Kitsat python library and CLI

Overview

Kitsat python is a Python CLI and library for communicating with the Kitsat educational satellite manufactured by Arctic Astronautics Ltd.

• Project Homepage: https://github.com/netnspace/Kitsat-Python-Library
• Download Page: https://test.pypi.org/project/kitsat-python
• Kitsat Homepage: http://kitsat.fi/
• Get a Kitsat: https://holvi.com/shop/kitsat/

Installation

Use the package manager pip to install kitsat_python

pip install kitsat

Additional installation steps

To access the USB port at ie. /dev/ttyS0 on Linux, you might have to add your user to dialout group with this command:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout <your_user_name>

And log off and on again.

Usage

This package offers a CLI and a Python library for operating the satellite. The cli can be run from a terminal with the command

kitsat_cli

A list of commands for the cli can be found in the directory docs

For using the library, here is a sample script that connects to a satellite on port /dev/ttyACM0, pings the satellite and prints its response. More example scripts can be found in the directory examples

from kitsat import Modem

mod = Modem()
mod.connect('/dev/ttyACM0')
mod.write('ping')
print(mod.read())

mod.disconnect()

Contributors

• Tuomas Simula - tuomas@simu.la
• Tessa Nikander - tessa@kitsat.fi
• Samuli Nyman - samuli@kitsat.fi

License

GNU GPLv3