adafruit-circuitpython-ble-radio

Introduction

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This library provides simple byte and string based inter-device communication via BLE.

It works like a walkie-talkie: configure your device to use a certain channel (numbered 0-255, default being 42) and it will broadcast on that channel and receive any messages from other devices using that channel.

Dependencies

This library depends on:

• Adafruit CircuitPython <https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython>_

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle <https://circuitpython.org/libraries>_.

Usage Example

All the functionality is exposed via the very simple Radio class::

from adafruit_ble_radio import Radio


# A radio instance listens/broadcasts on a numbered channel.
r = Radio(channel=7)

# Update radio instance settings.
r.configure(channel=9)

# Broadcast a simple string message.
r.send("Hello")

# Broadcast raw bytes.
r.send_bytes(b"Hello")

# A loop to listen for incoming string based messages...
while True:
    msg = r.receive()
    if msg:
        print(msg)

# Alternatively, to get the raw bytes and other details...
while True:
    msg = r.receive_full()
    if msg:
        msg_bytes = msg[0]
        msg_strength = msg[1]
        msg_time = msg[2]
        print("Recieved {} (strength {}, at time {})".format(
              msg_bytes,
              msg_strength,
              msg_time))

Unit Tests

To run the test suite you should have pytest and pytest-coverage installed (pip install pytest pytest-coverage).

Run the unit tests with the following command::

$ pytest --cov-report term-missing --cov=adafruit_ble_radio tests/

Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/ble_radio/en/latest/>_.

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide <https://learn.adafruit.com/creating-and-sharing-a-circuitpython-library/sharing-our-docs-on-readthedocs#sphinx-5-1>_.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct <https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_BLE_Radio/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>_ before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.