Welcome to UPM Python Documentation!¶
The UPM repository provides software drivers for a wide variety of commonly used sensors and actuators. These software drivers interact with the underlying hardware platform (or microcontroller), as well as with the attached sensors, through calls to [MRAA](https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/mraa) APIs.
Programmers can access the interfaces for each sensor by including the sensor’s corresponding header file and instantiating the associated sensor class. In the typical use case, a constructor initializes the sensor based on parameters that identify the sensor, the I/O protocol used and the pin location of the sensor.
We endorse additions that implement the generic C and C++ interfaces provided with the libraries. Multiple sensor and actuator types have been defined, for instance:
- Light controller
- Light sensor
- Temperature sensor
- Humidity sensor
- Pressure sensor
- Gas sensor
- Analog to digital converter
The developer community is welcome to submit feedback on existing categories or suggest new ones.
Examples¶
Multi-sensor samples for the starter and specialized kits can be found in the iot-devkit-samples repository.
Individual sensor usage examples for Python are available here.
IDE Compatibility¶
While there is no official IDE provided with our Python libraries, we do recommend the web-based IDE Wyliodrin. It can be used with multiple programming languages, including Python. More information can be found on the Intel Developer Zone IDE page.
Making your own UPM Module¶
This link has more information on making a new UPM module.
There is also an example available for max31855 sensor.
Naming Conventions and Rules for New UPM Contributions¶
Before you begin development, please take a look at our naming conventions.
Also, please read the guidelines for contributions to UPM.
Don’t forget to check the documentation section.
Note
- Make sure you add yourself as an author on every new code file submitted.
- If you are providing a fix with significant changes, feel free to add yourself as a contributor.
- Signing-off your commits is mandatory.
List of Available Sensors Drivers¶
Click on the library prefix below to expand the full list of sensors:
