pd-buddy-python 0.5.0

Features

• Provides a Pythonic interface to the PD Buddy Sink shell commands

• Configuration is represented as a SinkConfig object

• SinkConfig objects can be manipulated locally and written to the device with one method call

• Allows control of whether or not the output is enabled

• Provides a Pythonic interface for reading advertised PDOs

• Provides functions for testing if the power supply follows the Power Rules

• Includes a script for testing if a PD Buddy Sink is correctly functioning

Examples

>>> import pdbuddy
>>> pdbs = pdbuddy.Sink(list(pdbuddy.Sink.get_devices())[0])
>>> pdbs.get_cfg()
SinkConfig(status=<SinkStatus.VALID: 2>, flags=<SinkFlags.NONE: 0>, v=5000, vmin=None, vmax=None, i=3000, idim=<SinkDimension.CURRENT: 1>)
>>> print(pdbs.get_cfg())
status: valid
flags: (none)
v: 5.000 V
i: 3.00 A

>>> cfg = pdbs.get_cfg()
>>> cfg = cfg._replace(v=20000, i=2250)
>>> cfg = cfg._replace(flags=cfg.flags | pdbuddy.SinkFlags.GIVEBACK)
>>> cfg
SinkConfig(status=<SinkStatus.VALID: 2>, flags=<SinkFlags.GIVEBACK: 1>, v=20000, vmin=None, vmax=None, i=2250, idim=<SinkDimension.CURRENT: 1>)

>>> pdbs.set_tmpcfg(cfg)
>>> pdbs.write()
>>> pdbs.get_cfg()
SinkConfig(status=<SinkStatus.VALID: 2>, flags=<SinkFlags.GIVEBACK: 1>, v=20000, vmin=None, vmax=None, i=2250, idim=<SinkDimension.CURRENT: 1>)

Requirements

• Python 2.7, >= 3.3

• pySerial >= 3.0

• aenum >= 2.0 (if using Python < 3.6)

Testing

To run the unit tests, run:

$ python setup.py test

This will test the Sink class only if a PD Buddy Sink is plugged in and in setup mode, so make sure that’s the case if you’re testing any changes to the Sink class. Also, make sure the Status LED is blinking quickly when the tests are run, since that’s the only real way to test the identify command. Be aware that the Sink’s configuration will get clobbered by the tests.