Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter Status: ACTIVE

Product Information

Description

The Aardvark™ I2C/SPI Host Adapter is a fast and powerful I2C bus and SPI bus host adapter through USB. It allows a developer to interface a Linux or Windows PC to a downstream embedded system environment and transfer serial messages using the I2C and SPI protocols.

See more about Total Phase's TP240141. (Note new part number!).

Features

• Fast I2C: True 400 kbps performance over higher bandwidth USB versus slower RS-232
• Supports standard mode (100 kbps) and fast (400 kbps) mode as well as various speeds ranging from 1 kHz to 800 kHz
• Supports inter-bit and inter-byte clock stretching
• Supports multi-master
• Master transmit and receive
• Software configurable target power pins to power downstream devices

• Operates in master or slave mode
• Up to 8 Mbps master signaling rate
• Up to 4 Mbps slave signaling rate
• Full duplex master transmit/receive

• I2C and SPI pins can be repurposed for more general use, allowing them to be used for custom signals on target systems
• GPIO functionality can also be combined with I2C or SPI to interact with your target system

• Free API, software, LabVIEW driver