Overview

Nanpy is a library that use your Arduino as a slave, controlled by a master device where you run your scripts, such as a PC, a Raspberry Pi etc.

The main purpose of Nanpy is making programmers’ life easier, providing them a powerful library to create prototypes faster and make Arduino programming a game for kids.

from nanpy import ArduinoApi

a = ArduinoApi()
a.pinMode(13, a.OUTPUT)
a.digitalWrite(13, a.HIGH)

I know, there are a lot of projects able to do that, but hey, Nanpy can do more!

Nanpy is easily extensible and can theoretically use every library, allowing you to create how many objects you want. We support OneWire, Lcd, Stepper, Servo, DallasTemperature and many more…

Let’s try to connect our 16x2 lcd screen on pins 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and show your first “Hello world”!

from nanpy import Lcd

lcd = Lcd([7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12], [16, 2])
lcd.printString('Hello World!')

really straightforward now, isn’t it? :)

from nanpy import SerialManager
connection = SerialManager(device='/dev/ttyACM1')

from nanpy import ArduinoApi
a = ArduinoApi(connection=connection)
a.pinMode(13, a.OUTPUT)
a.digitalWrite(13, a.HIGH)

How to build and install

First of all, you need to build the firmware and upload it on your Arduino, to do that clone the nanpy-firmware repository on Github or download it from PyPi.

git clone https://github.com/nanpy/nanpy-firmware.git
cd nanpy-firmware
./configure.sh

To install Nanpy Python library on your master device just type:

pip install nanpy

How to contribute

Nanpy still needs a lot of work. You can contribute with patches (bugfixing, improvements, adding support for a new library not included in Nanpy yet, writing examples and so on), writing documentation, reporting bugs, creating packages or simply spreading Nanpy through the web if you like it :) If you have any doubt or problem, please contact me at stagi.andrea@gmail.com

Do you want to support us with a coffee? We need a lot of caffeine to code all night long! if you like this project and you want to support us, please donate using Paypal

License

This software is released under MIT License. Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Andrea Stagi stagi.andrea@gmail.com