+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Melissa LeBlanc-Williams for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+"""Generic Connection class for Binho Nova to keep track of connection"""
+
+
 class Connection:
+    """Connection class"""
+
     __instance = None
+
     @staticmethod
     def getInstance():
-        """ Static access method. """
+        """Static access method."""
         if Connection.__instance is None:
             Connection()
         return Connection.__instance
 
     def __init__(self):
-        """ Virtually private constructor. """
+        """Virtually private constructor."""
         if Connection.__instance is not None:
-            raise Exception("This class is a singleton!")
+            raise Exception(  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-raised
+                "This class is a singleton!"
+            )
 
+        # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
         from binhoHostAdapter import binhoHostAdapter
         from binhoHostAdapter import binhoUtilities
 
-        utilities = binhoUtilities.binhoUtilities()
-        devices = utilities.listAvailableDevices()
+        # pylint: enable=import-outside-toplevel
+        devices = binhoUtilities.listAvailableDevices()
 
         if len(devices) > 0:
             Connection.__instance = binhoHostAdapter.binhoHostAdapter(devices[0])
         else:
-            raise RuntimeError('No Binho Nova found!')
+            raise RuntimeError("No Binho Nova found!")