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@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Thanks go to all who contributed, and are continuing to contribute,
by providing their time, equipment, and ingenuity! by providing their time, equipment, and ingenuity!
Required Hardware Setup Required Hardware Setup
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@ -31,6 +30,56 @@ Required Hardware Setup
- Python Library Wrapper, as per [5] - Python Library Wrapper, as per [5]
Building the NRF24 Python Wrapper
---------------------------------
You have to install the NRF24 Python Library, as a Dependency for the Raspberry Pi Version of Ahoy.
To do that correctly, I have contacted the developer of NRF24 via github
[Python 3 Wrapper not installing properly #845](https://github.com/nRF24/RF24/issues/845)
as I could not get the Python Wrapper for NRF24 to be built.
- Install Raspberry Pi OS lite x86 with raspberry pi imager
- Connect nrf24 module to raspberry pi (as described in github)
- Login with user pi
- Execute `sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade`
- Execute `sudo raspi-config` and
- Select "Expand filesystem" in "Advanced Options"
- Activate "SPI" in "Interface Options"
- "Finish" to exit `raspi-config` Tool, reboot YES!
- Login as pi user again
```code
sudo apt install cmake git python3-dev libboost-python-dev python3-pip python3-rpi.gpio
sudo ln -s $(ls /usr/lib/$(ls /usr/lib/gcc | \
tail -1)/libboost_python3*.so | \
tail -1) /usr/lib/$(ls /usr/lib/gcc | \
tail -1)/libboost_python3.so
git clone https://github.com/nRF24/RF24.git
cd RF24
export RF24_DRIVER=SPIDEV
rm Makefile.inc #just to make sure there is no old stuff
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
cd ../pyRF24
rm -r ./build/ ./dist/ ./RF24.egg-info/ ./__pycache__/ #just to make sure there is no old stuff
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install .
python3 -m pip list #watch for RF24 module - if its there its installed
cd ..
cd examples_linux/
python3 getting_started.py # to test and see whether RF24 class can be loaded as module in python correctly
```
If there are no error messages on the last step, then the NRF24 Wrapper has been installed successfully.
Example Run Example Run
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@ -81,7 +130,7 @@ This can be used to inject debug payloads
The message must be in hexlified format The message must be in hexlified format
Use of variables: Use of variables:
* tttttttt expands to current time like we know from our `80 0b` command * `tttttttt` expands to current time like we know from our `80 0b` command
Example injects exactly the same as we normally use to poll data Example injects exactly the same as we normally use to poll data
@ -139,4 +188,3 @@ References
- [3] https://nrf24.github.io/RF24/index.html - [3] https://nrf24.github.io/RF24/index.html
- [4] https://nrf24.github.io/RF24/md_docs_linux_install.html - [4] https://nrf24.github.io/RF24/md_docs_linux_install.html
- [5] https://nrf24.github.io/RF24/md_docs_python_wrapper.html - [5] https://nrf24.github.io/RF24/md_docs_python_wrapper.html

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