pimoroni / pimoroni/plasma-python
Support for Mote USB
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- Python
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- 18
- Forks
- 9
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Description
IIRC Plasma implicitly supports the regular Mote pHAT (since it's just APA102 pixels) but it doesn't have any support for the custom protocol used by the USB board. Plasma could use a Mote class to support those boards, derived from- https://github.com/pimoroni/mote
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing Plasma's existing support for regular Mote pHAT APA102 pixels, then study the custom USB protocol and Mote implementation in https://github.com/pimoroni/mote. Done means Plasma has a Mote class that supports the USB boards through that protocol.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- embedded-iot
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100