An extendable python library to manipulate sensors coupled to the Raspberry Pi
Project description
LibsensorPy An extendable python library to manipulate sensors coupled to the Raspberry Pi
WHAT IS NEEDED BEFORE INSTALL?
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.
Install pigpio:
$ wget abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/pigpio.zip $ unzip pigpio.zip $ cd PIGPIO $ sudo make $ sudo make install
Install setuptools:
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
How to download and install LibsensorPy:
Via pip:
sudo pip install libsensorPy
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
Project details
Download files
Download the file for your platform. If you're not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages.