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+# Getting Started with the HDK
+
+## Things you will need
+
+1) The HDK
+2) A Wifi Pineapple
+3) A Soldering iron
+4) A programmer (an arduino is fine)
+5) (optionally) a USB to serial converter.
+
+![](imgs/hdk1.png)
+
+## Set up of the HDK in the Pineapple
+
+The HDK talks to the Wifi pineapple via a bit-banged SPI interface, using on board gpios. These are not enabled by default. In order to enable the interface, type:
+
+/sbin/insmod spi-gpio-custom bus0=1,18,20,19,0,125000,21
+
+Once this command has been run, a new device /dev/spidev1.0 will be created. 
+
+## Soldering the HDK
+
+![](imgs/hdk2.png)
+
+## Programming the HDK
+
+![](imgs/hdk3.png)
+
+### Example program 
+
+```C
+
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+
+
+## Additional Information + Useful Links
+
+https://randomcoderdude.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/spi-over-gpio-in-openwrt/