{"categories":[{"label":"Software Development","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development/16"},{"label":"Hardware","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-hardware"},{"label":"Hardware Drivers","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-hardware-hardware-drivers"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides Python bindings to interact with SPI devices on Linux systems through the spidev kernel driver, allowing user-space programs to read from and write to SPI hardware.","skillfed_tags":["embedded-linux","hardware-interface","spi-protocol"],"use_cases":["Control SPI-connected displays or LED matrices on a Raspberry Pi or similar embedded board.","Read sensor data from SPI-based accelerometers, temperature sensors, or analog-to-digital converters.","Interface with SPI flash memory chips or SD card controllers for embedded storage access.","Communicate with external SPI-connected microcontrollers or FPGAs in a larger embedded system.","Prototype hardware interfaces in Python without writing C kernel modules or using lower-level system calls directly."],"what_it_does":"Spidev is a thin Python wrapper around the Linux kernel's spidev userspace API for controlling SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) devices. It allows you to open a device file (typically /dev/spidev0.0), configure SPI parameters like clock speed and mode, and then read from or write to connected hardware. The package handles the low-level ioctl calls needed to communicate with the kernel driver, abstracting away the C API details.\n\nThe module is used primarily on embedded Linux systems\u2014Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, and similar platforms\u2014where you need to talk to SPI-connected peripherals like sensors, displays, or memory chips. It supports configurable settings (speed, polarity, phase, chip-select behavior) and provides both simple read/write operations and full duplex transfers. The package has no runtime dependencies beyond the Linux kernel and spidev driver itself.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are developing on Linux with SPI hardware and need straightforward Python access to it. The package is stable, permissively licensed, and has no known vulnerabilities. Install friction is moderate due to platform specificity, and maintenance is aging but not abandoned. Not suitable for non-Linux systems or projects requiring active feature development."},"id":"spidev","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/spidev","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/spidev.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/spidev/"},"maintenance":{"status":"aging"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-09-15","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"spidev","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Python bindings for Linux SPI access through spidev"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":121457,"position":11978,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.8"}