Qwiic_Button_Py

Python module for the SparkFun Qwiic Button

This module is also compatible with the following products:

• SparkFun Qwiic Button - Green LED
• SparkFun Qwiic Button Breakout
• Qwiic Arcade - Red
• Qwiic Arcade - Blue
• Qwiic Switch

Please remember that SparkX products are experimental, therefore full functionality is not gauranteed.

This python package is a port of the existing SparkFun Qwiic Button Arduino Library

This package can be used in conjunction with the overall SparkFun qwiic Python Package

New to qwiic? Take a look at the entire SparkFun qwiic ecosystem.

Contents

• Supported Platforms
• Dependencies
• Installation
• Documentation
• Example Use

Supported Platforms

The Qwiic Button Python package current supports the following platforms:

• Raspberry Pi
• NVidia Jetson Nano
• Google Coral Development Board

Dependencies

This driver package depends on the qwiic I2C driver: Qwiic_I2C_Py

Documentation

The SparkFun Qwiic Button module documentation is hosted at ReadTheDocs

Installation

PyPi Installation

This repository is hosted on PyPi as the sparkfun-qwiic-button package. On systems that support PyPi installation via pip, this library is installed using the following commands

For all users (note: the user must have sudo privileges):

sudo pip install sparkfun-qwiic-button

For the current user:

pip install sparkfun-qwiic-button

To install, make sure the setuptools package is installed on the system.

Direct installation at the command line:

python setup.py install

To build a package for use with pip:

python setup.py sdist

A package file is built and placed in a subdirectory called dist. This package file can be installed using pip.

cd dist
pip install sparkfun-qwiic-button-<version>.tar.gz

Example Use

See the examples directory for more detailed use examples.

from __future__ import print_function
import qwiic_button 
import time
import sys

def run_example():

    print("\nSparkFun Qwiic Button Example 1")
    my_button = qwiic_button.QwiicButton()

    if my_button.begin() == False:
        print("\nThe Qwiic Button isn't connected to the system. Please check your connection", \
            file=sys.stderr)
        return
    print("\nButton ready!")
    
    while True:   
        
        if my_button.is_button_pressed() == True:
            print("\nThe button is pressed!")

        else:    
            print("\nThe button is not pressed!")
            
        time.sleep(0.02)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        run_example()
    except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit) as exErr:
        print("\nEnding Example 1")
        sys.exit(0)