SmartDV’s SPI Verification IP is a comprehensive solution for verifying the Serial Peripheral Interface, the de facto standard synchronous serial protocol used throughout embedded systems for short-distance communication between microcontrollers and peripheral devices. Fully compliant with SPI Block Guide V04.01 and the SQI interface specification, it supports complete verification of SPI Master and Slave components across 3-wire and 4-wire interface configurations, 1-bit and 4-bit bus widths, data widths from 4 to 64 bits, all four standard clock polarity and clock phase mode combinations, daisy-chain connections, and an extensive library of standard device models spanning Flash, EEPROM, FRAM, RTC, SQI, and multiple vendor-specific command protocols.
SmartDV’s SPI VIP supports UVM, SystemVerilog, and Verilog, and integrates seamlessly into diverse verification environments. It is simulator-independent and compatible with all leading EDA simulators, providing flexibility across simulation platforms.
With customizable single, dual, and quad mode operation for command, address, and data phases, configurable dummy cycles, configurable memory density, baud rate selection, glitch insertion and detection, Mode Fault error detection, backdoor access for memory and registers, built-in functional coverage, and a complete test suite, SmartDV’s SPI VIP enables verification teams to thoroughly validate SPI interface designs for microcontrollers, sensors, memory devices, real-time clocks, and any embedded application requiring flexible low-pin-count serial peripheral connectivity.
