Device

Members

class iio.Device(ctx, _device)

Contains the representation of an IIO device.

property attrs

List of attributes for this IIO device. type=dict of iio.Attr

property buffers

List of pre-created buffers for this IIO device. type=list of iio.Buffer objects

property channels

List of channels available with this IIO device. type=list of iio.Channel objects

property context

Context for the device. type: iio.Context

property debug_attrs

List of debug attributes for this IIO device. type=dict of iio.Attr

property event_attrs

List of event attributes for this IIO device. type=dict of iio.Attr

event_stream()

Create an events stream.

returns: type=contextlib._GeneratorContextManager

A generator for a EventStream instance.

find_channel(name_or_id, is_output=False)

Find a IIO channel by its name or ID.

Parameters:

• name_or_id – type=str The name or ID of the channel to find

• is_output – type=bool Set to True to search for an output channel

returns: type=iio.Device or type=iio.Trigger

The IIO Device

get_buffer(idx=0)

Get a buffer for this device.

Parameters:

idx – type=int Buffer index.

property hwmon

Contains True if the device is a hardware-monitoring device, False if it is a IIO device. type=bool

property id

An identifier of this device, only valid in this IIO context. type=str

property label

The label of this device. type=str

property name

The name of this device. type=str

reg_read(reg)

Read the content of a register of this device.

Parameters:

reg – type=int The register address

returns: type=int

The value of the register

reg_write(reg, value)

Set a value to one register of this device.

Parameters:

• reg – type=int The register address

• value – type=int The value that will be used for this register

property trigger

Contains the configured trigger for this IIO device. type=iio.Trigger

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