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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Gwenhael Goavec-Merou <gwenhael.goavec-merou@trabucayre.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SRC_SPIINTERFACE_HPP_
+#define SRC_SPIINTERFACE_HPP_
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+/*!
+ * \file SPIInterface.hpp
+ * \class SPIInterface
+ * \brief abstract class between spi implementation and converters
+ * \author Gwenhael Goavec-Merou
+ */
+
+class SPIInterface {
+ public:
+	virtual ~SPIInterface() {}
+
+	/*!
+	 * \brief send a command, followed by len byte.
+	 * \param[in] cmd: command/opcode to send
+	 * \param[in] tx: buffer to send
+	 * \param[in] rx: buffer for read access
+	 * \param[in] len: number of byte to send/receive (cmd not comprise)
+	 *                 to send only a cmd set len to 0
+	 * \return 0 when success
+	 */
+	virtual int spi_put(uint8_t cmd, uint8_t *tx, uint8_t *rx,
+						uint16_t len) = 0;
+
+	/*!
+	 * \brief send a command, followed by len byte.
+	 * \param[in] tx: buffer to send
+	 * \param[in] rx: buffer for read access
+	 * \param[in] len: number of byte to send/receive
+	 * \return 0 when success
+	 */
+	virtual int spi_put(uint8_t *tx, uint8_t *rx, uint16_t len) = 0;
+
+	/*!
+	 * \brief wait until register content and mask match cond, or timeout
+	 * \param[in] cmd: register to read
+	 * \param[in] mask: mask used with read byte
+	 * \param[in] cond: condition to wait
+	 * \param[in] timeout: number of try before fail
+	 * \return 0 when success, -ETIME when timeout occur
+	 */
+	virtual int spi_wait(uint8_t cmd, uint8_t mask, uint8_t cond,
+			uint32_t timeout, bool verbose = false) = 0;
+};
+#endif  // SRC_SPIINTERFACE_HPP_