Figure 29 shows the serial interfac

Figure 29 shows the serial interface between the AD9832 and the 68HC11/68L11 microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured as the master by setting bit MSTR in the SPCR to 1, which provides a serial clock on SCK while the MOSI output drives the serial data line SDATA. Because the microcontroller does not have a dedicated frame sync pin, the FSYNC signal is derived from a port line (PC7). The setup conditions for correct operation of the interface are as follows: SCK idles high between write operations (CPOL = 0), and data is valid on SCK falling edge (CPHA = 1). When data is transmitted to the AD9832, the FSYNC line is taken low (PC7). Serial data from the 68HC11/68L11 is transmitted in 8-bit bytes with only 8 falling clock edges occurring in the transmit cycle. Data is transmitted MSB first. To load data into the AD9832, PC7 is held low after the first 8 bits are transferred and a second serial write operation is performed to the AD9832. Only after the second 8 bits have been transferred should FSYNC be taken high again