Serial Peripheral Interface

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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. SPI follows a master–slave architecture, where a device (variously called master, leader, controller, main...) orchestrates communication with one or more devices (variously called slave, follower, peripheral, target...) by driving the clock and chip select signals. As there is no formal standard, some manufacturers introduce devices with the ability to change their roles on the fly. Motorola's original specification (from the early 1980s) uses four logic signals, aka lines or wires, to support full duplex communication. It is sometimes called a four-wire serial bus to contrast with three-wire variants which are half duplex, and with the two-wire I²C and 1-Wire serial buses. Typical applications include interfacing microcontrollers with peripheral chips for Secure Digital...

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