More possible relevant information. When I run this code,
var LPD8806 = require('lpd8806-async');
var ledstrip = new LPD8806(71, '/dev/spidev1.0');
console.log(ledstrip);
ledstrip.fillRGB(0,0,255);
I get:
{ spi: { _spi: {}, device: '/dev/spidev1.0' } }
Do I need to do something to get spi working right? Thanks again.