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Check the MISO by connecting two 10K ohm resistors as shown in Figure 2. Some junk data may need to be read or written to SPDR to start the clock in a set-up where only one-way communication is being executed.Īdditional tips: Test your SPI to make sure that the MISO pin is disconnecting properly when the SS is not selected. To receive data that was put into SPDR in the last clock cycle as an MISO, read SPDR. SPDR is a Read/Write register to send data out to MOSI, write to SPDR. SPI has 3 registers: A Control Register (SPCR), a Status Register (SPSR), and a Data Register, (SPDR). SPI is efficient and easy to set up if there is one master and one slave. When the master wants to speak or listen to Slave_1, the SPI master pulls the SS_1 pin low (termed “active low”) and Slave_1 begins sending or receiving in synchronization with the shared clock line to the master. SPI comes in several variations, with some SPI chips featuring multiple MISO and MOSI (I/O) lines, all controlled by one clock, but allowing for more throughput.

SPI has no addressing scheme (such as with I2C). Both lines operate simultaneously, allowing communication in both directions simultaneously (full duplex). The other two lines in a basic 4-wire SPI master are for sending and receiving data: the MOSI (Master Out Slave IN) line is for the master to communicate to the slave, the other line is MISO (Master In Slave Out) which carries messages from the slave to the master. Credit: paul on under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.)
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The text in the Master above is code for Arduinos to protect bus access by beginning and ending all SPI transactions. Otherwise there’s a possibility that the SPI slave will “hear” communication that is meant for another slave. Figure 1: To reduce the chance for confusion in a multiple slave set-up, place pull up resistors on all chip selects (SS_n). The master will pull the SS line low when it’s time to communicate, otherwise, floating pins may cause non-selected devices to “hear” communication not meant for them.
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(Some SPIs on the market are “multi-master” devices where each master SPI must listen to the SS line to see if it is free before initiating a data transfer, but that can get complicated.) Especially in multiple slave set ups, SS lines should have pull-up resistors. An additional pin called the Slave Select (SS_n) pin is needed for each slave this is so the master can select which slave it wants to communicate with. How does the slave select line work? An SPI master has pins for one or multiple slaves if there is more than one, all slaves are listening to the same clock signal and the same communication line(s).
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An SPI interface with a minimum of 4 wires, however, can support full duplex (a two-lane highway), which would require one clock line, two one-way communication lines, and a slave select line. Either direction of communication is possible on that one (bi-directional) communication wire, but not simultaneously (you’re either coming or going on this single car-width bridge). If there are 3-wires the one communication line is either transmitting or receiving i.e., it is half-duplex. All data movement is coordinated by the clock.Ī basic SPI master talking to a single slave can work with just 3 wires: a clock, one communication line, and a slave select line.

The SPI master controls the clock (CLK) that is used to synchronize communication with the slave SPI device. The SPI master is often integrated as a feature in microcontrollers (MCUs). One drawback is that SPI tends to require more pins (and wires) than other communications interfaces, since SPI does not use addressing. (“Asynchronous” data does not use a clock to sync up the transmitted and received messages it is synchronized with a different method.) SPI can interface to many devices, including peripherals that aren’t specified as supporting SPI.

SPI supports standard synchronous protocols but does not specify a particular protocol. SPI can move up to several Mbps, is flexible enough to stream raw data in full duplex with little overhead, and is pretty flexible to work with.
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SPI is a simple serial communication interface that was originally developed by Motorola in the 1980s for use over short distances of a few feet.
