README.md

How to upload pikaPython script to UPS?

Description

There are PikaPython code files with different extension modules in the current directory, and they are updated irregularly. Among them, rpi.py is a tool for uploading PikaPython code to the PikaPython interpreter on the UPSv6 MCU. You can get help information by running python rpi.py -h.

Demo

Navigate to repository

pi@raspberrypi:~/upsv6_pub/script/pikaPython_examples $ pwd
/home/pi/upsv6_pub/script/pikaPython_examples
pi@raspberrypi:~/upsv6_pub/script/pikaPython_examples $ ls
Basic  README.md  rpi.py  SATAPower  TFT_Module

Getting Help

NOTE: Before you use rpi.py, please make sure your environment support UTF-8, if not, please execute following command first:

export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8

Next:

pi@raspberrypi:~/upsv6_pub/script/pikaPython_examples $ python rpi.py -h
usage: rpi.py [-h] [-u FILE] [-r] [--max-retry MAX_RETRY] [--retry-delay RETRY_DELAY]

🧪 Communication tool for I2C devices

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -u FILE, --upload FILE
                        📤 Upload and execute specified binary file
  -r, --read            📥 Read output from device
  --max-retry MAX_RETRY
                        Max retry attempts (default: 30)
  --retry-delay RETRY_DELAY
                        Retry delay in ms (min 1, default 10)

Upload pikaPython Script

Open a terminal window on your Raspberry Pi, then navigate to the directory of this repository within the window, and then execute:

python rpi.py -u <path_to_pikapython_script>

Replace <path_to_pikapython_script> with the actual path to your PikaPython script.

Read output

python rpi.py -r 

Demostration

• UPS Basic Demo:

python rpi.py -u Basic/main.py 

• TFT Module Demo: Upload a test code when you finished editing, which name is test_drawString.py

python rpi.py -u test_drawString.py