loadstar-sensors-interface 0.2.0

Python interface to Loadstar Sensors USB devices.

About

- Name: loadstar_sensors_interface
- Version: 0.2.0
- Description: Python interface to Loadstar Sensors USB devices.
- License: BSD 3-Clause License
- URL: https://github.com/janelia-pypi/loadstar_sensors_interface_python
- Author: Peter Polidoro
- Email: [e-mail]
- Copyright: 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Reference: [Loadstar Sensors](https://www.loadstarsensors.com/)
- Dependencies:
  - serial_interface

Example Usage

from loadstar_sensors_interface import LoadstarSensorsInterface
dev = LoadstarSensorsInterface() # Try to automatically detect port
dev = LoadstarSensorsInterface(port='/dev/ttyUSB0') # Linux specific port
dev = LoadstarSensorsInterface(port='/dev/tty.usbmodem262471') # Mac OS X specific port
dev = LoadstarSensorsInterface(port='COM3') # Windows specific port

dev.tare()
sensor_value = dev.get_sensor_value()

model = dev.get_model()
id = dev.get_id()
units = dev.get_units()
load_capactiy = dev.get_load_capacity()
gain = dev.get_gain()

Installation

https://github.com/janelia-pypi/python_setup

Linux

udev rules

sudo cp 77-loadstar-sensors.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/

pip

python3 -m venv ~/venvs/loadstar_sensors_interface
source ~/venvs/loadstar_sensors_interface/bin/activate
pip install loadstar_sensors_interface

guix

Setup guix-janelia channel:

https://github.com/guix-janelia/guix-janelia

guix install python-loadstar-sensors-interface

Windows

python3 -m venv C:\venvs\loadstar_sensors_interface
C:\venvs\loadstar_sensors_interface\Scripts\activate
pip install loadstar_sensors_interface

Test

guix shell picocom
picocom -b 9600 -f n -y n -d 8 -p 1 -c /dev/ttyUSB0
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