unil-pellet-dispenser 0.0.1

A Python package to contol University of Lausanne's pellet dispenser via USB

Pellet Dispenser Python Driver

This is a python package to use the pellet dispenser with python.

Installing

Install this package with the following shell command

pip install unil-pellet-dispenser

unil-pellet-dispenser is based on hid and therefore require the hidapi library to be installed separately.

Installing hidapi

Linux

Depending on your distribution you will need to install a hidapi package.

Ubuntu / Debian based

sudo apt install libhidapi-hidraw0

macOS

The easiest is to use Homebrew:

brew install hidapi

Sample usage code

from unil_pellet_dispenser import Device, DispenserError

dev = Device()

try:
    dispensed = dev.dispense(1)
    print(f'Dispensed {dispensed} pellets')
except DispenserError as e:
    print(e)
    print(f'still dispensed {e.dispensed}')