I am very new to AVR and even for coding of micro-controllers. I wanted to shift out 32 bit data on SPI from a Atmega16 to a 32 bit shift register. The shift register in not an SPI compatible device. But still hope to use to get the fast transmission.
Since the AVR is having only 8 bit data register, only one byte of data can be written on it. So I need to shift our 32 bits of data. I am able to do the same like making SS# low->load first byte of data->wait till transmission complete->make SS# to high to latch the data. I am doing it four 4 times and getting the 32 bit output. But the issue here is the clock is not continuous, for each byte there is a delay between the clock burst. In this this case the external shift register will not get the 32 bit continuously since for every byte I am doing the SS# low and high. I need to get the complete data packet continuously with out any break. I am digging further into this to resolve.
It would be helpful for me in the meantime if someone can share any idea.
Regards, Prabhu