New to Arduino, would like to do SPI/serial pass

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New to Arduino, would like to do SPI/serial pass though. When data comes in on SPI port it is passed up to serial and vice versa.

Hello,

I am looking for something to test an SPI port on something else. Thought it would be cool if I could have a device to pass data from SPI up to serial or USB on a PC. Came across Arduino.

  1. Can the USB/serial and SPI ports be used at the same time?

  2. Has this already been done someplace?

-I doubt there is a difference or it depends but which board should I pick up. Duemilanove?

Thanks

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Can the USB/serial and SPI ports be used at the same time?

YES

Has this already been done someplace?

Probably not but look at the separate examples at:-
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Main/InterfacingWithHardware

Any board will do this.