The DAC714 is a complete, easy-to-use 16-bit digital to analog converter featuring a voltage output with and a precision reference together with a serial interface. The suggested timing as shown in the timing diagrams of the DAC714 data sheet makes the part difficult to use with an SPI interface. The part seems to need 16 clock cycles to load the serial shift register and an additional clock to update the DAC register. Also, to update the DAC register, A1 has to be pulled low for this clock cycle. This application note shows an easy way to use the DAC714 on a SPI interface without any glue logic.