SPI Slave Wishbone Master Controller

SPI Slave Wishbone Master Controller

Details

Category: Communication Controller

Created: July 21, 2018

Updated: January 27, 2020

Language: VHDL

Other project properties

WishBone compliant: Yes

WishBone version: B.4

License: LGPL

Description

If a FPGA or CPLD needs to be coupled to a microcontroller often a fast interface is needed. Many controllers do not provide an external address/data bus. Even if, this would require many wires and pins at both parts. Alternatively we can use one of the standard serial peripherals such as
 

Bus type typical max. baud rate needed pins
SPI 15..30 Mbit/s 4
I2C often: 400 kbit/s
sometimes: 1 Mbit/s
seldom:3 Mbit/s
2
UART 5 Mbit/s 2
SD/MMC 12/25/48MHz @
1/4/8 datalines
3/6/10

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