There has been work to port CircuitPython to at least the PocketBeagle, but
I am not sure how it does for the BBB. It does appear to be working with
the PB at least.

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka/issues/100#issuecomment-504693820


Jon

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 8:29 PM Darren Freed <[email protected]> wrote:

> AFAIK CircuitPython is Adafuit's port of micropython
> <http://micropython.org>, meant for embedded devices. What you are
> looking for is the Adafruit_BBIO <https://pypi.org/project/Adafruit-BBIO/>
> library.
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:03 PM Steve Lentz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Grrr, I installed it by copying files from their circuit python bundle,
>> those instructions must be out of date.  I see they’ve made a proper
>> package now, I’ll give it a try.
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 4:04 PM, jonnymo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Do you have 'adafruit_bus_device' installed?
>>
>> Ref:
>> https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/projects/busdevice/en/latest/api.html
>>
>> https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/projects/busdevice/en/latest/index.html#bus-device-installation
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:38 PM Steve Lentz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> This is probably not for this forum, but perhaps you can give me some
>>> direction.
>>>
>>> I have a BME680 and BNO055 connected to my BBB via i2c.  I2cdetect and
>>> i2cdump work as expected, so I think I’m good with wiring and low level
>>> stuff.
>>>
>>> I want to access these sensors from a Python program.  I have carefully
>>> followed all of Adafruit’s instructions regarding installation of
>>> libraries, copying of files, etc.
>>>
>>> From the command line, I can communicate with the sensors as follows:
>>>
>>> *debian@beaglebone:/var/lib/cloud9$ python3*
>>> *Python 3.7.3 (default, Jul 25 2020, 13:03:44)*
>>> *[GCC 8.3.0] on linux*
>>> *Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.*
>>> *>>> import board*
>>> *>>> import busio*
>>> *>>> import adafruit_bno055*
>>> *>>> i2c = busio.I2C(board.SCL,board.SDA)*
>>> *>>> mybno055=adafruit_bno055.BNO055_I2C(i2c)*
>>> *>>> mybno055.gravity*
>>> *(-0.11, 0.52, -0.01)*
>>> *>>>*
>>>
>>> When I create the following program and try to run it, I get an error
>>> message.
>>>
>>> *#!/usr/bin/python3*
>>> *#//////////////////////////////////////*
>>> *#*
>>> *# BMO055 Test*
>>> *# *
>>> *#//////////////////////////////////////*
>>>
>>> *import time*
>>> *import board*
>>> *import busio*
>>> *import adafruit_bno055*
>>> *i2c = busio.I2C(board.SCL,board.SDA)*
>>> *mybno055=adafruit_bno055.BNO055_I2C(i2c)*
>>>
>>> *while True:*
>>> *    mybno055.gravity*
>>> *    time.sleep(1.5)*
>>>
>>> Here is the error:
>>>
>>> *Traceback (most recent call last):*
>>> *  File "/var/lib/cloud9/PocketBeagle/bno055.py", line 11, in <module>*
>>> *    import adafruit_bno055*
>>> *  File
>>> "/home/debian/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/adafruit_bno055.py", line
>>> 37, in <module>*
>>> *    from adafruit_bus_device.i2c_device import I2CDevice*
>>> *ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'adafruit_bus_device.i2c_device'*
>>>
>>> *Process exited with code: 1*
>>>
>>> I have checked that all the files appear to be in the cache at
>>> /home/debian/.local/.  Python version is set to Python3.  The Python path
>>> in Cloud9 points to /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages.  The included
>>> Python examples (blinkLED.py) do work.
>>>
>>> Clearly everything that should be needed is installed, because it works
>>> from the command line.  Why does this Python program fail?
>>>
>>> Any advice appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
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