Data conversion interface for selecting bit length of serial-parallel or parallel-serial converted data

摘要

The data conversion interface has a clock signal generator (20) which produces a clock signal in response to a mode signal indicative of operation in one of at least two data length modes of transmission. A serial/parallel converter (38) receives the clock signal, the mode signal and serial data, and converts the serial data into parallel data with a data length defined by the mode signal. The data lengths may be 8 bit and 16 bit. An Independent claim is included for a data conversion interface.