Hello, Im trying to implement single master(atsam4e8c) and multiple slave(sensors-all are same) Spi. I have few questions regarding this. I have initialized the master in my code. I took reference of initializing master in of the forums here. 1.However,Do I need to initialize the sensors(slaves) in my code? 2.How do I call 6 slaves one by one in the code? Thank you for your inputs. Please let me know for any information do I need to provide.
-CS (Chip Select) signals OR -Daisy Chain Slaves
Hello Chriss It is based on chip select signals.
I have seen the post from Jörg Wunsch regarding this. However I have few questions.
The slaves are all on the same MOSI line, but they listen only if their SS is low. So you have to set the SS_Slave0 pin low and send the data, read on MISO_Slave1 (or MISO if it is only one line). Then start slave1 and so on. Initializing slaves is normally done by sending some messages to them, I think displays work this way (send settings first, then data to show). If your sensor needs it is shown in its datasheet. Don't mix it with SPI slave initiliazing of your controller.
Aditya K. wrote: > 2.How do I call 6 slaves one by one in the code? You can't. SPI simply are 2 concatenated shift registers: one in the master and one in the slave. So you cannot select 6 slaves at the same time. You must select one after the other. Or you must connect them in a daisy chain (if the sensors are able to handle that). > multiple slave(sensors-all are same) Which ones? Type? Datasheet? > Do I need to initialize the sensors(slaves) in my code? That information can be found in the sensors datasheet only...
those are inertial sensors.I need to read the values from those sensors.If i need to initialize all the 6 sensors, is it to be done when I select the particular chip select?
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As a guideline: to communicate with one of the sensors you need to pull the chip select wire for that sensor low. Otherwise the sensor will ignore everything happening one the MOSI Line. If you need to give some initialiszation to the sensor can be found in the datasheet of that sensor. There is no difference between one sensor and a bunch of them. Each sensor ignores the SPI bus unless its Chip Select Input is pulled low. You need to differntiate between the communication on a technical level (the SPI bus) and what needs to be sent on that bus. The former is a technical thing how the SPI bus works in principle. The later is dependend on the client and can be found in its datasheet.
>> multiple slave(sensors-all are same) > Which ones? Type? Datasheet? bmi160 inertial sensors
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