pyFirmata is a Python interface for the Firmata
_ protocol. It is fully
compatible with Firmata 2.1, and has some functionality of version 2.2. It runs
on Python 2.7, 3.6 and 3.7.
.. _Firmata: http://firmata.org
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The preferred way to install is with pip_::
pip install pyfirmata
You can also install from source with python setup.py install
. You will
need to have setuptools
_ installed::
git clone https://github.com/tino/pyFirmata
cd pyFirmata
python setup.py install
.. _pip: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/ .. _setuptools: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
Basic usage::
>>> from pyfirmata import Arduino, util
>>> board = Arduino('/dev/tty.usbserial-A6008rIF')
>>> board.digital[13].write(1)
To use analog ports, it is probably handy to start an iterator thread. Otherwise the board will keep sending data to your serial, until it overflows::
>>> it = util.Iterator(board)
>>> it.start()
>>> board.analog[0].enable_reporting()
>>> board.analog[0].read()
0.661440304938
If you use a pin more often, it can be worth it to use the get_pin
method
of the board. It let's you specify what pin you need by a string, composed of
'a' or 'd' (depending on wether you need an analog or digital pin), the pin
number, and the mode ('i' for input, 'o' for output, 'p' for pwm). All
seperated by :
. Eg. a:0:i
for analog 0 as input or d:3:p
for
digital pin 3 as pwm.::
>>> analog_0 = board.get_pin('a:0:i')
>>> analog_0.read()
0.661440304938
>>> pin3 = board.get_pin('d:3:p')
>>> pin3.write(0.6)
If you want to use a board with a different layout than the standard Arduino
or the Arduino Mega (for which there exist the shortcut classes
pyfirmata.Arduino
and pyfirmata.ArduinoMega
), instantiate the Board
class with a dictionary as the layout
argument. This is the layout dict
for the Mega for example::
>>> mega = {
... 'digital' : tuple(x for x in range(54)),
... 'analog' : tuple(x for x in range(16)),
... 'pwm' : tuple(x for x in range(2,14)),
... 'use_ports' : True,
... 'disabled' : (0, 1, 14, 15) # Rx, Tx, Crystal
... }
The next things on my list are to implement the new protocol changes in firmata: