On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 10:34:45AM +0100, raphael Jacquot wrote:
care to share any links on explanations for that, I have never heard of that tech
Sure!
It's pretty common in microcontrollers because it uses very few lines for communication, yet can run at decent speeds.
I'm not sure if/where there is an official specification but this page has a nice explanation:
http://www.mct.net/faq/spi.html
The major benefit is that much smaller packages are possible (board land is precious) since the protocol needs (much) fewer signals.
//Peter