LibsensorPy

An extendable python library to manipulate sensors coupled to the Raspberry Pi

WHAT IS NEEDED BEFORE INSTALL?

1. Configure and enable SPI and I2C ports on raspperry:

• $ sudo apt-get install python-smbus
• $ sudo apt-get install i2c-tools

2.1) For Raspbian users, check /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf and comment "blacklist i2c-bcm2708" and "blacklist spi-bcm2708" by running

• $ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf

And adding a # (if its not there).

• # blacklist i2c-bcm2708

• # blacklist spi-bcm2708

2.2) For Wheezy or something-other-than-Occidentalis, add the following lines to /etc/modules:

• i2c-dev
• i2c-bcm2708
• spi-bcm2708

And then reboot.

3. Install pigpio:

• $ wget abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/pigpio.zip
• $ unzip pigpio.zip
• $ cd PIGPIO
• $ sudo make
• $ sudo make install

4. Install setuptools:

• sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

How to download and install LibsensorPy:

1. Via pip:

• sudo pip install libsensorPy

2. Via wget:

• $ wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/l/libsensorPy/libsensorPy-0.0.4.tar.gz
• $ tar -zxvf libsensorPy-0.0.4.tar.gz
• $ cd libsensorPy-0.0.4/
• $ sudo python setup.py install