Is there a way to confirm that FastLED is using the hardware for SPI

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Is there a way to confirm that FastLED is using the hardware for SPI functions (instead of bit banging via software)? Perhaps a flag such as FORCE_HARDWARE_SPI or some debugging/log info? Currently I can drive LEDs on the SPI data pin (11 on the Uno), but I’m not sure if it’s bit-banged.

I am trying to connect two SPI devices (LEDs and an IR sensor) to an Arduino Uno. My goal is to see if I can put the LEDs on the hardware SPI and the IR sensor on the USART. Not sure if it’s possible, but I’m tryin!

Side Note: I don’t believe you can put the LEDs on the same SPI as another device since the LEDs wouldn’t know when to ignore data on the bus intended for the other SPI device.

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I am using this snippet for now, but I think there’s a better option:

#ifndef HAS_HARDWARE_PIN_SUPPORT
#pragma message "HAS_HARDWARE_PIN_SUPPORT is not defined!"
#endif