From [[http://www.gammon.com.au/spi|SPI - Serial Peripheral Interface - for Arduino]] by Nick Gammon. Modified to use the newish and preferred ''SPI.beginTransaction()'' and ''SPI.endTransaction()''.

<file cpp gammon-spi-controller.ino>
// Written by Nick Gammon
// February 2011
// With Mithat Mods -- July 2023

#include <SPI.h>

void setup (void)
{

  digitalWrite(SS, HIGH);  // ensure SS stays high for now

  // Put SCK, MOSI, SS pins into output mode
  // also put SCK, MOSI into LOW state, and SS into HIGH state.
  // Then put SPI hardware into Master mode and turn SPI on
  SPI.begin ();

  // Slow down the master a bit
//  SPI.setClockDivider(SPI_CLOCK_DIV8);  // mithat: let's do this the preferred way
  
}  // end of setup


void loop (void)
{

  char c;

  SPI.beginTransaction(SPISettings(400000, MSBFIRST, SPI_MODE0));  // mithat: this is the preferred way

  // enable Slave Select
  digitalWrite(SS, LOW);    // SS is pin 10

  // send test string
  for (const char * p = "Hello, world!\n" ; (c = *p); p++)
  {
    SPI.transfer (c);
    delayMicroseconds(5);    // mithat: added small delay to make things work at given speed
  }

  // disable Slave Select
  digitalWrite(SS, HIGH);
  SPI.endTransaction();      // mithat: finish preferred way

  delay (1000);  // 1 seconds delay 
}  // end of loop
</file>