how to interface SPI with altera using state machines!?

Altera_Forum · ‎11-22-2009

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hi! I'm new to using the quartus II software and altera so i'm learning as i go along,

right now I want to interface the altera board with SPI (serial interface protocol) to connect to a DAC. i'm going to send a signal of square waves into the dac and output sine waves!

I have to write the code using VHDL and encoding it as a a state machine to get the same waveform on the top ( i got it from the datasheet of the DAC)

here is the datasheet

http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet2/c/0h9iz44c8qcc5rwpsx8ifsyw6rcy.pdf

i need a constant voltage output

as clock toggles, i want the state to change (every positive rising clock edge)

but as I'm new to VHDL , i' dont know how to really start the "template" for a state machine in the language

i have 16 states total,

but the last 12 states, i want the altera to read the data

how do i program it to read the data?

i am writing it in terms of states/substates, using CASES.

 
LIBRARY ieee;
USE ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
ENTITY SPI IS
    PORT( clock, reset : IN STD_LOGIC;
    SCLK, MOSI, SS :OUT STD_LOGIC);
    END SPI;
    
ARCHITECTURE Behaviour OF SPI IS 
    TYPE State_type IS
    (AB,BUF,GA,SHDN,s11,s10,s9,s8,s7,s6,s5,s4,s3,s2,s1,s0);
    SIGNAL y: State_type;
BEGIN 
    --SYNC_PROC: process (CLOCK, RESET) 
    PROCESS(clock, reset)
    if reset='1' then 
                state <=AB;
    elsif rising_edge(clock) then
                state <=y;
    END if;
    END process;
    
    PROCESS(y, clock, reset)
    BEGIN 
        Case y is
                when AB=>
---continuing the state changes here....i am confused what to do

thank you!!!

Altera_Forum · ‎11-22-2009

It can basically work with a state machine. In my opinion, using a shift register and a bit counter is a more simple solution. See attached an example sending 24 bit data with SPI mode 1. Consider that your chip needs 16 bits and SPI mode 0. The code is generating a SPICLK of half the system clock, which should be suitable for most newer chips.

Altera_Forum · ‎11-26-2009

sr <= x"00" & STD_LOGIC_VECTOR What does this sentence mean?

while

data : IN STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(15 downto 0);

SIGNAL sr : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(23 downto 0);

Altera_Forum · ‎11-26-2009

The sentence should be sr <= x"00" & STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(data);

Altera_Forum · ‎11-26-2009

Is there missing a " ' " after the VECTOR?