Timing specifications

nRF5340 Product Specification

Symbol Description Min. Typ. Max. Units
fSPIM

Bit rates for SPIM1

162 Mbps
tSPIM,START

Time from START task to transmission started

1 µs
tSPIM,CSCK

SCK period

125 ns
tSPIM,RSCK,LD

SCK rise time, standard drivea

tRF,25pF
tSPIM,RSCK,HD

SCK rise time, high drivea

tHRF,25pF
tSPIM,FSCK,LD

SCK fall time, standard drivea

tRF,25pF
tSPIM,FSCK,HD

SCK fall time, high drivea

tHRF,25pF
tSPIM,WHSCK

SCK high timea

(tCSCK/2) - tRSCK - 1.5 ns
tSPIM,WLSCK

SCK low timea

(tCSCK/2) - tFSCK - 1.5 ns
tSPIM,SUMI

MISO to CLK edge setup time

19 ns
tSPIM,HMI

CLK edge to MISO hold time

10 ns
tSPIM,VMO

CLK edge to MOSI valid, SCK frequency ≤ 8 MHz

59 ns
tSPIM,VMO,HS

CLK edge to MOSI valid, SCK frequency > 8 MHz

.. .. .. ns
tSPIM,HMO

MOSI hold time after CLK edge

10 ns
Figure 4. SPIM timing diagram

SPI master timing diagram

1 High bit rates may require GPIOs to be set as High Drive, see GPIO chapter for more details.
2 Application core SPIM4 supports 32 Mbps write speed when running at 128 MHz.
3 At 25pF load, including GPIO pin capacitance, see GPIO spec.