[Swlug] Raspberry Pi and Python - just a hello.

Wed Jan 19 11:20:59 UTC 2022

Hi Rhys!

Welcome back to SWLUG!

I too have a few PIs (and hats and boards and LEDs and cables and stuff), and am insanely busy (job, kids, dog) with practically no time to “play.” I also volunteer as a Code Club leader in a local school. So I use that as an excuse to “research” now and again. One Pi is a VPN (www.pivpn.io <http://www.pivpn.io> ), another runs http://OSMC.tv,  another has a Sense Hat that I use for demos (and tweeting the temperature/air pressure), I want to use one with an IR sensor and camera to tweet a picture of anyone who opens the biscuit tin.

Regarding C++ libraries, https://realpython.com/python-bindings-overview/ is helpful. (Though I haven’t tried it. It’s bad enough having to code C++ on an IBM Mainframe, let alone a Raspberry Pi.)

Keep in touch, and let us know your progress.

Marcus 

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Subject: [Swlug] Raspberry Pi and Python - just a hello.

I've been out of coding for a long time. Just got a Raspberry Pi and some gubbins with the aim of using Python and the gubbins to make the Pi physically do interesting stuff. 

In detail - I walked away from coding in around 2008 (external pressures) and I've been playing around with Python when I get the time (busy and exhausting word schedule during term times (4:30am alarm, start work 6am. Finish work for the day 4:30pm) A couple of gaps in the middle that I generally have to allocate for napping and eating. I have the Pi and various hats and boards for the GPIO. 

At the moment I have absolutely nobody around me that has any interest in coding etc to bounce ideas off. I might have some bloody stupid-sounding questions to ask and hope to find answers as I (glacially slowly) work toward my goals. The goals will change over time as the project progresses.

For my first inane question... Some of the boards I have have sample code solely in C++. As the vast majority of boards use Python it seems a better idea to use Python to do the coding. I do have background in C++/Delphi/Cobol/Basic. How do I use the C++ libraries from Python?

20 years ago I used to go to the SWLUG meetings in Wind St in Swansea but that's quite a commute for me right now as I'm located right now in South Carolina.

Rhys Sage

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