PyLinkbot 2.1.3

Barobo Linkbot package

PyLinkbot

PyLinkbot - A Python package for controlling Barobo Linkbots Contact: David Ko <[e-mail]>

Linkbots are small modular robots designed to play an interactive role in computer science and mathematics curricula. More information may be found at http://www.linkbotlabs.com .

Requirements

This package is built against Python 3.4 . Python 2 is explicitely not supported, and other versions of Python 3 may or may not work. Additionally, the SciPy <http://www.scipy.org> is highly recommended for graphical plotting and more.

Installation

The recommended way to install this package is through setuptools utilities, such as “easy_install” or “pip”. For example:

easy_install3 PyLinkbot

or

pip3 install PyLinkbot

Building

Coming soon!

2.1.3

• Added missing dlls

2.1.2

• Added functions to access TWI

• Added functions to access Linkbot Arduino shield

• Fixed an exception-on-exit

2.1.1

• Improved robustness of moveWait().

2.1.0

• Added functions setMotorPower() and moveJointTo()

2.0.4

• Python module no longer disables robot broadcasts on disconnect unless they were enabled by this module in the first place.

2.0.3

• Internal bugfixes; Renamed some C++ API functions

2.0.2

• Fixed getAccelerometer() member function.

2.0.1

• Made serial ID case insensitive.

• Fixed race condition/deadlock when waiting for joints to finish moving.

2.0.0

• Refactored back-end from PyBarobo (v1.0.0 series) to work with the new LinkbotLabs and baromesh protocol.