X-Git-Url: https://git.ayoreis.com/Adafruit_Blinka-hackapet.git/blobdiff_plain/3babc47910a9c2a4026bc3523a599c64f05d0730..e068d9bae4e962b31ad6f83cacec895dd1ffffa3:/README.rst diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index e94a478..40df1a9 100755 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -6,34 +6,66 @@ Introduction :alt: Documentation Status .. image:: https://img.shields.io/discord/327254708534116352.svg - :target: https://discord.gg/nBQh6qu + :target: https://adafru.it/discord :alt: Discord -.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka.svg?branch=master - :target: https://travis-ci.org/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka +.. image:: https://travis-ci.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka.svg?branch=master + :target: https://travis-ci.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka :alt: Build Status +.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg + :target: https://github.com/psf/black + :alt: Code Style: Black + This repository contains a selection of packages mirroring the CircuitPython API on hosts running micropython. Working code exists to emulate the CircuitPython packages; * **board** - breakout-specific pin identities * **microcontroller** - chip-specific pin identities +* **analogio** - analog input/output pins, using pin identities from board+microcontroller packages * **digitalio** - digital input/output pins, using pin identities from board+microcontroller packages * **bitbangio** - software-driven interfaces for I2C, SPI * **busio** - hardware-driven interfaces for I2C, SPI, UART -* **time** * - substitute functions monkey-patched to time module +* **pulseio** - contains classes that provide access to basic pulse IO (PWM) +For details, see the `Blinka API reference +`_. Dependencies ============= The Micropython compatibility layers described above are intended to provide a CircuitPython-like API for devices which -are running Micropython. Since corresponding packages should be built-in to any standard +are running CPython or Micropython. Since corresponding packages should be built-in to any standard CircuitPython image, they have no value on a device already running CircuitPython and would likely conflict in unhappy ways. The test suites in the test/src folder under **testing.universal** are by design intended to run on *either* CircuitPython *or* Micropython+compatibility layer to prove conformance. +Installing from PyPI +===================== + +On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally `from +PyPI `_. To install for current user: + +.. code-block:: shell + + pip3 install Adafruit-Blinka + +To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases): + +.. code-block:: shell + + sudo pip3 install Adafruit-Blinka + +To install in a virtual environment in your current project: + +.. code-block:: shell + + mkdir project-name && cd project-name + python3 -m venv .env + source .env/bin/activate + pip3 install Adafruit-Blinka + Usage Example ============= @@ -47,7 +79,6 @@ the following sequence runs through some basic testing of the digitalio compatib An example log from running the suites is `here `_ . - Contributing ============ @@ -68,7 +99,7 @@ install dependencies (feel free to reuse the virtual environment from above): python3 -m venv .env source .env/bin/activate - pip install Sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme + pip install Sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme Adafruit-PlatformDetect Now, once you have the virtual environment activated: