robot-blocks 0.1.0a8

Building blocks for raspberry pi robot software

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*This project is still under construction*

# introduction

about the project
---
This project is intended to provide a simple framework for quickly building source code for robotics projects:
- allows rapid development with minimal writing of code (refer to below basic example)
- multithreaded processsing based on hooks/callbacks - removes need for writing multiple loops yourself and facilitates management of robot components
- comprehensive library of classes for handing interactions with common robot components (motors, servos, ultrasounds, etc.)
- provides built-in support for multiple control methods (e.g. autonomous obstacle avoidance, remote control, etc.)

# getting started

installation
---
install with pip
```bash
pip install robot-blocks
```

basic example
---

this library is meant to allow you to create software for your robot with as few lines of code as possible. Here is a minimal example for creating an obstacle avoidance robot with 2 motors and an ultrasound sensor

```python
# imports
from robotblocks import Robot

# configure robot
my_robot = Robot()

my_robot.add_motor(position='LEFT', forward_pin=9, backward_pin=10)
my_robot.add_motor(position='RIGHT', forward_pin=8, backward_pin=7)

my_robot.add_sensor('UltrasoundSensor', position='FRONT', input_pin=17, output_pin=18)

# start movement
my_robot.start()

```

callbacks and hooks
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this library provides a full set of hooks that you can use to trigger certain events when your robot is doing certain things. For example:

```python
def turn_lights_on():
"""
Turns on the robot's lights
"""
...

def turn_lights_off():
"""
turns off the robot's lights
"""

my_robot.add_callback('ON_MOVE_FORWARDS_START', turn_lights_on)
my_robot.add_callback('ON_BRAKE', turn_lights_off)


```

# misc

licence
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The project is licensed under the Apache license.

support
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for help on this project, please raise an [issue](https://github.com/chris104957/robot-blocks/issues)