brickpi3 4.8

Drivers and examples for using the BrickPi3 in Python

BrickPi3 Python Package

Modern Python package for BrickPi3 hardware drivers, configured using pyproject.toml.

Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

Once published, install with:

pip install brickpi3

On Raspberry Pi OS, this automatically gets optimized ARM wheels from piwheels.

From Source

cd Software/Python
pip install .

Development Installation

For development with editable install:

cd Software/Python
pip install -e .

Package Structure

Software/Python/
├── pyproject.toml    # Modern package configuration (PEP 517/518)
├── MANIFEST.in       # Additional files to include in distribution
├── brickpi3.py       # Main driver module
├── scripts/          # Install scripts
├── troubleshooting/  # Troubleshooting scripts
└── examples/         # Example scripts

Configuration Details

pyproject.toml

This file contains all package metadata:

• Project metadata: name, version, description, authors
• Dependencies: spidev for SPI communication
• Python requirements: >=3.7
• Classifiers: Platform, development status, audience
• URLs: Homepage, documentation, repository, bug tracker

Version Management

Version is specified in pyproject.toml:

[project]
version = "4.08"

Update this for each release before building.

Building

Build source distribution and wheel:

cd Software/Python
python -m build

This creates:

• dist/brickpi3-4.08tar.gz (source distribution)
• dist/brickpi3-4.08-py3-none-any.whl (wheel)

Publishing

See PYPI_PUBLISHING.md for detailed instructions on publishing to PyPI.

Requirements

• Python: 3.7 or higher
• Platform: Raspberry Pi OS (Linux only)
• Hardware: BrickPi3 board
• Dependencies:
  • spidev - SPI interface (automatically installed)

License

MIT License - see LICENSE.md

Links

• Homepage: https://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi/
• Documentation: https://www.dexterindustries.com/brickpi3-tutorials-documentation/
• Repository: https://github.com/DexterInd/BrickPi3
• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/brickpi3/ (once published)
• PyWheels: https://www.piwheels.org/project/brickpi3/ (automatic after PyPI)