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23 <h1>eric6.MicroPython.CircuitPythonDevices</h1>
24
25 <p>
26 Module implementing the device interface class for CircuitPython boards.
27 </p>
28 <h3>Global Attributes</h3>
29
30 <table>
31 <tr><td>None</td></tr>
32 </table>
33 <h3>Classes</h3>
34
35 <table>
36
37 <tr>
38 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice">CircuitPythonDevice</a></td>
39 <td>Class implementing the device for CircuitPython boards.</td>
40 </tr>
41 </table>
42 <h3>Functions</h3>
43
44 <table>
45 <tr><td>None</td></tr>
46 </table>
47 <hr />
48 <hr />
49 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice" ID="CircuitPythonDevice"></a>
50 <h2>CircuitPythonDevice</h2>
51
52 <p>
53 Class implementing the device for CircuitPython boards.
54 </p>
55 <h3>Derived from</h3>
56 MicroPythonDevice
57 <h3>Class Attributes</h3>
58
59 <table>
60 <tr><td>DeviceVolumeName</td></tr>
61 </table>
62 <h3>Class Methods</h3>
63
64 <table>
65 <tr><td>None</td></tr>
66 </table>
67 <h3>Methods</h3>
68
69 <table>
70
71 <tr>
72 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.__init__">CircuitPythonDevice</a></td>
73 <td>Constructor</td>
74 </tr>
75 <tr>
76 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.__deviceVolumeMounted">__deviceVolumeMounted</a></td>
77 <td>Private method to check, if the device volume is mounted.</td>
78 </tr>
79 <tr>
80 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.__findWorkspace">__findWorkspace</a></td>
81 <td>Private method to find the workspace directory.</td>
82 </tr>
83 <tr>
84 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.__flashCircuitPython">__flashCircuitPython</a></td>
85 <td>Private slot to flash a CircuitPython firmware to the device.</td>
86 </tr>
87 <tr>
88 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.__flashTeensy">__flashTeensy</a></td>
89 <td>Private method to show a message box because Teens does not support the UF2 bootloader yet.</td>
90 </tr>
91 <tr>
92 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.__installLibraryFiles">__installLibraryFiles</a></td>
93 <td>Private slot to install Python files into the onboard library.</td>
94 </tr>
95 <tr>
96 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.addDeviceMenuEntries">addDeviceMenuEntries</a></td>
97 <td>Public method to add device specific entries to the given menu.</td>
98 </tr>
99 <tr>
100 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.canRunScript">canRunScript</a></td>
101 <td>Public method to determine, if a script can be executed.</td>
102 </tr>
103 <tr>
104 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.canStartFileManager">canStartFileManager</a></td>
105 <td>Public method to determine, if a File Manager can be started.</td>
106 </tr>
107 <tr>
108 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.canStartPlotter">canStartPlotter</a></td>
109 <td>Public method to determine, if a Plotter can be started.</td>
110 </tr>
111 <tr>
112 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.canStartRepl">canStartRepl</a></td>
113 <td>Public method to determine, if a REPL can be started.</td>
114 </tr>
115 <tr>
116 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.deviceName">deviceName</a></td>
117 <td>Public method to get the name of the device.</td>
118 </tr>
119 <tr>
120 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.forceInterrupt">forceInterrupt</a></td>
121 <td>Public method to determine the need for an interrupt when opening the serial connection.</td>
122 </tr>
123 <tr>
124 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.getDocumentationUrl">getDocumentationUrl</a></td>
125 <td>Public method to get the device documentation URL.</td>
126 </tr>
127 <tr>
128 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.getDownloadMenuEntries">getDownloadMenuEntries</a></td>
129 <td>Public method to retrieve the entries for the downloads menu.</td>
130 </tr>
131 <tr>
132 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.getWorkspace">getWorkspace</a></td>
133 <td>Public method to get the workspace directory.</td>
134 </tr>
135 <tr>
136 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.hasFlashMenuEntry">hasFlashMenuEntry</a></td>
137 <td>Public method to check, if the device has its own flash menu entry.</td>
138 </tr>
139 <tr>
140 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.runScript">runScript</a></td>
141 <td>Public method to run the given Python script.</td>
142 </tr>
143 <tr>
144 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.setButtons">setButtons</a></td>
145 <td>Public method to enable the supported action buttons.</td>
146 </tr>
147 <tr>
148 <td><a href="#CircuitPythonDevice.supportsLocalFileAccess">supportsLocalFileAccess</a></td>
149 <td>Public method to indicate file access via a local directory.</td>
150 </tr>
151 </table>
152 <h3>Static Methods</h3>
153
154 <table>
155 <tr><td>None</td></tr>
156 </table>
157
158 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.__init__" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.__init__"></a>
159 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice (Constructor)</h4>
160 <b>CircuitPythonDevice</b>(<i>microPythonWidget, parent=None</i>)
161
162 <p>
163 Constructor
164 </p>
165 <dl>
166
167 <dt><i>microPythonWidget</i> (MicroPythonWidget)</dt>
168 <dd>
169 reference to the main MicroPython widget
170 </dd>
171 <dt><i>parent</i> (QObject)</dt>
172 <dd>
173 reference to the parent object
174 </dd>
175 </dl>
176 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.__deviceVolumeMounted" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.__deviceVolumeMounted"></a>
177 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.__deviceVolumeMounted</h4>
178 <b>__deviceVolumeMounted</b>(<i></i>)
