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pifacecad

PiFace Control and Display Python module.

Contrast is adjusted with screwdriver + screw by IR node.

Documentation

http://pifacecad.readthedocs.org/

You can also find the documentation and some examples installed at:

/usr/share/doc/python3-pifacecad/

Install

Make sure you are using the latest version of Raspbian:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Install pifacecad (for Python 3 and 2) with the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install python{,3}-pifacecad

Test by running the sysinfo.py program:

$ python3 /usr/share/doc/python3-pifacecad/examples/sysinfo.py

You will need to configure the IR receiver.

Install on Raspbian Strech and RaspberryPi 3

The piface packages are currently not in the main repositories. You can, however, simply build them from their sources:

  • Enable the spi-interface:
	$ sudo raspi-config
	Interfacing Options -> SPI -> Yes
	$ sudo aptitude install liblircclient-dev cython gcc python{,3}-setuptools python{,3}-dev
	$ git clone https://github.com/tompreston/python-lirc.git
	$ cd python-lirc/
	$ make py3 && sudo python3 setup.py install
	$ make py2 && sudo python setup.py install
	$ git clone https://github.com/piface/pifacecommon.git
	$ cd pifacecommon/
	$ sudo python setup.py install
	$ sudo python3 setup.py install
	$ git clone https://github.com/piface/pifacecad.git
	$ cd pifacecad/
	$ sudo python setup.py install
	$ sudo python3 setup.py install
  • run the hello world demo:
	>>> import pifacecad

	>>> cad = pifacecad.PiFaceCAD()    # create PiFace Control and Display object
	>>> cad.lcd.backlight_on()         # turns the backlight on
	>>> cad.lcd.write("Hello, world!") # writes hello world on to the LCD
  • Cleanup:
	$ sudo rm -rf pifacecad/ pifacecommon/ python-lirc/