DMA Software Request

[cadi_1014291]

Hi all, i'm trying to transfer content of an array (SRAM) to a ControlRegister via DMA CPU Request, i'm trying to transfer 1 element of the array per request, but i haven't been able to do it, it seems like it transfer all the array per request.

   

I understand that if i set REQUEST_PER_BURST to 1 it makes the DMA Controller to transfer 1 byte per request, so i ask for a transfer every 500ms, but when i read the content of the ControlRegister on the DMA Transfer Completed interrupt i read the last element of my array and not the element i'm expecting, as i say i'm expecting transfer 1 element per request, not all 10.

   

Does anybody had test this kind of transfer?

   

I haven't found any example or question similar on the forum, find project attached.

   

Thanks in advance

   

Carlos

[Bob_Marlowe]

You are trying to use a software approach to control each TD transfer, but there is no API for that. What you are using is an API that accessed the DMA controller to start a channel, I'm not quite sure if that will work.

   

Better solution would be:

   

Enable DMA Hardware Request and connect the timer tc to DMA drq (you may leave the isr, but you have to remove the call to CyDmaChSetRequest(). Now on each timer tc one byte should be transferred from flash to the control register.

   

Remember that the isr_DMA is called when the TD has finished, not after the transfer of a single byte.

       

Bob

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hello Carlos

   

DMA Transfer Completed interrupt is triggered after sending the number of bytes given as Transfer Count. In your case TC is 10.

   

So the interrupt will be triggered only after sending all the 10 bytes.

[cadi_1014291]

Hi Bob and SmartPSoC, yes i was able to figure out that DMA interrupt asserts after the whole transfer is done after read Bob reply but i didn't reply back, thanks again for help n00bs liek me and the rest of the forum!!!

[Bob_Marlowe]

Happy new year, Carlos! Good to see you're back again!

       

Bob