Python library for Seeedstudio Grove Devices on embeded Linux platform, especially good on below platforms:

• Coral Dev Board (Wiki)
• NVIDIA Jetson Nano (Wiki)
• Raspberry Pi (Wiki)

To operate grove sensors, the grove.py depends on the smbus2 hardware interface library.

For beginner or library user only, please install with online method.
For developer or advanced user, please install dependencies and then install grove.py with source code.

Here is the compatibility of grove.py with Python2 and Python3 on each releases of Raspbian/Raspberry Pi OS.

Because Python2 is obsolete and APT repository does not provide python-pip, so the Raspberry Pi OS releases which after 10 (Buster) 2020-08-20 cannot use Online install command. We also recommend using Python3 to all the users and developers.

install/update all dependencies and latest grove.py

curl -sL https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/grove.py/raw/master/install.sh | sudo bash -s -

From source code

git clone https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/grove.py
cd grove.py
# Python2 (This command line does not provide for Raspberrypi OS 10 (Buster) >= 2020-12-02)
sudo pip install .
# Python3 
sudo pip3 install .

Basic GPIO Input & Output demo

import time
from grove.gpio import GPIO

led = GPIO(12, GPIO.OUT)
button = GPIO(22, GPIO.IN)

while True:
    if button.read():
        led.write(1)
    else:
        led.write(0)
    time.sleep(0.1)

See more demos and how to run

click here

how to update me

Check list for adding a new grove device, for simple, take grove_led as a example.

• Add a Class in the python source file, and export with __all__ =
• Code sytle PEP8 is recommanded
• The python source could run directly with python <file> and python3 <file>
• Add demo code at the near top of source file
• The demo code could run directly with someone python/python3 IDE.
• Add document to class and it's member and show the result by refering to API document
• Add a command item in setup.py console_scripts list, take effect by install again
• Add a item to command table in Usage Doc
• If the command need argument but not specified, please list available arguments.
• If specified invalid argument, also output usage document then exit.