| SPI Feature | AFE Component | ||
| LM96570 Beamformer | LM96530 TR Switch | VCA8500 PGA/LNA | |
| Clock Frequency | 62.5 MHz | 7.8 MHz | 7.8 MHz |
| Clock Phase | Low | Low | High |
| Clock Polarity | Low | Low | Low |
| Mode | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LSB First | No | No | Yes |
| Clock Inversion | No | No | No |
| Data Hold time | 100 ns | 50 ns | 80ns |
| Max. Bytes in a burst | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| Time to program | 1.5 µs | 1 µs | 5.2 µs |