py-opcR1

Python library for operating the Alphasense OPC-R1 Optical Particle Counter using a Raspberry Pi (or other linux device).

Dependencies

One of the following, depending on whether you use GPIO pins or a SPI-USB adapter:

1. py-spidev - for those using GPIO pins
2. pyusbiss - for those using a SPI-USB adapter (python3+ only)

Working

If you are using the SPI-USB adapter only, you will also need to install pyusbiss. This can be done as follows:

$ pip install pyusbiss

Depending on your python setup, you may need to use pip3 instead of pip to install for python3+:

$ pip3 install pyusbiss

If you are using the GPIO pins to communicate with the OPC-R2, you must download the requirement py-spidev as follows:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/doceme/py-spidev.git

Run the file "opc_r1_example.py" . Assign the required value of the port in the code.

$ python opc_r1_example.py

License

This library is licensed under the MIT license. The full text of the license can be found in this repository at LICENSE.txt.