rpi-rfm69-lgpio 0.7.1

RFM69 Radio interface for the Raspberry Pi (lgpio/rpi-lgpio compatible, supports Pi 1 through Pi 5)

RFM69 Radio interface for the Raspberry Pi (lgpio compatible)

Fork of jgillula/rpi-rfm69 — adapted to use rpi-lgpio instead of the deprecated RPi.GPIO, with automatic support for old-style revision codes (Pi 1 / early Pi 2).

This package provides a Python wrapper of the LowPowerLabs RFM69 library and is largely based on the work of Eric Trombly who ported the library from C.

What's different from the original?

• rpi-lgpio replaces RPi.GPIO — works on Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, Trixie, and Pi 5

• Automatic old-style revision workaround — Pi 1 Model B+, early Pi 2, and other boards with 4-digit revision codes work without manual export RPI_LGPIO_REVISION=...

• Supports Pi 1 through Pi 5 — tested across all generations

Installation

pip install rpi-rfm69-lgpio

Or from a fresh venv (recommended):

python3 -m venv ~/venv/rfm69

source ~/venv/rfm69/bin/activate

pip install rpi-rfm69-lgpio

If you previously had RPi.GPIO installed, remove it first:

pip uninstall RPi.GPIO -y

pip install rpi-rfm69-lgpio

Quick Start

from RFM69 import Radio, FREQ_433MHZ



with Radio(FREQ_433MHZ, node_id=1, network_id=100, isHighPower=True) as radio:

    radio.send(2, "Hello!", attempts=3)

    

    packet = radio.get_packet(timeout=5)

    if packet:

        print(packet)

Wiring & Documentation

For details on how to connect an RFM69 module and the full API, check out the documentation.

Original Project

This is a fork of jgillula/rpi-rfm69. All credit for the original library goes to Jeremy Gillula and contributors.

License

GPL v3# Changelog

0.7.1

• Replaced RPi.GPIO dependency with rpi-lgpio for Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm/Trixie and Pi 5 compatibility

• Added automatic old-style revision code workaround for Pi 1 / early Pi 2 boards

• Forked from jgillula/rpi-rfm69

0.7.0

• RFM69HW and HCW specific functions and power level setting added by @Makodan

0.6.0

• Added support for ATC mode (thanks @MxMarx)

• Reduced some hang (thanks @MxMarx)

• Extended registers retrieved to include High Power PA settings (thanks @tomtastic)

0.5.1

• Added support for radios without reset pins

0.5.0

• Added set_frequency_in_Hz and get_frequency_in_Hz

0.4.0

• Made the Radio class threadsafe, and added threadsafe methods for accessing packets

• Added testing for the threadsafe methods

• Added pylinting and made some cosmetic changes to get a good pylint score

• Added coverage testing via coveralls.io, and instructions for doing so

0.3.0

• Added support for sendListenModeBurst

• Made tests more configurable

• Removed Python 2 from tests since it's EOL

• Added instructions on how to build for PyPi