Hi Sebastian,
> I am wondering if the Netzer can assume the role of an SPI bus master (for
example, to read out data from an ADC), and > if yes, then what the maximum
sustained data rate is that it can handle on the SPI bus.
Yes the Netzer has a SPI master mode. See this quiet new page for more
informations:
http://www.mobacon.de/wiki/doku.php/en/netzer/spi-master
> For example, could the Netzer handle a 25MHz SPI slave (25 Mbps)... ?
No. Netzer only supports a maximum data rate of 10.4 Mbps.
Best regards,
Sven