They didnt teach me what "putputs" are at my DeVry Electronics 'Engireering' course. :-X
Guess that must have been right after the 'double dipping' lesson...
Anywho.....
@CrossRoads (Robert)..
Thanks for that! So yeah a bunch of messing about with power cycling applying the CS signal.. (blah)..
Might be better to just seek out a different chip/option... I was just familiar with the library and ease of use.. (liked that it was serial controlled, and that it did all the work itself instead of making the ATmega328 do anything. (like the Adafruit WaveShield type of approach)