Quote Originally Posted by prstein View Post
The only thing I don't like about SHIFTIN/SHIFTOUT is that they are so slow. But following advice from another thread (several threads actually) about SPI I used them to make sure everything was working in some fashion before I stepped up to the hardware SPI. Reversing the MISO/MOSI connections was just one of the many errors I started with. (I also spent an hour trying to figure out why I couldn't get *any* response from the F-RAM; turns out I hadn't actually installed the chip yet!)

Best Regards,
Paul
Just follow up with the my test. It is interesting that because I didn't specify the SCK's direction which killed the engine for SPI. Right now it is working. A little tricky problem, and anyway I appreciate your help very much!!!