pysimavr 0.0.4

python wrapper for simavr which is AVR and arduino simulator.

pysimavr is a python wrapper for simavr which is AVR and arduino simulator

Links:

• home: https://github.com/ponty/pysimavr

• documentation: http://ponty.github.com/pysimavr

Features:

• python wrapper using swig

• simavr source code is included for easier installation

• object oriented interface on top of the generated interface

• maximum speed can be real-time

• serial communication

• check simavr documentation

Known problems:

• included simavr source code is not up to date

• Python 3 is not supported

• tested only on linux

• more tests needed

• PWM simulation is not real-time

• missing PWM modes

• a lot of messages on stdout

• LCD simulator is not fully implemented

Possible usage:

• unit test

• simulator

Similar projects:

• simavr

• emulino

• Arduino Unit

• arduemu

Basic usage

>>> from pysimavr.avr import Avr
>>> avr=Avr(mcu='atmega48',f_cpu=8000000)
>>> firmware = Firmware('lcd.elf')
>>> avr.load_firmware(firmware)

>>> from pysimavr.sim import ArduinoSim
>>> print ArduinoSim(snippet='Serial.print("hello!");').get_serial()
hello!

Installation

check simavr doc: http://gitorious.org/simavr/pages/GetStarted

ignore these in simavr doc:

• OpenGl (freeglut)

• gcc-avr

• avr-libc

• make

General

• install python

• install setuptools

• install swig (for source build only)

• install header files and a static library for Python (for source build only)

• install a compiler (for source build only)

• install elf library

• install the program:

  # as root
  easy_install pysimavr

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
sudo apt-get install swig
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get install libelf-dev
sudo easy_install pysimavr

Uninstall

first install pip:

# as root
pip uninstall pysimavr