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Update Raspberry Pi Dependencies #1002

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31 changes: 22 additions & 9 deletions setup.py
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here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))


def yellow_text(text: str) -> str:
return f"\033[33m{text}\033[0m"


# Import the README and use it as the long-description.
# Note: this will only work if 'README.md' is present in your MANIFEST.in file!
with io.open(os.path.join(here, "README.rst"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
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)

board_reqs = []
raspberry_pi = False
if os.path.exists("/proc/device-tree/compatible"):
with open("/proc/device-tree/compatible", "rb") as f:
compat = f.read()
# Jetson Nano, TX2, Xavier, etc
if b"nvidia,tegra" in compat:
board_reqs = ["Jetson.GPIO"]
# Pi 5
elif b"brcm,bcm2712" in compat:
board_reqs = [
"rpi_ws281x>=4.0.0",
"lgpio;python_version<'3.11'",
"Adafruit-Blinka-Raspberry-Pi5-Neopixel",
]
# Pi 4 and Earlier
# Pi 5 and Earlier
elif (
b"brcm,bcm2835" in compat
or b"brcm,bcm2836" in compat
or b"brcm,bcm2837" in compat
or b"brcm,bcm2838" in compat
or b"brcm,bcm2711" in compat
or b"brcm,bcm2712" in compat
):
board_reqs = ["RPi.GPIO", "rpi_ws281x>=4.0.0"]
board_reqs = [
"rpi_ws281x>=4.0.0",
"lgpio;python_version<'3.13'",
"RPi.GPIO",
"Adafruit-Blinka-Raspberry-Pi5-Neopixel",
]
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@ezio-melotti ezio-melotti Aug 28, 2025

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FWIW this doesn't seem to work for me on a Raspberry Pi Zero W.
See #971 (comment) for more details.

@ezio-melotti ezio-melotti Sep 4, 2025

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@makermelissa / @tannewt can you look into this?
I can't reopen #971, but if you want I can open a new issue.

raspberry_pi = True
# BeagleBone Black, Green, PocketBeagle, BeagleBone AI, etc.
elif b"ti,am335x" in compat:
board_reqs = ["Adafruit_BBIO"]
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"Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: MicroPython",
],
)

if raspberry_pi and os.sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
print(
yellow_text(
"\n*** Raspberry Pi 5 and later: lgpio will need to be installed manually. See the lgpio homepage for more details: http://abyz.me.uk/lg/download.html ***"
)
)