Welcome to python-periphery’s documentation!

python-periphery is a pure Python library for GPIO, LED, PWM, SPI, I2C, MMIO, and Serial peripheral I/O interface access in userspace Linux. It is useful in embedded Linux environments (including Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, etc. platforms) for interfacing with external peripherals. python-periphery is compatible with Python 2 and Python 3, is written in pure Python, and is MIT licensed.

Contents

• GPIO
  • Code Example
  • API
• LED
  • Code Example
  • API
• PWM
  • Code Example
  • API
• SPI
  • Code Example
  • API
• I2C
  • Code Example
  • API
• MMIO
  • Code Example
  • API
• Serial
  • Code Example
  • API
• Version and Helper Functions