Automatically find Arduino tty from /dev/serial/ #41

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1. elcojacobs commented on Mar 25, 2015

   

   elcojacobs

   on Mar 25, 2015

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   A possible easy way to do this in python is to use serial.tools.list_ports:
   It can be invoked from command line:

   python -m serial.tools.list_ports -v
   

   Giving for the Arduino Leo:

   pi@brewpi ~ $ python -m serial.tools.list_ports -v
   

   /dev/ttyACM0
   desc: ttyACM0
   hwid: USB VID:PID=2341:8036
   1 ports found

   And for the Spark Core:

   pi@raspberrypi ~ $ python -m serial.tools.list_ports -v
   /dev/ttyACM0
       desc: ttyACM0
       hwid: USB VID:PID=1d50:607d SNR=6D7517794852
   1 ports found
   

   We can distinguish between devices from their VID:PID

   The list_ports module is intended to be used from the command line, but can be used from a python script by including the platform specific version:

   https://github.com/elcojacobs/brewpi-script/blob/feature/dfu-flash-tool/utils/flash-dfu.py#L30
2. m-mcgowan commented on Mar 25, 2015

   

   m-mcgowan

   on Mar 25, 2015

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   I have added automatic detection to the brewpi connector, it has all the various IDs registered - tried and tested code so that would be a good start.