Thread: Help with Arduino and SPI
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Unread 18-05-2011, 01:36
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Re: Help with Arduino and SPI
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Originally Posted by unclewaldo View Post
Try getting a copy of "Arduino Cookbook" [O'Reilly Books] by Michael Margolis
[ISBN978-0-596-80247-9] page 418 ..Chap 13 / problem 13.8 Driving Multidigit, 7-segment Displays Using SPI ... this might be helpful to understand and also for code ...
Got the book. That really helps. I was missing the concept of setting the chip select pin low, writing the two bytes, then setting it high. Got my device working now. Thanks.
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