mhei/sppi

This is a C++ library that makes it easier to communicate with SPI devices on Linux. SPI is a standard way that microcontrollers and sensors talk to each other over a few wires, think of it like a fast serial cable. Linux already has built-in support for this, but the official interface is clunky and low-level. This wrapper simplifies it so developers can send and receive data with just a few lines of code. At its core, the library sits between your C++ program and Linux's SPI driver. Instead of writing complex setup code and managing buffers yourself, you create an SPPI object pointing to your SPI device, then call simple functions like transfer() to send data and get a response back. It handles the messy details behind the scenes, opening the right files, formatting the data correctly, and handling errors. The library is particularly useful if you're building hardware projects on a Linux board like a Raspberry Pi and need to talk to sensors, displays, or other components over SPI. For example, if you're reading data from a temperature sensor connected via SPI, you'd normally write 20+ lines of boilerplate code. With this wrapper, you write three. It also solves a real problem: if you need to control which chip you're talking to, and you don't have enough physical chip-select pins on your board, you can write custom logic to control that selection through other GPIO pins, the library gives you a hook to do that. One thoughtful feature is built-in locking, which means multiple parts of your program (or even multiple programs) can safely share the same SPI hardware without stepping on each other's toes. The README suggests reading the actual code for advanced usage, so it's fairly minimal on documentation, but the basic API is straightforward enough that anyone comfortable writing C++ should pick it up quickly.