‘Main Site Blog Playground Forum Labs Stor Signin or Register Reference Language | Libraries | Comparison | Changes SPI library This ibrary allows you to communicate with SPI device, with the Arduino a the master device A Brief Introduction to the Serial Peripheral Interface «spn Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is asynchronous serial data protocol ‘used by microcontrollers for communicating with one or more peripheral Aovices quickly over short distances. It ean also be used for ‘communication between two microcontrollers Functions + begin endo % setBitOrder0 1 setCloekDivider) * setDataModed) “ transfer “Due Extended SPI usageWith an SPI connection theres always one master device (usuallya Examples microcontroller) whieh controlsthe peripheral devices Typically there g ometricPressureSensor: Read ait se three ines common tal the devices pressure and temperature froma sensor “4 MISO (Master In Slave Out) ~The Slave line for sending data tothe using SPI master, ‘ SPIDigtalPot: Control a digital, “‘ MOSI (Master Ovt Slave In)-"The Master line for sending datato the potentiometer using SPL peripherals, 4 SCK Gerial Clock)-The clock pulses which synchronize data «See also ‘transmission generated by the master 4 shifcout + shifttnd and one line specific for every device: “# 88 (Slave Slect)-the pin on each deviee thatthe mast enable and disable specific devices. an use to vith the master ‘When a device's Slave Select pin islow,iteommunieat ‘When it's high it ignores the master. This allows you to have multiple SPI devices sharing the same MISO, MOSI, and CLK lines. To write code for anew SPI device you need to note afew things: “& Is data shifted in Most Significant Bit (SB) or Least Significant Bit (LSB) first? This s controlled by the SPL.setBitOrder) function. “ Is the data clock ile when high or low? Are samples on therising or falling edge of clock pulses? These modes are controlled by the SPI.setDataModeO function. “# What speed isthe SPI running a? This is controlled by the SPL.setClockDivider0 function. The diferent. This means you have to pay special attention tothe device's standards loose and each device implements italittledatasheet when writing your code Generally speaking, there are four modes of transmission. These modes control whether datas shifted in and out onthe rising or falling edge of the data clock signal alle the clock phase), and whether the clock is fle wien high or low called the clock polarity). The four modes combine polarity and phase aecording to ths table: polarity and phase _Bvery SPI device has a maximum allowed speed for SPI Bus, The SPL.setClockDivider() allows you to change the clock speed to make your Advice working properly (default is 43H). Once you have your SPI parameters set correctly you just need to figure ‘which registers in your device control which functions, and you're good ogo. This willbe explained in the datasheet for your device. or more on SPI, see Wikipedia's page on SP.