import spidev import time spi = spidev.SpiDev() # create spi object spi.open(1,0) # open spi port 1, device (CS) 0 try: while True: resp = spi.xfer2([0xAA]) # transfer one byte time.sleep(0.1) # sleep for 0.1 seconds except KeyboardInterrupt: # Ctrl+C pressed, so... spi.close()