Interfacing serial peripheral connecter with parallel bus

[torchwood]

I'm not 100% sure that this is in the right board, but...

I need to attach an inclinometer to a data translation board. The DAQ module in question is a DT9816 from Data Translation, and in inclinometers one of those being looked at is the ADIS16209CCCZ from Analog Devices. This has a serial peripheral interface (SPI) connecter, and is typically designed to be hooked up to a microcontroller. I was wondering if anybody knew of any ways to bypass using a microcontroller, e.g. if there is a piece of equipment I could put between the two that will interface the inclinometer's SPI with the parallel buses on the DAQ module.

Thanks.

 

[Studiot]

The device you seek is called a UART.

http://focus.ti.com/analog/docs/gencontent.tsp?familyId=361&genContentId=32544

Google has many entries on explanation.