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20 years ago

Using the SPI core for external devices

Hello all, As I read through the Peripherals handbook about the SPI core of Nios, I wonder if it is applicable to any external device which works by SPI. Something tells me that the SPI core ha...
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20 years ago

I would recommand using PIO, instead of the altera SPI core. I have been using PIO to interface to serial eerom/flash. SPI is slow, it is easy to use / customize it in software. You can find some sample programs from vendors.