From 7d04d9109e689aa0ea18be94d25c5bdcd9646168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Halbert <halbert@halwitz.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:37:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] use bitbang SPI for DotStar; still need to fix hw SPI for
 dotstar

---
 ports/nrf/boards/itsybitsy_nrf52840_express/mpconfigboard.mk | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ports/nrf/boards/itsybitsy_nrf52840_express/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/nrf/boards/itsybitsy_nrf52840_express/mpconfigboard.mk
index 659480250e..11be3121f7 100644
--- a/ports/nrf/boards/itsybitsy_nrf52840_express/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/nrf/boards/itsybitsy_nrf52840_express/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ endif
 
 NRF_DEFINES += -DNRF52840_XXAA -DNRF52840
 
+# Don't use up a hardware SPI peripheral for the status DotStar: we only have two or three.
+CIRCUITPY_BITBANG_APA102 = 1
+
 QSPI_FLASH_FILESYSTEM = 1
 EXTERNAL_FLASH_DEVICE_COUNT = 1
 EXTERNAL_FLASH_DEVICES = "GD25Q16C"