Lpc2000

Infineon's C16x family can do what you describe. It use a form of DMA called
Peripheral Event Controller, give it a pointer for the source, the
destination, number of transfers and let it rip!

Joe 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aalt Lokhorst [mailto:lokhorst@...] 
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 4:27 AM
> To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [lpc2000] Re: SPI usage - answer
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> Thanks Ezequiel and 'smt5211'
> 
> Hmm, seems that Philips already made the decision for me that 
> the ARM has to be the Master in my case. A byte for byte 
> communication is not acceptable for me, to much 
> synchronisation issues.
> 
> In my imagination I am dreaming of an SPI which uses a kind 
> of DMA. Give it some pointers to Tx/Rx buffers, total number 
> of bytes and go...
> 
> Probably we need a processor with a small FPGA integrated to 
> it so that we have the possibility to design 'custom' on chip 
> peripherals.
> 
> Nice dreaming, for now I will open my eyes again and continue working.
> 
> Thanks
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