Hi I am working with a BB3210 and he requires 16Bit seriel data input "plain" just the data no start stop or parity bit. My issue now is how to handle this in a clever way with a uC (proposed one is a PIC18) I came up with 3 basic solutions 1)use a uC output to generate the Serial code and send the data via bit shift bit for bit use 2 other uC out for the CS and CLK unfortunately I like to use this for 16 channels so I need 8x 2310 2)write via 8 bit databus from the uC a shift register then clock the lsb bit to the 2310 and bit shift the complete data. 3)use the available SPI or UART where as far as I can know always one start stop or parity bit is generated I am not so deep inside the PIC serial communication maybe there is also any other clever idea to use a shift register with some logic Any beter solutions are welcome
Frank wrote: > I am working with a BB3210 Any reference? > 3)use the available SPI or UART where as far as I can know always one > start stop or parity bit is generated SPI does not have start or stop pulses but uses a separate bit clock provided by the master. However, with 8-bit SPI hardware modules (as typically found in microcontrollers), you cannot chain two 8-bit transfers together without at least some minimal additional delay (to setup the new SPI data register value) between both 8-bit (partial) transfers.
Sorry to be more presice it is a BurrBrown now TI PGA 2310 Stereo Audio Volume Control . This a high quality audio component that act very simular to a VCA´. I will use this (actual 8 of them) to build a high end pre amplifier Data sheet here: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/pga2310.html Issue is that both channels are controlled by a seriell dataword just the dataword no startstop bit or parity (like on page 8) The main problem is now how to generate a plain 16 bit serial data word with the uC (8 bit serial data without any "disturbing" start stop or parity)
This is a standard SPI protocol. All you have to do is to initiate two 8-bit transactions.
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If you uC's SPI interface is not able to send 16bit at ones, you can send the first eight bits then the next eight bits by holding CS active. (see attached picture)
Many thanks to all, Also for me SPI seems to be the best solution I thought SPI has always a start and Stop bit as a definition, so I had to have a more detailed look at the uC specification ,- bye the way this will be a PIC18F8520 deu to a useage for a touch screen and already available resources.
Frank wrote: > Also for me SPI seems to be the best solution I thought SPI has always a > start and Stop bit as a definition Nope, it doesn't. SPI just has data bits, nothing else. You're confusing the setup time for the slave select signal, but there's no clock edge involved.
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