This repository contains drivers and examples for using the BrickPi in Python.
These files have been made available online through a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.
The BrickPi module can be installed using the setup.py script included in the BrickPi_Python repository.
First, open a terminal program on the Raspberry Pi, and change directories to the location (directory) you cloned the BrickPi_Python.
Once there, we'll install python setuptools, and then install the BrickPi Python module:
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential
sudo python setup.py install
This will install the BrickPi module globally. To use the module in your own
Python scripts, just import it:
import BrickPi
Before trying to run any of the scripts in the Sensor Examples directory,
make sure you have installed the BrickPi module. In general, you
will need to be root to run these scripts. The easiest way to do
this on most systems is to use the sudo command, like this:
sudo python "Sensor_Examples/LEGO-Motor Test.py"
If you want to run the examples without installing the module you can
set your PYTHONPATH environment variable like this:
sudo env PYTHONPATH=$PWD python "Sensor_Examples/LEGO-Motor Test.py"
To update or Reinstall BrickPi.py, you must uninstall the BrickPi module first, then reinstall the BrickPi module.
To uninstall the BrickPi module, open a terminal in the BrickPi_Python directory and run the following:
sudo python setup.py install --record files.txt
cat files.txt | xargs sudo rm -rf
This should uninstall the BrickPi modules from Python. To install an updated BrickPi.py module, see "Installation" above.
More information on BrickPi and Python is found on our website: http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi/program-it/python/
BrickPi is a Raspberry Pi Board that connects LEGO MINDSTORMS motors and sensors to the Raspberry Pi.
More information on hardware, firmware, and software can be found here: http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi