serial-interface 2.2.0

Extends serial.Serial to add methods such as auto discovery of available serial ports in Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

About

- Name: serial_interface
- Version: 2.2.0
- Description: Extends serial.Serial to add methods such as auto discovery of available serial ports in Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
- License: BSD 3-Clause License
- URL: https://github.com/janelia-pypi/serial_interface_python
- Author: Peter Polidoro
- Email: [e-mail]
- Copyright: 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Dependencies:
  - pyserial

Example Usage

from serial_interface import SerialInterface, find_serial_interface_ports
find_serial_interface_ports() # Returns list of available serial ports

dev = SerialInterface() # Might automatically find device if one available

# if it is not found automatically, specify port directly
dev = SerialInterface(port='/dev/ttyUSB0') # Linux
dev = SerialInterface(port='/dev/tty.usbmodem262471') # Mac OS X
dev = SerialInterface(port='COM3') # Windows

dev.get_device_info()

from serial_interface import SerialInterfaces

devs = SerialInterfaces()  # Might automatically find all available devices

# if they are not found automatically, specify ports to use
devs = SerialInterfaces(use_ports=['/dev/ttyUSB0','/dev/ttyUSB1']) # Linux
devs = SerialInterfaces(use_ports=['/dev/tty.usbmodem262471','/dev/tty.usbmodem262472']) # Mac OS X
devs = SerialInterfaces(use_ports=['COM3','COM4']) # Windows

devs.get_devices_info()
devs.sort_by_port()
dev = devs[0]
dev.get_device_info()

Installation

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

Linux

pip

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

guix

Setup guix-janelia channel:

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

guix install python-serial-interface

Windows

drivers

Download and install Windows driver:

Loadstar Sensors Windows Driver

pip

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