Added spi transaction size :-) It still defaults to 128... please adjust downwards if you feel necessary.

keywords.txt

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ end	KEYWORD2
 setI2CpollingWait	KEYWORD2
 setI2CTransactionSize	KEYWORD2
 getI2CTransactionSize	KEYWORD2
+setSpiTransactionSize   KEYWORD2
+getSpiTransactionSize   KEYWORD2
 isConnected	KEYWORD2
 enableDebugging	KEYWORD2
 disableDebugging	KEYWORD2

src/SparkFun_u-blox_GNSS_Arduino_Library.cpp

@@ -505,6 +505,19 @@ uint8_t SFE_UBLOX_GNSS::getI2CTransactionSize(void)
   return (i2cTransactionSize);
 }
 
+//Sets the global size for the SPI buffer/transactions.
+//Call this before begin()!
+//Note: if the buffer size is too small, incoming characters may be lost if the message sent
+//is larger than this buffer. If too big, you may run out of SRAM on constrained architectures!
+void SFE_UBLOX_GNSS::setSpiTransactionSize(uint8_t transactionSize)
+{
+  spiTransactionSize = transactionSize;
+}
+uint8_t SFE_UBLOX_GNSS::getSpiTransactionSize(void)
+{
+  return (spiTransactionSize);
+}
+
 //Returns true if I2C device ack's
 boolean SFE_UBLOX_GNSS::isConnected(uint16_t maxWait)
 {
@@ -2851,7 +2864,7 @@ void SFE_UBLOX_GNSS::sendSerialCommand(ubxPacket *outgoingUBX)
 void SFE_UBLOX_GNSS::spiTransfer(uint8_t byteToTransfer) 
 {
   uint8_t returnedByte = _spiPort->transfer(byteToTransfer);
-  if (returnedByte != 0xFF || currentSentence != NONE)
+  if ((spiBufferIndex < getSpiTransactionSize()) && (returnedByte != 0xFF || currentSentence != NONE))
   {
     spiBuffer[spiBufferIndex] = returnedByte;
     spiBufferIndex++;
@@ -2863,13 +2876,13 @@ void SFE_UBLOX_GNSS::sendSpiCommand(ubxPacket *outgoingUBX)
 {
   if (spiBuffer == NULL) //Memory has not yet been allocated - so use new
   {
-    spiBuffer = new uint8_t[SPI_BUFFER_SIZE];
+    spiBuffer = new uint8_t[getSpiTransactionSize()];
   }
   
   if (spiBuffer == NULL) { 
     if ((_printDebug == true) || (_printLimitedDebug == true)) // This is important. Print this if doing limited debugging
     {
-      _debugSerial->print(F("process: memory allocation failed for SPI Buffer!"));      
+      _debugSerial->print(F("sendSpiCommand: memory allocation failed for SPI Buffer!"));      
     }
   }
   

src/SparkFun_u-blox_GNSS_Arduino_Library.h

@@ -576,6 +576,11 @@ public:
 	void setI2CTransactionSize(uint8_t bufferSize);
 	uint8_t getI2CTransactionSize(void);
 
+	//Control the size of the spi buffer. If the buffer isn't big enough, we'll start to lose bytes
+	//That we receive if the buffer is full!
+	void setSpiTransactionSize(uint8_t bufferSize);
+	uint8_t getSpiTransactionSize(void);
+
 	//Set the max number of bytes set in a given I2C transaction
 	uint8_t i2cTransactionSize = 32; //Default to ATmega328 limit
 
@@ -1310,6 +1315,7 @@ private:
 
 	uint8_t *spiBuffer = NULL; 				// A buffer to store any bytes being recieved back from the device while we are sending via SPI
 	uint8_t spiBufferIndex = 0;				// Index into the SPI buffer
+	uint8_t spiTransactionSize = SPI_BUFFER_SIZE;	//Default size of the SPI buffer
 
 	//Init the packet structures and init them with pointers to the payloadAck, payloadCfg, payloadBuf and payloadAuto arrays
 	ubxPacket packetAck = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, payloadAck, 0, 0, SFE_UBLOX_PACKET_VALIDITY_NOT_DEFINED, SFE_UBLOX_PACKET_VALIDITY_NOT_DEFINED};