The device has a set of internal registers that can be accessed by the serial interface formed by the SEN (serial interface enable), SCLK (serial interface clock), SDATA (serial interface data), and SDOUT (serial interface data output) pins. Serially shifting bits into the device is enabled when SEN is low. Serial data SDATA are latched at every SCLK rising edge when SEN is active (low). The serial data are loaded into the register at every 24th SCLK rising edge when SEN is low. When the word length exceeds a multiple of 24 bits, the excess bits are ignored. Data can be loaded in multiples of 24-bit words within a single active SEN pulse. The interface can function with SCLK frequencies from 20 MHz down to very low speeds (of a few hertz) and also with a non-50% SCLK duty cycle.