Posted on February 14, 2014 at 18:01Hi All,
reading the reference manual of the STM32, I have a question related to a transfer peripheral to memory using DMA, direct mode ( no FIFO )
In section 9.3.12, Direct Mode paragraph, i found:
Direct modeBy default, the FIFO operates
in direct mode (DMDIS bit in the DMA_SxFCR is reset) and the FIFO threshold level is not used. This mode is useful when the system requires an immediate and single transfer to or from the memory after each DMA request.
When the DMA is configured in direct mode (FIFO disabled
), to transfer data in memory-toperipheral mode, the DMA preloads one data from the memory to the internal FIFO to
ensure an immediate data transfer as soon as a DMA request is triggered by a peripheral.
To avoid saturating the FIFO
, itis recommended to configure the corresponding stream with
a high priority.My question is: even if the FIFO threshold is not used, is the FIFO still active? To say with other words: if the peripheral is sending bytes at a very high speed, it can happen that I lost a byte or the FIFO helps me to store the previous bytes?
Thank you very much,
Antonio
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