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Product data sheet Rev. 6.2 — 11 January 2013 35 of 85
NXP Semiconductors
LPC2468
Single-chip 16-bit/32-bit micro
• Fractional divider for baud rate control, auto baud capabilities and FIFO control
mechanism that enables software flow control implementation.
• UART1 equipped with standard modem interface signals. This module also provides
full support for hardware flow control (auto-CTS/RTS).
• UART3 includes an IrDA mode to support infrared communication.
7.16 SPI serial I/O controller
The LPC2468 contains one SPI controller. SPI is a full duplex serial interface designed to
handle multiple masters and slaves connected to a given bus. Only a single master and a
single slave can communicate on the interface during a given data transfer. During a data
transfer the master always sends 8 bits to 16 bits of data to the slave, and the slave
always sends 8 bits to 16 bits of data to the master.
7.16.1 Features
• Compliant with SPI specification
• Synchronous, Serial, Full Duplex Communication
• Combined SPI master and slave
• Maximum data bit rate of one eighth of the input clock rate
• 8 bits to 16 bits per transfer
7.17 SSP serial I/O controller
The LPC2468 contains two SSP controllers. The SSP controller is capable of operation on
a SPI, 4-wire SSI, or Microwire bus. It can interact with multiple masters and slaves on the
bus. Only a single master and a single slave can communicate on the bus during a given
data transfer. The SSP supports full duplex transfers, with frames of 4 bits to 16 bits of
data flowing from the master to the slave and from the slave to the master. In practice,
often only one of these data flows carries meaningful data.
7.17.1 Features
• Compatible with Motorola SPI, 4-wire Texas Instruments SSI, and National
Semiconductor Microwire buses
• Synchronous serial communication
• Master or slave operation
• 8-frame FIFOs for both transmit and receive
• 4-bit to 16-bit frame
• Maximum SPI bus data bit rate of one half (Master mode) and one twelfth (Slave
mode) of the input clock rate
• DMA transfers supported by GPDMA
7.18 SD/MMC card interface
The Secure Digital and Multimedia Card Interface (MCI) allows access to external SD
memory cards. The SD card interface conforms to the SD Multimedia Card Specification
Version 2.11.