Tested on Ubuntu 16.04, Mint & Pixel on the 29th of December 2016. Sudo apt install python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel If already installed the system will ignore or upgrade the packages that are. We found that the following command will install the requirements for all of the distributions. This allows us to access the serial ports without having to use sudo on our python programs. To begin we'll add our user to the dialout group. On ubuntu click the start icon and search terminal or press Ctrl+Alt+t On Pixel and Mint I clicked the terminal icon (Screen with >_ in it or just a screen). Ubuntu / Mint / Debian / Pixelīegin by opening a terminal up. Pixel was instead tested running from the Live DVD instead of being installed on a HDD. LinuxĪll of the listed systems have been tested in a virtual machine with the OS installed to a virtual HDD. A user on github as modified it to fix the issue over at however we cannot guarantee these drivers in anyway and are contacting the manufacturer to see if we can get new drivers. The manufacturer of the chipset provides one however reports are that it causes issues on the latest version of OSX (Sierra). Mac OS doesn't include the required driver like most Linux distributions do and doesn't have a central driver system like Windows so a driver has to be installed to communicate with the UART chipset on the RTk.GPIO. These instructions have been tested on El Capitan however should work on the new Mac OS Sierra. On Windows 10 you should see some screens in the following order.Īfter the driver has installed the screen should disappear. Windows will detect and should install the drivers automatically for you. Next plug the RTk.GPIO into your computer. Python will then install, after setup is finished you may close the installer. You should have a screen similar to the following:Ĭheck the box which says "Add Python 3.X to Path" with X being the version number and click Install Now.Ī popup box will appear asking if you want to allow the app to make changes. Wait for it to download and then click on the installer / run. We are using Python 3.6.0 but we recommend you download the latest version of Python 3.X if there is a newer one available. The screenshots below are on Windows 10.īegin by downloading python from and download python. These instructions should cover Windows 7, 8 & 10 and have been tested on 7 & 10. The second goes over installing the library, The third goes over testing the board. This guide has 3 main parts, The first is installing python, pip and any drivers if your OS requires them. Previously we had a page for Linux, Mac and Windows however as a majority of the guide is the same except for the OS specific guides in part 1 we've merged them into one to prevent updating one and missing others.
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