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Hi I'm trying to interface an audio codec chip VS1053B with my STM32L476 Microcontroller. But in the microcontroler there is SPI interface and in the VS1053B chip it is SCI interface with few extra pins as, XCS - Send Command (Active Low) , XDCS - Send Data (Active Low), XRST - Reset (Active Low), DREQ - Data Request.
What is the purpose of these pins? is it possible to interface this IC using SPI? What are the major differences between the interfaces, SPI,SCI and SDI??
In the descrition of the VS1053B on Adafruit you can see that there is :
And here there is a response about SCI :
SCI is not a standard term. Usually it's called a UART, and that's the interface you would use to communicate between the dev board and the PC. SPI is used for communication between chips on a board, supports higher speeds, and has a single master clock. UARTs are used for longer distances, each side asynchronously transmits their own data such that the clock can be recovered from it, and is usually transmitted at speeds just necessary for human interface devices such as keyboards.
So SCI is a sort of UART and you can find more infos here : http://www.ece.utep.edu/courses/web3376/SCI%20Overview.html
This section from the datasheet is useful -
