From SPI - Serial Peripheral Interface - for Arduino by Nick Gammon.
// Written by Nick Gammon // April 2011 // what to do with incoming data volatile byte command = 0; void setup (void) { // have to send on master in, *slave out* pinMode(MISO, OUTPUT); // turn on SPI in slave mode SPCR |= _BV(SPE); // turn on interrupts SPCR |= _BV(SPIE); } // end of setup // SPI interrupt routine ISR (SPI_STC_vect) { byte c = SPDR; switch (command) { // no command? then this is the command case 0: command = c; SPDR = 0; break; // add to incoming byte, return result case 'a': SPDR = c + 15; // add 15 break; // subtract from incoming byte, return result case 's': SPDR = c - 8; // subtract 8 break; } // end of switch } // end of interrupt service routine (ISR) SPI_STC_vect void loop (void) { // if SPI not active, clear current command if (digitalRead (SS) == HIGH) command = 0; } // end of loop