1. InstallationΒΆ
This guide assumes that you are running Raspbian Stretch.
First enable SPI and configure the UART:
pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo raspi-config
Selecting:
- Option 5 - Interfacing
- P4 - SPI
- Enable β YES
- P6 - Serial
- Would you like a login shell to be accessible over serial? β No
- Would you like the serial port hardware to be enabled? β Yes
Then exit raspi-config.
Next update the package lists:
pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo apt-get update
Then install the Raspbian dependencies:
pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev build-essential
Finally, install DesignSpark.Pmod and dependencies from PyPi:
pi@raspberrypi:~$ sudo pip install designspark.pmod