Qwiic_Alphanumeric_Py

Python module for the [SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display].

It is compatible with the following products:

• SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Pink
• SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Red
• SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Purple
• SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Blue
• SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - Green
• SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Display - White

This python package is a port of the existing SparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric Arduino Library

This package can be used in conjunction with the overall SparkFun qwiic Python Package

New to qwiic? Take a look at the entire SparkFun qwiic ecosystem.

Contents

• Supported Platforms
• Dependencies
• Installation
• Documentation
• Example Use

Supported Platforms

The Qwiic LED Stick Python package currently supports the following platforms:

• Raspberry Pi

Dependencies

This driver package depends on the qwiic I2C driver: Qwiic_I2C_Py

Documentation

The SparkFun Qwiic LED Stick module documentation is hosted at ReadTheDocs

Installation

PyPi Installation

This repository is hosted on PyPi as the sparkfun-qwiic-alphanumeric package. On systems that support PyPi installation via pip, this library is installed using the following commands

For all users (note: the user must have sudo privileges):

sudo pip install sparkfun-qwiic-alphanumeric

For the current user:

pip install sparkfun-qwiic-alphanumeric

To install, make sure the setuptools package is installed on the system.

Direct installation at the command line:

python setup.py install

To build a package for use with pip:

python setup.py sdist

A package file is built and placed in a subdirectory called dist. This package file can be installed using pip.

cd dist
pip install sparkfun-qwiic-alphanumeric-<version>.tar.gz

Example Use

See the examples directory for more detailed use examples.

from __future__ import print_function
import qwiic_alphanumeric
import time
import sys

def run_example():

    print("\nSparkFun Qwiic Alphanumeric - Example 4: Print String")
    my_display = qwiic_alphanumeric.QwiicAlphanumeric()

    if my_display.begin() == False:
        print("\nThe Qwiic Alphanumeric isn't connected to the system. Please check your connection.", \
            file=sys.stderr)
        return
    
    print("\nQwiic Alphanumeric ready!")

    my_display.print("Milk")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        run_example()
    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit) as exErr:
        print("\nEnding Example 4")
        sys.exit(0)