Introduction
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This library provides best-guess platform detection for a range of single-board
computers and (potentially) other platforms. It was written primarily for use
in `Adafruit_Blinka <https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka>`_, but may be
useful in other contexts.
Platform detection is divided into "chip" and "board" detection, with the latter
generally dependent on the former. Platform info is gathered from:
- Python's `sys.platform`
- Various files on Linux systems:
- /proc/cpuinfo (for processor info, Raspberry Pi hardware revisions, etc.)
- /proc/device-tree/compatible (for 96Boards info)
- Beaglebone EEPROM board IDs
- Distribution-specific files such as /etc/armbian-release.
Dependencies
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This driver depends on:
* Python 3.7 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-PlatformDetect/>`_. To install for current user:
.. code-block:: shell
pip3 install Adafruit-PlatformDetect
To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):
.. code-block:: shell
sudo pip3 install Adafruit-PlatformDetect
To install in a virtual environment in your current project:
.. code-block:: shell
mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
pip3 install Adafruit-PlatformDetect
Usage Example
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from adafruit_platformdetect import Detector
detector = Detector()
print("Chip id: ", detector.chip.id)
print("Board id: ", detector.board.id)
# Check for specific board models:
print("Pi 3B+? ", detector.board.RASPBERRY_PI_3B_PLUS)
print("BBB? ", detector.board.BEAGLEBONE_BLACK)
print("Orange Pi PC? ", detector.board.ORANGE_PI_PC)
print("generic Linux PC? ", detector.board.GENERIC_LINUX_PC)
Contributing
============
Contributions are welcome! Please read our `Code of Conduct
<https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_PlatformDetect/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>`_
before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.
Documentation
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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>`_.