I2CDriver is a tool for controlling any I2C device from your PC's USB port, and can also monitor and capture I2C traffic. It connects as a standard USB serial device, so there are no drivers to install. On the main site i2cdriver.com, there are drivers for
- Windows/Mac/Linux GUI
- Windows/Mac/Linux command-line
- Python 2 and 3
- Windows/Mac/Linux C/C++
Full documentation is at i2cdriver.com.
To release Python:
rm -rf dist/*
python setup.py sdist
twine upload dist/*
To build the Windows installer, you first need to build the two executables
i2ccl.exe
and i2cgui.exe
then use an NSIS script to create the installer.
On Linux cross-compile i2ccl
:
cd c
make -f win32/Makefile
On Windows first make sure that you can run the GUI on the command-line, e.g.
python python\samples\i2cgui.py
(You may need to install i2cdriver, wxPython and pySerial).
Then build the GUI executable using pyinstaller
:
cd python\samples
pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --icon=../../images/i2cdriver.ico i2cgui.py
This builds the executable in python\samples\dist\i2cgui.exe
.
The Windows installer is built with NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System). Download and install it.
Copy the two executables i2ccl.exe
and i2cgui.exe
into nsis/
.
Then build the installer with NSIS:
cd nsis
"C:\Program Files\NSIS\makensis.exe" i2cdriver.nsi
The script go.bat
in nsis
has an example complete flow.