Update PCA9685 driver to latest Adafruit CircuitPython driver

- change pi and nano install to install the new driver.
- update pins.py to use new driver to provide output and pwm
  pins on a PCA9685 board.
- Change the PCA9685 actuator to be a subclass of PulseController,
  so it inherits the underlying pin provider and pulse controller
  api.  This elimnates the duplicate code in pins.py and actuator.py.

donkeycar/parts/actuator.py

@@ -125,60 +125,29 @@ def run(self, pulse:int) -> None:
 
 
 @deprecated("Deprecated in favor or PulseController.  This will be removed in a future release")
-class PCA9685:
+class PCA9685(PulseController):
     ''' 
     PWM motor controler using PCA9685 boards. 
     This is used for most RC Cars
     '''
-    def __init__(self, channel, address=0x40, frequency=60, busnum=None, init_delay=0.1):
-
-        self.default_freq = 60
-        self.pwm_scale = frequency / self.default_freq
-
-        import Adafruit_PCA9685
-        # Initialise the PCA9685 using the default address (0x40).
-        if busnum is not None:
-            from Adafruit_GPIO import I2C
-            # replace the get_bus function with our own
-            def get_bus():
-                return busnum
-            I2C.get_default_bus = get_bus
-        self.pwm = Adafruit_PCA9685.PCA9685(address=address)
-        self.pwm.set_pwm_freq(frequency)
-        self.channel = channel
+    def __init__(self, channel, address=0x40, frequency=60, busnum=1, init_delay=0.1):
+        from donkeycar.parts.pins import pca9685pin
+        pca_pin = pca9685pin(channel, busnum, address, frequency)
+        super().__init__(self, pca_pin, frequency / 60, False)
+        self.pca_pin = pca_pin
         time.sleep(init_delay) # "Tamiya TBLE-02" makes a little leap otherwise
 
     def set_high(self):
-        self.pwm.set_pwm(self.channel, 4096, 0)
+        self.pca_pin.set_high()
 
     def set_low(self):
-        self.pwm.set_pwm(self.channel, 0, 4096)
+        self.pca_pin.set_low()
 
-    def set_duty_cycle(self, duty_cycle):
+    def set_duty_cycle(self, duty_cycle: float):
         if duty_cycle < 0 or duty_cycle > 1:
-            logging.error("duty_cycle must be in range 0 to 1")
+            logging.error("duty_cycle must be in range 0.0 to 1.0")
             duty_cycle = clamp(duty_cycle, 0, 1)
-
-        if duty_cycle == 1:
-            self.set_high()
-        elif duty_cycle == 0:
-            self.set_low()
-        else:
-            # duty cycle is fraction of the 12 bits
-            pulse = int(4096 * duty_cycle)
-            try:
-                self.pwm.set_pwm(self.channel, 0, pulse)
-            except:
-                self.pwm.set_pwm(self.channel, 0, pulse)
-
-    def set_pulse(self, pulse):
-        try:
-            self.pwm.set_pwm(self.channel, 0, int(pulse * self.pwm_scale))
-        except:
-            self.pwm.set_pwm(self.channel, 0, int(pulse * self.pwm_scale))
-
-    def run(self, pulse):
-        self.set_pulse(pulse)
+        self.pca_pin.set_duty_cycle(duty_cycle)
 
 
 class VESC:

donkeycar/parts/pins.py

@@ -560,61 +560,84 @@ def duty_cycle(self, duty: float) -> None:
 #
 # ----- PCA9685 implementations -----
 #
-class PCA9685:
+class PCA9685board:
     '''
-    Pin controller using PCA9685 boards.
-    This is used for most RC Cars.  This
-    driver can output ttl HIGH or LOW or
-    produce a duty cycle at the given frequency.
+    Adapter over PCA9685 driver.
+    It initializes the PCA9685 board at the given busnum:address
+    to produce pulses at the given frequency in hertz.
+    >> NOTE: the I2C bus and address is auto detected using
+    >>       Adafruit Blinka board interface, which is 
+    >>       implemented for RaspberryPi, but may not be 
+    >>       implemented for other SBCs.  
+    >>       See [boards.py](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka/blob/main/src/board.py)
+    >>       and [busio.py](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka/blob/b3beba7399bc4d5faa203ef705691ef79fc4e87f/src/busio.py#L29)
     '''
-    def __init__(self, busnum: int, address: int, frequency: int):
+    def __init__(self, busnum: int = 1, address: int = 0x40, frequency: int = 60):
+        import board
+        import busio
+        import adafruit_pca9685
+        i2c = busio.I2C(board.SCL, board.SDA)
+        self.pca9685driver = adafruit_pca9685.PCA9685(i2c, address=address)
+        self.pca9685driver.frequency(float(frequency))
+        self.busnum = busnum
+        self.address = address
+        self.frequency = frequency
+
+    def get_frequency(self) -> int:
+        return self._frequency
 
