jensenr30 / pydronecan

python DroneCAN code generation, interface and utilities

DroneCAN v1 stack in Python [a fork of UAVCAN v0.9]

Python implementation of the DroneCAN v1 protocol stack.

DroneCAN is a lightweight protocol designed for reliable communication in aerospace and robotic applications via CAN bus.

Documentation

• DroneCAN v1 website
• Pydronecan documentation and tutorials

Installation

Compatible Python versions are 2.7 and 3.3 and newer. If the library is used with Python 3, which is recommended, it does not require any additional dependencies. If Python 2.7 is used, additional dependencies are needed - refer to setup.py for more info.

pip install dronecan

Development

Automatic deployment to PyPI

In order to deploy to PyPI via CI, do this:

1. Update the version number in version.py, e.g. 1.0.0, and commit before proceeding.
2. Create a new tag with the same version number, e.g. git tag -a 1.0.0 -m "My release 1.0.0"
3. Push to master.

Code style

Please follow the existing coding styles.

History

Much of the development of this tool is based upon original work by Pavel Kirienko and others from the UAVCAN Development Team. See https://github.com/UAVCAN/pyuavcan/tree/legacy-v0 for contributors.