can go low again.

Value is specified in number of 32 MHz periods (31.25 ns).

B

RW

DPMEN

Enter/exit deep power-down mode (DPM) for external flash memory.

Exit

0

Exit DPM.

Enter

1

Enter DPM.

C

RW

SPIMODE

Select SPI mode.

MODE0

0

Mode 0: Data are captured on the clock rising edge and data is output on a falling edge. Base level of clock is 0 (CPOL=0, CPHA=0).

MODE3

1

Mode 3: Data are captured on the clock rising edge and data is output on a falling edge. Base level of clock is 1 (CPOL=1, CPHA=1).

D

RW

SCKFREQ

[0..15]

SCK frequency is derived from PCLK192M with SCK frequency = PCLK192M / (2*(SCKFREQ + 1)).

STATUS

Address offset: 0x604

Status register.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDCCCCCCCCBA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

R

DPM

Deep power-down mode (DPM) status of external flash.

Disabled

0

External flash is not in DPM.

Enabled

1

External flash is in DPM.

B

R

READY

Ready status.

READY

1

QSPI peripheral is ready. It is allowed to trigger new tasks, writing custom instructions or enter/exit DPM.

BUSY

0

QSPI peripheral is busy. It is not allowed to trigger any new tasks, writing custom instructions or enter/exit DPM.

C

R

SREG

Value of external flash device Status Register. When the external flash has two bytes status register this field includes the value of the low byte.

DPMDUR

Address offset: 0x614

Set the duration required to enter/exit deep power-down mode (DPM).

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Reset 0xFFFFFFFF11111111111111111111111111111111
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

ENTER

[0..0xFFFF]

Duration needed by external flash to enter DPM.

Duration is given as ENTER * 256 * 31.25 ns

B

RW

EXIT

[0..0xFFFF]

Duration needed by external flash to exit DPM.

Duration is given as EXIT * 256 * 31.25 ns.

ADDRCONF

Address offset: 0x624

Extended address configuration.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDFEDDCCCCCCCCBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x000000B700000000000000000000000010110111
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

OPCODE

[0xFF..0]

Opcode that enters the 32-bit addressing mode.

B

RW

BYTE0

[0xFF..0]

Byte 0 following opcode.

C

RW

BYTE1

[0xFF..0]

Byte 1 following byte 0.

D

RW

MODE

Extended addressing mode.

NoInstr

0

Do not send any instruction.

Opcode

1

Send opcode.

OpByte0

2

Send opcode, BYTE0.

All

3

Send opcode, BYTE0, BYTE1.

E

RW

WIPWAIT

Wait for write complete before sending command.

Disable

0

No wait.

Enable

1

Wait.

F

RW

WREN

Send WREN (write enable opcode 0x06) before instruction.

Disable

0

Do not send WREN.

Enable

1

Send WREN.

CINSTRCONF

Address offset: 0x634

Custom instruction configuration register.

A new custom instruction is sent every time this register is written. The READY event will be generated when the custom instruction has been sent.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDHGFEDCBBBBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000200000000000000000000010000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

OPCODE

[0..255]

Opcode of Custom instruction.

B

RW

LENGTH

Length of custom instruction in number of bytes.

1B

1

Send opcode only.

2B

2

Send opcode, CINSTRDAT0.BYTE0.

3B

3

Send opcode, CINSTRDAT0.BYTE0 -> CINSTRDAT0.BYTE1.

4B

4

Send opcode, CINSTRDAT0.BYTE0 -> CINSTRDAT0.BYTE2.

5B

5

Send opcode, CINSTRDAT0.BYTE0 -> CINSTRDAT0.BYTE3.

6B

6

Send opcode, CINSTRDAT0.BYTE0 -> CINSTRDAT1.BYTE4.

7B

7

Send opcode, CINSTRDAT0.BYTE0 -> CINSTRDAT1.BYTE5.

8B

8

Send opcode, CINSTRDAT0.BYTE0 -> CINSTRDAT1.BYTE6.

9B

9

Send opcode, CINSTRDAT0.BYTE0 -> CINSTRDAT1.BYTE7.

C

RW

LIO2

[0..1]

Level of the IO2 pin (if connected) during transmission of custom instruction.

D

RW

LIO3

[0..1]

Level of the IO3 pin (if connected) during transmission of custom instruction.

E

RW

WIPWAIT

Wait for write complete before sending command.

Disable

0

No wait.

Enable

1

Wait.

F

RW

WREN

Send WREN (write enable opcode 0x06) before instruction.

Disable

0

Do not send WREN.

Enable

1

Send WREN.

G

RW

LFEN

Enable Long frame mode. When enabled, a custom instruction transaction has to be ended by writing the LFSTOP field.

Disable

0

Long frame mode disabled

Enable

1

Long frame mode enabled

H

RW

LFSTOP

Stop (finalize) long frame transaction

Stop

1

Stop

CINSTRDAT0

Address offset: 0x638

Custom instruction data register 0.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDDDDDDDDDCCCCCCCCBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

BYTE0

[0..0xFF]

Data byte 0

B

RW

BYTE1

[0..0xFF]

Data byte 1

C

RW

BYTE2

[0..0xFF]

Data byte 2

D

RW

BYTE3

[0..0xFF]

Data byte 3

CINSTRDAT1

Address offset: 0x63C

Custom instruction data register 1.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDDDDDDDDDCCCCCCCCBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAA
Reset 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

BYTE4

[0..0xFF]

Data byte 4

B

RW

BYTE5

[0..0xFF]

Data byte 5

C

RW

BYTE6

[0..0xFF]

Data byte 6

D

RW

BYTE7

[0..0xFF]

Data byte 7

IFTIMING

Address offset: 0x640

SPI interface timing.

Bit number313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
IDAAA
Reset 0x0000060000000000000000000000011000000000
IDR/WFieldValue IDValueDescription
A

RW

RXDELAY

[7..0]

Timing related to sampling of the input serial data. The value of RXDELAY specifies the number of prescaled 192 MHz cycles delay from the the rising edge of the SPI Clock (SCK) until the input serial data is sampled. For example, if RXDELAY is set to 0, the input serial data is sampled on the rising edge of SCK.

Electrical specification

Timing specification

SymbolDescriptionMin.Typ.Max.Units
FQSPI,CLK

SCK frequency

96MHz
DCQSPI,CLK

SCK duty cycle

......%
FQSPI,XIP,16

XIP fetch frequency for 16 bit instructions

24MHz
FQSPI,XIP,32

XIP fetch frequency for 32 bit instructions

12MHz
tMOH

External memory output hold time

1.0ns
Figure 23. QSPI memory timing diagram