This package contains some simple command line tools to help using Linux spidev devices.

Query or set the SPI configuration (mode, speed, bits per word, etc.)

Send and receive data simultaneously to and from a SPI device.

The tools are released under the GPLv2 license. See LICENSE file for details.

Christophe Blaess http://www.blaess.fr/christophe

First, get the latest version on https://github.com/cpb-/spi-tools.git

# autoreconf -fim
# ./configure

Simply do a make to build the tools, then make install to install them and the man pages. If you have to use a cross-compilation toolchain, simply fill the CROSS_COMPILE environment variable with the cross-compiler prefix. You can use make uninstall to remove the installed files.

• -d --device=<dev> use the given spi-dev character device.
• -q --query print the current configuration.
• -m --mode=[0-3] use the selected spi mode.
• -l --lsb={0,1} LSB first (1) or MSB first (0).
• -b --bits=[7...] bits per word.
• -r --spirdy={0,1} set the SPI_READY spi mode flag.
• -s --speed=<int> set the speed in Hz.
• -h --help help screen.
• -v --version display the version number.

$ spi-config -d /dev/spidev0.0 -q
/dev/spidev0.0: mode=0, lsb=0, bits=8, speed=500000
$

$ spi-config -d /dev/spidev0.0 -s 10000000
$ spi-config -d /dev/spidev0.0 -q
/dev/spidev0.0: mode=0, lsb=0, bits=8, speed=10000000
$

• -d --device=<dev> use the given spi-dev character device.
• -b --blocksize=<int> transfer block size in byte.
• -n --number=<int> number of blocks to transfer.
• -h --help help screen.
• -v --version display the version number.

Sending data from command-1 to SPI link and receiving data from SPI link to command-2

$ command_1 | spi-pipe -d /dev/spidev0.0 | command_2

Note that command_1, command_2 and spi-pipe run simultaneously in three parallel processes.

$ command_1 | spi-pipe -d /dev/spidev0.0

$ spi-pipe -d /dev/spidev0.0 < /dev/zero | command_2

You can also use command_2 < /dev/spidev0.0 but with spi-pipe you control what is sent to the device (always 0 in this case).

$ spi-pipe -d /dev/spidev0.0 -b 4 -n 40 < /dev/zero | command_2