bhand 0.0.0

# brunel_hand_cli

## Introduction

This repository provides a command-line interface and Python package for the [Brunel Hand](https://www.openbionics.com/shop/brunel-hand) by [Open Bionics](https://www.openbionics.com).

The main design goal is to provide a fast and reliable interface to the firmware, [Beetroot](//github.com/Open-Bionics/Beetroot). Motivating use-cases are rapid prototyping and integration into more complicated applications.

## Development

To install the current release, try

pip install bhand

which uses [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/) to install dependencies and this Python package. Now, connect the USB cable from your Brunel Hand into your host machine, and try

bhand

It should print diagnostics data, e.g., the CPU temperature. Note that serial communications use [pySerial](http://pyserial.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). To obtain a help message, try

bhand –raw ?

The ? command is recognized by the firmware Beetroot V1.01. (In some shells, ? is a special character and has to be escaped. If the above fails, try instead bhand –raw ?.)

Current testing status for master branch: [](https://travis-ci.org/rerobots/brunel_hand_cli)

Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted in the issue tracker at https://github.com/rerobots/brunel_hand_cli/issues

## License

This is free software, released under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.