Piergiorgio Sartor
wrote:
> On 06/07/2024 09.28, Chris Green wrote:
> > I have a Raspberry Pi in my boat that uses I2C to read a number of
> > voltages and currents (using ADS1115 A2D) so I can monitor the battery
> > condition etc.
> >
> > At present various different scripts (i.e. processes) j
If resource usage isn't an issue, then the _easy_ thing to do, that
would also be easily correct is to have a server doing all the
h/w-related reading and clients talking to that server. Use for the
server the technology you feel most confident with. Eg. you may use
Python's http package. I believe
> On 7 Jul 2024, at 23:47, MRAB via Python-list wrote:
>
> For clarity I'd recommend os.replace instead. This is because on Windows
> os.rename it would complain if the target file already exists, but os.replace
> has the same behaviour on both Linux and Windows.
Agreed.
In this case the O
On 2024-07-07 23:27, Barry via Python-list wrote:
On 7 Jul 2024, at 22:13, Chris Green via Python-list
wrote:
a simple file lock can then
be used to prevent simultaneous access (well, simultaneous access when
the writing process is writing).
There is a simple pattern to make this robust.
> On 7 Jul 2024, at 22:13, Chris Green via Python-list
> wrote:
>
> a simple file lock can then
> be used to prevent simultaneous access (well, simultaneous access when
> the writing process is writing).
There is a simple pattern to make this robust.
Write new values to a tmp file.
Close th
On 06/07/2024 12:32, Stefan Ram wrote:
But why overengineer? If you feel comfortable with the file
solution, go for it! The only drawback might be that it's a
bit slower than other approaches.
I absolutely agree. Overengineering is generally a bad idea because
you're using a complex s
On 06/07/2024 09.28, Chris Green wrote:
I have a Raspberry Pi in my boat that uses I2C to read a number of
voltages and currents (using ADS1115 A2D) so I can monitor the battery
condition etc.
At present various different scripts (i.e. processes) just read the
values using the I2C bus whenever t
