EDN

Program the SPI bus with a DIO module

At L-3 Communications, we use PLLs (phase-locked loops) in many of our products to generate precise, stable signals. To program these parts, we must load several control registers with digital words ...
Design-Reuse

Understanding Interface Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) with DataStorm DAQ FPGA

Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) is used for the conversion of analog signals such as voltage to digital form so that they can be read and processed by a microcontroller or microprocessor. The user ...
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Serial Peripheral Interface. SPI, these three letters denote everything you asked for

Electronics is everywhere, especially these days. Many times, as frequent users, we do not even notice a “paradigm change” in the things we use on regular basis. We use a fridge, but we do not care ...
Electronic Design

USB-To-SPI Bridge Controller Cuts Connectivity Costs, Complexity

Silicon Labs’ CP2130 offers a solution for bridging a Universal Serial Bus (USB) host and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus. Silicon Labs’ CP2130 offers a solution for bridging a Universal Serial ...
Electronic Design

Isolate Your High-Speed SPI Bus Despite Long Propagation Delays

The serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus is a synchronous, full-duplex, serial data link commonly used for the short-distance data exchange between a master device, such as a microcontroller unit ...
Hackaday

Parts: 4×4 RGB Button Pad Controller SPI

We covered SparkFun’s new RGB button pad controller a few weeks ago. This is a full-color clone of the monome interface; a 4×4 grid of buttons with tri-color LEDs underneath. Each LED has 24bits of ...
EDN

SPI: These Three Letters Denote Everything You Asked For

Electronics are everywhere. Many times, as frequent users, we do not even notice a “paradigm change” in the things we use on regular basis. We use a fridge, but we do not care that there is a ...