ZHCSJH7 March 2019 DS90UB940N-Q1
PRODUCTION DATA.
The SPI control channel uses the secondary link in a 2-lane FPD-Link III implementation. Two possible modes are available: forward channel and reverse channel mode. In forward channel mode, the SPI master is located at the serializer and allows the SPI data to flow in the same direction as the video data. In reverse channel mode, the SPI master is located at the deserializer and allows the SPI data to flow in the opposite direction of the video data.
The SPI control channel can operate in high-speed mode when writing data, but the SPI must operate at lower frequencies when reading data. During SPI reads, data is clocked from the slave to the master on the SPI clock falling edge. Thus, the SPI read must operate with a clock period that is greater than the round trip data latency. On the other hand, for SPI writes, data can be sent at much higher frequencies where the MISO pin can be ignored by the master.
SPI data rates are not symmetrical for the two modes of operation. Data over the forward channel can be sent much faster than data over the reverse channel.
NOTE
SPI cannot be used to access serializer or deserializer registers.