libsensorPy 0.0.9

An extendable python library to manipulate sensors coupled to the Raspberry Pi

LibsensorPy An extendable python library to manipulate sensors coupled to the Raspberry Pi

WHAT IS NEEDED BEFORE INSTALL?

1. Configure and enable SPI and I2C ports on raspperry:

$ sudo apt-get install python-smbus $ sudo apt-get install i2c-tools 2.1) For Raspbian users, check /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf and comment “blacklist i2c-bcm2708” and “blacklist spi-bcm2708” by running

$ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf and adding a # (if its not there).

# blacklist i2c-bcm2708

# blacklist spi-bcm2708

2.2) For Wheezy or something-other-than-Occidentalis, add the following lines to /etc/modules:

i2c-dev i2c-bcm2708 spi-bcm2708 and then reboot.

3. Install pigpio:

$ wget abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/pigpio.zip $ unzip pigpio.zip $ cd PIGPIO $ sudo make $ sudo make install

4. Install setuptools:

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

How to download and install LibsensorPy:

1. Via pip:

sudo pip install libsensorPy

2. Via wget:

$ wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/l/libsensorPy/libsensorPy-0.0.4.tar.gz $ tar -zxvf libsensorPy-0.0.4.tar.gz $ cd libsensorPy-0.0.4/ $ sudo python setup.py install