Nano SPI pins

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I have built a prototype project using a Uno. It uses SPI to communicate with a display. However the same project with a Leonardo does not work because the SPI header does not connect to the Digital pins 10-13. I presume I can use the SPI connector but I would rather use the regular pins.

I am now looking at using a Nano and wonder if this will have the same problem.

The Nano page on the Arduino website says the following:

SPI: 10 (SS), 11 (MOSI), 12 (MISO), 13 (SCK). These pins support SPI communication, which, although provided by the underlying hardware, is not currently included in the Arduino language.

I don't really understand what they mean by the Arduino language in this context because surely the language is the same for all boards.

Can someone explain?

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Hardware SPI is exactly the same on the Nano as on the Uno and the SPI library is now included with the Arduino package despite the (historically accurate, but no longer true) note. You do have to, of course, #include the library.
Ciao,
Lenny

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Thank you. I did wonder if that was out-of-date information.

I could of course just try it but my Nano hasn't arrived yet.