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Serial Peripheral Interface

Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a de facto standard (with many variants) for synchronous serial communication, used primarily in embedded systems for short-distance wired communication between integrated circuits.

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Connector
Unspecified
Daisy chain
Depends on devices
Designed
Around early 1980s[note 1]
Designer
Motorola
Manufacturer
Various
Max. current
Unspecified

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Serial Peripheral Interface

Nodes157
Edges156
Triples53
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012739
Components1

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Serial Peripheral Interface

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related to Intelligent SPI controllers · 16
Serial Peripheral Interface → A/D, Consequently, CPU, DMA, GPIO, It, MCBSP, Most SPI, Multichannel Buffered Serial Port, Other, QSPI, Quad SPI, Queued Serial Peripheral Interface, Queued SPI, SPI, This
related to Intel's Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface · 6
Serial Peripheral Interface → An, Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface, Intel, Low Pin Count, LPC, SPI
related to External links · 3
Serial Peripheral Interface → Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface, Intel, SPI Tutorial
Connector · 1
Serial Peripheral Interface → Unspecified
Daisy chain · 1
Serial Peripheral Interface → Depends on devices
Designed · 1
Serial Peripheral Interface → Around early 1980s[note 1]
Designer · 1
Serial Peripheral Interface → Motorola
Manufacturer · 1
Serial Peripheral Interface → Various
Max. current · 1
Serial Peripheral Interface → Unspecified
Max. devices · 1
Serial Peripheral Interface → Multidrop limited by slave selects. Daisy chaining unlimited.

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spi slave master devices data clock serial bus used ss may interface signal communication use mode support signals bit slaves

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Serial Peripheral InterfaceConnectorUnspecified1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceDaisy chainDepends on devices1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceDesignedAround early 1980s[note 1]1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceDesignerMotorola1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceManufacturerVarious1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceMax. currentUnspecified1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceMax. devicesMultidrop limited by slave selects. Daisy chaining unlimited.1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceMax. voltageUnspecified1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceMISOMaster In Slave Out1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceMOSIMaster Out Slave In1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceProtocolFull-duplex serial1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceSCLKSerial Clock1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceSSSlave Select (one or more)1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceTypeSerial communication bus1.00infobox
Serial Peripheral InterfaceWidth1 bit (bidirectional)1.00infobox

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