u8 as default SPI Word

Author: burrbull

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Use `u8` as default SPI Word type
+
 ### Added
 - Added `Can` Controller Area Network traits.
 - `Error` traits for SPI, I2C and Serial traits. The error types used in those must

src/spi/blocking.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //! Implementing that marker trait will opt in your type into a blanket implementation.
 
 /// Blocking transfer
-pub trait Transfer<W> {
+pub trait Transfer<W = u8> {
     /// Error type
     type Error: crate::spi::Error;
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl<T: Transfer<W>, W> Transfer<W> for &mut T {
 }
 
 /// Blocking write
-pub trait Write<W> {
+pub trait Write<W = u8> {
     /// Error type
     type Error: crate::spi::Error;
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl<T: Write<W>, W> Write<W> for &mut T {
 }
 
 /// Blocking write (iterator version)
-pub trait WriteIter<W> {
+pub trait WriteIter<W = u8> {
     /// Error type
     type Error: crate::spi::Error;
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl<T: WriteIter<W>, W> WriteIter<W> for &mut T {
 ///
 /// This allows composition of SPI operations into a single bus transaction
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
-pub enum Operation<'a, W: 'static> {
+pub enum Operation<'a, W: 'static = u8> {
     /// Write data from the provided buffer, discarding read data
     Write(&'a [W]),
     /// Write data out while reading data into the provided buffer
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub enum Operation<'a, W: 'static> {
 
 /// Transactional trait allows multiple actions to be executed
 /// as part of a single SPI transaction
-pub trait Transactional<W: 'static> {
+pub trait Transactional<W: 'static = u8> {
     /// Associated error type
     type Error: crate::spi::Error;
 

src/spi/nb.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ///
 /// - Some SPIs can work with 8-bit *and* 16-bit words. You can overload this trait with different
 /// `Word` types to allow operation in both modes.
-pub trait FullDuplex<Word> {
+pub trait FullDuplex<Word = u8> {
     /// An enumeration of SPI errors
     type Error: crate::spi::Error;