179
180 <p>
181 Private method to check, if the device volume is mounted.
182 </p>
183 <dl>
184 <dt>Return:</dt>
185 <dd>
186 flag indicated a mounted device
187 </dd>
188 </dl>
189 <dl>
190 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
191 <dd>
192 bool
193 </dd>
194 </dl>
195 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.__findWorkspace" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.__findWorkspace"></a>
196 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.__findWorkspace</h4>
197 <b>__findWorkspace</b>(<i>silent=False</i>)
198
199 <p>
200 Private method to find the workspace directory.
201 </p>
202 <dl>
203
204 <dt><i>silent</i> (bool)</dt>
205 <dd>
206 flag indicating silent operations
207 </dd>
208 </dl>
209 <dl>
210 <dt>Return:</dt>
211 <dd>
212 workspace directory used for saving files
213 </dd>
214 </dl>
215 <dl>
216 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
217 <dd>
218 str
219 </dd>
220 </dl>
221 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.__flashCircuitPython" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.__flashCircuitPython"></a>
222 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.__flashCircuitPython</h4>
223 <b>__flashCircuitPython</b>(<i></i>)
224
225 <p>
226 Private slot to flash a CircuitPython firmware to the device.
227 </p>
228 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.__flashTeensy" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.__flashTeensy"></a>
229 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.__flashTeensy</h4>
230 <b>__flashTeensy</b>(<i></i>)
231
232 <p>
233 Private method to show a message box because Teens does not support
234 the UF2 bootloader yet.
235 </p>
236 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.__installLibraryFiles" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.__installLibraryFiles"></a>
237 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.__installLibraryFiles</h4>
238 <b>__installLibraryFiles</b>(<i></i>)
239
240 <p>
241 Private slot to install Python files into the onboard library.
242 </p>
243 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.addDeviceMenuEntries" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.addDeviceMenuEntries"></a>
244 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.addDeviceMenuEntries</h4>
245 <b>addDeviceMenuEntries</b>(<i>menu</i>)
246
247 <p>
248 Public method to add device specific entries to the given menu.
249 </p>
250 <dl>
251
252 <dt><i>menu</i> (QMenu)</dt>
253 <dd>
254 reference to the context menu
255 </dd>
256 </dl>
257 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.canRunScript" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.canRunScript"></a>
258 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.canRunScript</h4>
259 <b>canRunScript</b>(<i></i>)
260
261 <p>
262 Public method to determine, if a script can be executed.
263 </p>
264 <dl>
265 <dt>Return:</dt>
266 <dd>
267 tuple containing a flag indicating it is safe to start a
268 Plotter and a reason why it cannot.
269 </dd>
270 </dl>
271 <dl>
272 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
273 <dd>
274 tuple of (bool, str)
275 </dd>
276 </dl>
277 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.canStartFileManager" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.canStartFileManager"></a>
278 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.canStartFileManager</h4>
279 <b>canStartFileManager</b>(<i></i>)
280
281 <p>
282 Public method to determine, if a File Manager can be started.
283 </p>
284 <dl>
285 <dt>Return:</dt>
286 <dd>
287 tuple containing a flag indicating it is safe to start a
288 File Manager and a reason why it cannot.
289 </dd>
290 </dl>
291 <dl>
292 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
293 <dd>
294 tuple of (bool, str)
295 </dd>
296 </dl>
297 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.canStartPlotter" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.canStartPlotter"></a>
298 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.canStartPlotter</h4>
299 <b>canStartPlotter</b>(<i></i>)
300
301 <p>
302 Public method to determine, if a Plotter can be started.
303 </p>
304 <dl>
305 <dt>Return:</dt>
306 <dd>
307 tuple containing a flag indicating it is safe to start a
308 Plotter and a reason why it cannot.
309 </dd>
310 </dl>
311 <dl>
312 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
313 <dd>
314 tuple of (bool, str)
315 </dd>
316 </dl>
317 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.canStartRepl" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.canStartRepl"></a>
318 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.canStartRepl</h4>
319 <b>canStartRepl</b>(<i></i>)
320
321 <p>
322 Public method to determine, if a REPL can be started.
323 </p>
324 <dl>
325 <dt>Return:</dt>
326 <dd>
327 tuple containing a flag indicating it is safe to start a REPL
328 and a reason why it cannot.
