SPI
SPI requires the following pins:
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SCK, to synchronize devices
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MOSI/COPI, for data transfer from the master to the slave
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MISO/CIPO, for data transfer from the slave to the master
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SS/CS (one for each slave), for selecting a slave to communicate with
Though it varies by chip manufacturer, the general process is to pull the desired CS pin low, perform a transfer, and set CS high again. In the Arduino SPI library, these steps should be surrounded by SPI.beginTransaction() and SPI.endTransaction().