cbpi4-Actori2cPWM 0.0.1

CraftBeerPi Plugin

CraftBeerPi4 Actor i2cPWM Plugin

Actor i2cPWM

Plugin will provide the ability to run actors using Adafruit's DC & Stepper Motor HAT for Raspberry Pi. Reason for using this HAT is to take advantage of a the fully-dedicated PWM driver chip. The PWM control is amazing!

Installation:

First two steps can be combined.

• install i2c support:
  • sudo raspi-config
  • Interface Options
  • I2C
  • Enable by selecting
  • sudo reboot
  • After reboot, make sure it's working:
    • sudo i2cdetect -y 1
• configure SPI:
  • sudo raspi-config
  • SPI
  • Enable by selecting
  • sudo reboot
  • After reboot, make sure it's working:
    • "ls -l /dev/spidev*"
• sudo pip3 install cbpi4-Actori2cPWM
• or install from repo: sudo pip3 install https://github.com/sjhoglund/cbpi4-Actori2cPWM/archive/main.zip
• cbpi add cbpi4-Actori2cPWM

Usage:

More to come

Hardware:

• Adafruit DC & Stepper Motor HAT
  • https://www.adafruit.com/product/2348

Changelog:

• 01-29-22: (0.0.1) Updated README