329 </dd>
330 </dl>
331 <dl>
332 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
333 <dd>
334 tuple of (bool, str)
335 </dd>
336 </dl>
337 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.deviceName" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.deviceName"></a>
338 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.deviceName</h4>
339 <b>deviceName</b>(<i></i>)
340
341 <p>
342 Public method to get the name of the device.
343 </p>
344 <dl>
345 <dt>Return:</dt>
346 <dd>
347 name of the device
348 </dd>
349 </dl>
350 <dl>
351 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
352 <dd>
353 str
354 </dd>
355 </dl>
356 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.forceInterrupt" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.forceInterrupt"></a>
357 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.forceInterrupt</h4>
358 <b>forceInterrupt</b>(<i></i>)
359
360 <p>
361 Public method to determine the need for an interrupt when opening the
362 serial connection.
363 </p>
364 <dl>
365 <dt>Return:</dt>
366 <dd>
367 flag indicating an interrupt is needed
368 </dd>
369 </dl>
370 <dl>
371 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
372 <dd>
373 bool
374 </dd>
375 </dl>
376 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.getDocumentationUrl" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.getDocumentationUrl"></a>
377 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.getDocumentationUrl</h4>
378 <b>getDocumentationUrl</b>(<i></i>)
379
380 <p>
381 Public method to get the device documentation URL.
382 </p>
383 <dl>
384 <dt>Return:</dt>
385 <dd>
386 documentation URL of the device
387 </dd>
388 </dl>
389 <dl>
390 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
391 <dd>
392 str
393 </dd>
394 </dl>
395 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.getDownloadMenuEntries" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.getDownloadMenuEntries"></a>
396 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.getDownloadMenuEntries</h4>
397 <b>getDownloadMenuEntries</b>(<i></i>)
398
399 <p>
400 Public method to retrieve the entries for the downloads menu.
401 </p>
402 <dl>
403 <dt>Return:</dt>
404 <dd>
405 list of tuples with menu text and URL to be opened for each
406 entry
407 </dd>
408 </dl>
409 <dl>
410 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
411 <dd>
412 list of tuple of (str, str)
413 </dd>
414 </dl>
415 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.getWorkspace" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.getWorkspace"></a>
416 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.getWorkspace</h4>
417 <b>getWorkspace</b>(<i>silent=False</i>)
418
419 <p>
420 Public method to get the workspace directory.
421 </p>
422 <dl>
423
424 <dt><i>silent</i> (bool)</dt>
425 <dd>
426 flag indicating silent operations
427 </dd>
428 </dl>
429 <dl>
430 <dt>Return:</dt>
431 <dd>
432 workspace directory used for saving files
433 </dd>
434 </dl>
435 <dl>
436 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
437 <dd>
438 str
439 </dd>
440 </dl>
441 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.hasFlashMenuEntry" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.hasFlashMenuEntry"></a>
442 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.hasFlashMenuEntry</h4>
443 <b>hasFlashMenuEntry</b>(<i></i>)
444
445 <p>
446 Public method to check, if the device has its own flash menu entry.
447 </p>
448 <dl>
449 <dt>Return:</dt>
450 <dd>
451 flag indicating a specific flash menu entry
452 </dd>
453 </dl>
454 <dl>
455 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
456 <dd>
457 bool
458 </dd>
459 </dl>
460 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.runScript" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.runScript"></a>
461 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.runScript</h4>
462 <b>runScript</b>(<i>script</i>)
463
464 <p>
465 Public method to run the given Python script.
466 </p>
467 <dl>
468
469 <dt><i>script</i> (str)</dt>
470 <dd>
471 script to be executed
472 </dd>
473 </dl>
474 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.setButtons" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.setButtons"></a>
475 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.setButtons</h4>
476 <b>setButtons</b>(<i></i>)
477
478 <p>
479 Public method to enable the supported action buttons.
480 </p>
481 <a NAME="CircuitPythonDevice.supportsLocalFileAccess" ID="CircuitPythonDevice.supportsLocalFileAccess"></a>
482 <h4>CircuitPythonDevice.supportsLocalFileAccess</h4>
483 <b>supportsLocalFileAccess</b>(<i></i>)
484
485 <p>
486 Public method to indicate file access via a local directory.
487 </p>
488 <dl>
489 <dt>Return:</dt>
490 <dd>
491 flag indicating file access via local directory
492 </dd>
493 </dl>
494 <dl>
495 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
496 <dd>
497 bool
498 </dd>
499 </dl>
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