Hack Club Sprig has no accessible SPI bus

[leahanderson1]

CircuitPython version and board name

Adafruit CircuitPython 10.0.3 on 2025-10-17; Hack Club Sprig with rp2040

Code/REPL

spi = board.SPI()

Behavior

>>> spi = board.SPI()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SPI'

Description

No response

Additional information

A0              A1              A2              A3
AUDIO_BCLK      AUDIO_DIN       AUDIO_LRCLK     BLUE_LED
BUTTON_A        BUTTON_D        BUTTON_I        BUTTON_J
BUTTON_K        BUTTON_L        BUTTON_S        BUTTON_W
CARD_CS         DISPLAY         GP0             GP1
GP10            GP11            GP12            GP13
GP14            GP15            GP16            GP17
GP18            GP19            GP2             GP20
GP21            GP22            GP23            GP24
GP25            GP26            GP26_A0         GP27
GP27_A1         GP28            GP28_A2         GP3
GP4             GP5             GP6             GP7
GP8             GP9             LED             MISO
MOSI            SCK             SMPS_MODE       TFT_CS
TFT_DC          TFT_LITE        TFT_RESET       VBUS_SENSE
VOLTAGE_MONITOR                 WHITE_LED       __dict__
board_id

i pressed tab twice after typing board. and this is what i got

[leahanderson1]

clarification: i tried doing it the manual way too

>>> spi = busio.SPI(board.SCK, MOSI=board.MOSI, MISO=board.MISO)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: GP18 in use

[dhalbert]

GP18 is already in use for the FourWire bus used for the display. Are you trying to access the display or connect something else to that SPI bus?

[dhalbert]

This is being discussed in discord: https://discord.com/channels/327254708534116352/537365702651150357/1442618792495677501. Will continue there for now.

[leahanderson1]

GP18 is already in use for the FourWire bus used for the display. Are you trying to access the display or connect something else to that SPI bus?

i'm trying to access the SD card reader which is on the back of the display