Cascading SPI devices to PIC 16F/18F

Hello All,
When two devices are Cascaded to a uC via SPI is it possible to send seperate commands to each device without having to control CS(SS) on each device.

I am a little confused with the SPI Cascading description. does the word length increase to 16 bits when two devices are cascaded, with the first 8 bits being sent going to the second device(as it would get shifted out of first device) and then the second 8 bits then going to the first device in the chain?
Or would the first 8 bits get shifted in to both devices and then when second 8 bits is sent it then gets shifted into both devises? (this not what i want).

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Cascading SPI devices to PIC 16F/18F

Hello All,
When two devices are Cascaded to a uC via SPI is it possible to send seperate commands to each device without having to control CS(SS) on each device.

I am a little confused with the SPI Cascading description. does the word length increase to 16 bits when two devices are cascaded, with the first 8 bits being sent going to the second device(as it would get shifted out of first device) and then the second 8 bits then going to the first device in the chain?
Or would the first 8 bits get shifted in to both devices and then when second 8 bits is sent it then gets shifted into both devises? (this not what i want).
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Hi I posted this to day in some other trhead.
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/spi.pdf
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Hi t0

I had read this info from Microchip, .
It shows how to use a PIC for SPI interfacing to one or more devices by using the Chip Enable(SS) pin.

But this does not answer my questioni.
Perhaps i was not specific enough.

Is there another method to cascade two or more SPI devices with out using the (SS) pin?

Thanks

 

Hi t0

I had read this info from Microchip, .
It shows how to use a PIC for SPI interfacing to one or more devices by using the Chip Enable(SS) pin.
But this does not answer my questioni.
Perhaps i was not specific enough.
Is there another method to cascade two or more SPI devices with out using the (SS) pin?
Thanks

The SPI follows the principals of a buss system. Many can listen, but only one can talk at the same time. So I am quite sure the answer will be no. But you should explain exactly what you try to do with drawing and some more info. Like what PIC are you using and what is the SPI device. Only then we can say for sure