Re: is it possible to interface SPI to serial?

From: Wim Ton (wimton_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:47:59 GMT

"Michael Noone" <mnoone.uiuc.edu@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:Xns95F09555824A3mnooneuiucedu127001@216.148.227.77...
> Hi - I'm looking to connect an RF chip with an SPI interface
> (http://www.nordicsemi.no/index.cfm?obj=product&act=display&pro=83) to a
> computer through the serial port. Right now I'm just planning on putting a
> microcontroller that has both a uart and an spi interface between the
> computer and the chip - but are there any more elegant solutions? Thanks,
>
> Michael

It is also possible to bit-bang the status lines of the serial port. You
need level shifters/drives of course. It moves the programming effort from
the uC to to PC's OS

Wim

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