
Cheetah SPI Host Adapter
TP280121
The Cheetah™ SPI Host Adapter is a high-speed SPI adapter capable of communicating at up to 40+ MHz. The Cheetah adapter is specifically designed to communicate with high-speed, SPI based flash memory. This adapter is an ideal tool to develop, debug, and program SPI-based systems.
- SPI master at up to 40+ MHz
- Transaction queuing for maximum throughput
- Pipelined architecture for gapless shifting
- Precise timing and user-insertable delays
- Supports up to 3 slave selects
- Flash/EEPROM programming; in-system or stand-alone
- I2C/SPI Product Guide
Part Number TP240141 TP280121 TP500110 TP320121 User Manual HTML HTML HTML HTML Datasheet PDF PDF PDF PDF RoHS Compliant I2C Master
Up to 800 kHz 1
Up to 3.4 MHzI2C Slave
Up to 800 kHz 1
Up to 3.4 MHzSPI Master
Up to 8 MHz 2
up to 40 MHz+ 3
Up to 80 MHzSPI Slave
Up to 4 MHz 2
Up to 20 MHzGPIO
Up to 16I2C Monitor
up to 4 MHzSPI Monitor
up to 24 MHzWindows, Linux & Mac OS X USB Bus Powered Device
Full-Speed
High-Speed
High-Speed
High-SpeedSoftware GUI Development API / DLL LabVIEW Driver Dimensions L: 3.5″ (8.9 cm)
W: 1.6″ (4.1 cm)
D: 0.9″ (2.2 cm)L: 3.5″ (8.9 cm)
W: 1.6″ (4.1 cm)
D: 0.9″ (2.2 cm)L: 4.55″ 11.6 cm)
W: 3.05″ (7.7 cm)
D: 1.15″ (2.9 cm)L: 4.6″ (11.7 cm)
W: 2.75″ (7.0 cm)
D: 1.1″ (2.8 cm)1Actual system bus speed may vary as a function of capacitance.
2The quoted values are intra-byte speeds. Please refer to the datasheet for timing restrictions.
3Customers have successfully over-clocked the Cheetah SPI adapter to 50MHz.
Total Phase also has a number of accessories that can be used in conjunction with the products above.
Tech Specs
Bit Rate
- SPI Master: 0.1 MHz – 40+ MHz
Target Bus Interface
- SPI Master
Target Bus Cable
- 10-pin ribbon cable
- 1.27 mm (0.05″) pitch
- 25.4 mm (1″) length
Host Bus Interface
- USB 2.0
- Standard-B receptacle
Target Bus Connector
- Type : 2×5 IDC female, 2.54 mm (0.10″) pitch
- Pinout
- Power Pins: GND (Pins 2, 10), NC/+5V (Pins 4,6)
- SPI Pins: SS2 (Pin1), SS3 (Pin 3), MISO (Pin 5), SCLK (Pin 7) MOSI (Pin 8), SS1 (Pin 9)
DC Characteristics
- Target Power: +5V, 25mA max
- I2C/SPI Signal: 3.3V, 10mA
Operating Temperatures
- 10-35 degrees C (50-95 Degrees F)
Hardware
- Cheetah SPI Host Adapter
- 6 ft USB-A to USB-B Cable
- One Year Warranty
Software (web downloads)
- Flash Center Software
- Control Center Serial Software
- Cheetah Software API
- Cheetah LabVIEW Driver
- USB Drivers
- Linux USB Hot Plug Configuration files
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Intel or AMD processor operating at 2 GHz or faster
- 1 GB physical RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 2 GB or more available hard disk space
- Full-speed USB port
- VGA capable of 1024-x768 or higher screen resolution
- Internet access is helpful
Available Software
- Control Center Serial Software
- Flash Center Software
- Cheetah Software API
- Cheetah LabVIEW Driver
Required Software (Windows & Linux)
- USB Drivers
PC Requirements & Supported Operating Systems
- Windows: 7, 8, 8.1, 10
- Linux: Red Hat, SuSE, Ubuntu, Fedora
- Mac OS X: 10.7 – 10.14
Dimensions and Weight
- (W x D x L) 55.6 x 22.2 x 89 mm (2.19″x0.87″x3.5″)
- 64 grams (0.14 lbs)