PyPI Package

[rwb27]

I'd quite like to use this code as part of a University practical lab, where my students will be using a TSIC306 sensor in a group project next year. I'd need to customise the conversion from ADC reading to temperature in the T() function, and I'd also really like them to be able to install the library from PyPI or similar.

Would you be interested in either or both of a pull request to subclass ZACWire with the equation for the TSIC306, or a pull request to publish it as a package on PyPI?

No worries at all if you'd rather not acquire the maintenance headache of either of these. If not, I might publish a package that includes your rp2 code (I don't have the other hardware to test on), making clear where it came from but also that you're not responsible for a third party package - but it feels courteous to drop you a line first.

Thanks for providing this - I was delighted to find a ready-made ZACWire library.

[mdaeron]

Sure, changing the equation is simple enough. What do you propose, adding a model kwarg to the ZACwire() constructor and then pointing to a custom T() function depending on self.model? At any rate, happy to help.

I have zero experience with using PyPI to deploy micropython libraries, but I maintain a few Python libraries. If it is just a matter of adding a pyproject.toml and run flit publish, I can do that. But for a PyPI package we might want to include only the rpi2 implementation (which is the only robust one imho), otherwise it may cause confusion as the various ports are quite different (and will fail in different, unexpected ways).

[rwb27]

Thanks very much - my immediate thought was to subclass it and just override T() to put the updated equation - that way I could instantiate a TSIC306() or a TSIC506F() and get the right equation automatically. Passing in a callable would of course also work, and would be more flexible. For teaching purposes I'd be keen to do the former, because it keeps downstream code simpler - I will try to send you a PR and you can see what you think.

My understanding is that micropython on PyPI works much the same as any other Python package, but I've only ever published normal Python packages. Perhaps the way to go there is I'll try publishing to testpypi from a fork, and if it looks promising I'll get back to you.

I am likely to take a while to get around to this, so please don't waste any time on my account until you've seen proof of effort from me! I just wanted to make contact now, so that when I spontaneously find time to do something about it, I don't then launch into doing something non-useful.