This paper presents a pulse-extender, a delay element, and a current-attenuator as auxiliary circuits that make it possible to have flexible interaction with memristor crossbars in spiking neural networks. In the presynaptic part, the pulse-extender makes the inputs compatible with the pulsed characterization of memristors. In the post-synaptic part, the current attenuator relaxes the system in terms of requiring low offset amplifiers and also makes it possible to design neurons with small membrane capacitors. The circuits are fabricated in a CMOS 180nm technology. The measurements verify that these blocks play an important role in reaching an SNN with real-time performance.