MMIO

Code Example

from periphery import MMIO

# Open am335x real-time clock subsystem page
rtc_mmio = MMIO(0x44E3E000, 0x1000)

# Read current time
rtc_secs = rtc_mmio.read32(0x00)
rtc_mins = rtc_mmio.read32(0x04)
rtc_hrs = rtc_mmio.read32(0x08)

print("hours: %02x minutes: %02x seconds: %02x" % (rtc_hrs, rtc_mins, rtc_secs))

rtc_mmio.close()

# Open am335x control module page
ctrl_mmio = MMIO(0x44E10000, 0x1000)

# Read MAC address
mac_id0_lo = ctrl_mmio.read32(0x630)
mac_id0_hi = ctrl_mmio.read32(0x634)

print("MAC address: %04x%08x" % (mac_id0_lo, mac_id0_hi))

ctrl_mmio.close()

API

class periphery.MMIO(physaddr, size)[source]

Bases: object

Instantiate an MMIO object and map the region of physical memory specified by the address base physaddr and size size in bytes.

Parameters:
  • physaddr (int, long) – base physical address of memory region.
  • size (int, long) – size of memory region.
Returns:

MMIO object.
Return type:

MMIO
Raises:
  • MMIOError – if an I/O or OS error occurs.
  • TypeError – if physaddr or size types are invalid.
read32(offset)[source]

Read 32-bits from the specified offset in bytes, relative to the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Parameters:

offset (int, long) – offset from base physical address, in bytes.
Returns:

32-bit value read.
Return type:

int
Raises:
  • TypeError – if offset type is invalid.
  • ValueError – if offset is out of bounds.
read16(offset)[source]

Read 16-bits from the specified offset in bytes, relative to the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Parameters:

offset (int, long) – offset from base physical address, in bytes.
Returns:

16-bit value read.
Return type:

int
Raises:
  • TypeError – if offset type is invalid.
  • ValueError – if offset is out of bounds.
read8(offset)[source]

Read 8-bits from the specified offset in bytes, relative to the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Parameters:

offset (int, long) – offset from base physical address, in bytes.
Returns:

8-bit value read.
Return type:

int
Raises:
  • TypeError – if offset type is invalid.
  • ValueError – if offset is out of bounds.
read(offset, length)[source]

Read a string of bytes from the specified offset in bytes, relative to the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Parameters:
  • offset (int, long) – offset from base physical address, in bytes.
  • length (int) – number of bytes to read.
Returns:

bytes read.
Return type:

bytes
Raises:
  • TypeError – if offset type is invalid.
  • ValueError – if offset is out of bounds.
write32(offset, value)[source]

Write 32-bits to the specified offset in bytes, relative to the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Parameters:
  • offset (int, long) – offset from base physical address, in bytes.
  • value (int, long) – 32-bit value to write.
Raises:
  • TypeError – if offset or value type are invalid.
  • ValueError – if offset or value are out of bounds.
write16(offset, value)[source]

Write 16-bits to the specified offset in bytes, relative to the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Parameters:
  • offset (int, long) – offset from base physical address, in bytes.
  • value (int, long) – 16-bit value to write.
Raises:
  • TypeError – if offset or value type are invalid.
  • ValueError – if offset or value are out of bounds.
write8(offset, value)[source]

Write 8-bits to the specified offset in bytes, relative to the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Parameters:
  • offset (int, long) – offset from base physical address, in bytes.
  • value (int, long) – 8-bit value to write.
Raises:
  • TypeError – if offset or value type are invalid.
  • ValueError – if offset or value are out of bounds.
write(offset, data)[source]

Write a string of bytes to the specified offset in bytes, relative to the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Parameters:
  • offset (int, long) – offset from base physical address, in bytes.
  • data (bytes, bytearray, list) – a byte array or list of 8-bit integers to write.
Raises:
  • TypeError – if offset or data type are invalid.
  • ValueError – if offset is out of bounds, or if data is not valid bytes.
close()[source]

Unmap the MMIO object’s mapped physical memory.

base

Get the base physical address of the MMIO region.

Type:int
size

Get the mapping size of the MMIO region.

Type:int
pointer

Get a ctypes void pointer to the memory mapped region.

Type:ctypes.c_void_p
class periphery.MMIOError[source]

Bases: exceptions.IOError

Base class for MMIO errors.