Entry points

This software will have entry points designed to optimize the scarce bus resources, and allow all client access to the SIBs. The list of entry points shall include at least the following:

open

prepares the SIB to interact with the client.

close

disconnects the SIB from the client task.

read

reads a 16 bit value from the SIB specified

write

writes a 16 bit value to the SIB specified

writeBits

This function sets a bitfield value in the SIB specified.

reset

initializes the SIB and downloads the current values that the MCB software thinks ought to be in there.

test

performs some test routines on the SIB.

blockRead

reads a bank of several registers from the SIB. This is intended to be used in the case where a controlled delay between samples read is needed.

blockWrite

writes a bank of several registers in the SIB. This is intended to be used for cases, such as initializing memory, etc. Some devices might exist where this would be useful.