SPI is included with the Adafruit_BBIO library. The following are the basics on how to use it.

You can import the SPI module:

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from Adafruit_BBIO.SPI import SPI

from Adafruit_BBIO.SPI import SPI

Once you've imported it, you'll want to initialize the bus and device:

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spi = SPI(0,0)

spi = SPI(0,0)

The BeagleBone Black (BBB) includes SPI0, as well as SPI1. SPI1 is currently not available by default as the HDMI interface is utilizing one of the pins.

Note: It is not possible to use SPI1 on the BeagleBone Black without disabling the HDMI interface.

There are four /dev/spidev* bus and device combinations available. They are available by executing the following code:

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#import the library
from Adafruit_BBIO.SPI import SPI

#Only need to execute one of the following lines:
#spi = SPI(bus, device) #/dev/spidev<bus>.<device>
spi = SPI(0,0)	#/dev/spidev1.0
spi = SPI(0,1)	#/dev/spidev1.1
spi = SPI(1,0)	#/dev/spidev2.0
spi = SPI(1,1)	#/dev/spidev2.1

#import the library
from Adafruit_BBIO.SPI import SPI

#Only need to execute one of the following lines:
#spi = SPI(bus, device) #/dev/spidev<bus>.<device>
spi = SPI(0,0)	#/dev/spidev1.0
spi = SPI(0,1)	#/dev/spidev1.1
spi = SPI(1,0)	#/dev/spidev2.0
spi = SPI(1,1)	#/dev/spidev2.1

If you'd like to disable HDMI to access SPI1, you can add the following to your uEnv.txt file in the small FAT partition on your BBB:

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mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/boot
nano /mnt/boot/uEnv.txt
#change contents of uEnv.txt to the following:
optargs=quiet capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN

mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/boot
nano /mnt/boot/uEnv.txt
#change contents of uEnv.txt to the following:
optargs=quiet capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN