Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Peripheral

SPI utilizes separate clock and data lines to ensure synchronicity between both the host and client. The oscillating clock signal tells the receiver when to read bits on the data line. Since both data and clock signals are in sync, there is no need to specify clock speed. SPI offers faster throughput speeds compared to asynchronous serial protocols and can support multiple target/client devices (with multiple Serial Selects) so that one host device can read various sensor data. 

The following peripherals support SPI communication on 8-bit devices:

• SPI
• Master Synchronous Serial Port (MSSP)