Introduction

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Pure python (i.e. no native extensions) access to Linux IO including I2C and SPI. Drop in replacement for smbus and spidev modules.

Dependencies

This driver depends on:

• Python 3.5 or higher

Installing from PyPI

On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally from PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/Adafruit-PureIO/>_. To install for current user:

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pip3 install Adafruit-PureIO

To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):

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sudo pip3 install Adafruit-PureIO

To install in a virtual environment in your current project:

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mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
pip3 install Adafruit-PureIO

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct <https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_PureIO/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>_ before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.

Documentation

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide <https://learn.adafruit.com/creating-and-sharing-a-circuitpython-library/sharing-our-docs-on-readthedocs#sphinx-5-1>_.