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Low Speed "SPI" Synchronous Serial Interface
In addition
to the RS-232 asynchronous serial interface, the 632 Intelligent Serial
Display also features a SPI interface. This interface is a great, low-cost
way to connect the display to microcontrollers that do not have a UART
available. Any three general purpose output pins and a short "send
byte" routine are all that is needed. The display can even be controlled
by three of the pins on a PC's parallel port and the proper software.
A microprocessor's hardware SPI port can also be used, provided that
the port's speed can be set to satisfy the timing constraints. Another
useful feature of SPI is that additional displays can be controlled
with only one additional output port (SPI_CS) per display. All the other
lines (/SPI_CLK and SPI_DATA) are common.
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