-        import Adafruit_PCA9685
-        if busnum is not None:
-            from Adafruit_GPIO import I2C
+class PCA9685Pin:
+    '''
+    Adapter over PCA9685 pin driver.
+    This can output ttl HIGH or LOW or
+    produce a duty cycle at the given frequency.
+    '''
+    def __init__(self, channel: int, busnum: int = 1, address: int = 0x40, frequency: int = 60):
 
-            # monkey-patch I2C driver to use our bus number
-            def get_bus():
-                return busnum
+        import adafruit_pca9685
+        self.pca = pca9685(busnum, address, frequency)
+        self.pca_pin = adafruit_pca9685.PWMChannel(self.pca.pca9685driver, channel)
+        self.channel = channel
 
-            I2C.get_default_bus = get_bus
-        self.pwm = Adafruit_PCA9685.PCA9685(address=address)
-        self.pwm.set_pwm_freq(frequency)
-        self._frequency = frequency
+    def get_frequency(self) -> int:
+        return self.pca.get_frequency()
 
-    def get_frequency(self):
-        return self._frequency
+    def set_high(self):
+        # adafruit blinka uses 16bit values
+        # where 0xFFFF is a flag that means fully high
+        self.pca_pin.duty_cycle(0xFFFF)
 
-    def set_high(self, channel: int):
-        self.pwm.set_pwm(channel, 4096, 0)
+    def set_low(self):
+        # adafruit blinka uses 16bit values
+        # where 0x0000 is a flag that means fully low
+        self.pca_pin.duty_cycle(0x0000)
 
-    def set_low(self, channel: int):
-        self.pwm.set_pwm(channel, 0, 4096)
-
-    def set_duty_cycle(self, channel: int, duty_cycle: float):
+    def set_duty_cycle(self, duty_cycle: float):
         if duty_cycle < 0 or duty_cycle > 1:
             raise ValueError("duty_cycle must be in range 0 to 1")
         if duty_cycle == 1:
-            self.set_high(channel)
+            self.set_high(self.channel)
         elif duty_cycle == 0:
-            self.set_low(channel)
+            self.set_low(self.channel)
         else:
-            # duty cycle is fraction of the 12 bits
-            pulse = int(4096 * duty_cycle)
+            # adafruit blinka uses 16 bit values
+            # for resolution of duty cycle.
+            pulse = int(0x10000 * duty_cycle)
             try:
-                self.pwm.set_pwm(channel, 0, pulse)
+                self.pca_pin.duty_cycle(pulse)
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.error(f'Error on PCA9685 channel {channel}: {str(e)}')
+                logger.error(f'Error on PCA9685 channel {self.channel}: {str(e)}')
 
 
 #
 # lookup map for PCA9685 singletons
 # key is "busnum:address"
 #
 _pca9685 = {}
+_pca9685pin = {}
 
 
-def pca9685(busnum: int, address: int, frequency: int = 60):
+def pca9685(busnum: int, address: int, frequency: int = 60) -> PCA9685board:
     """
     pca9685 factory allocates driver for pca9685
     at given bus number and i2c address.
@@ -632,21 +655,46 @@ def pca9685(busnum: int, address: int, frequency: int = 60):
     key = str(busnum) + ":" + hex(address)
     pca = _pca9685.get(key)
     if pca is None:
-        pca = PCA9685(busnum, address, frequency)
+        pca = PCA9685board(busnum, address, frequency)
+        _pca9685[key] = pca
     if pca.get_frequency() != frequency:
         raise ValueError(
             f"Frequency {frequency} conflicts with pca9685 at {key} "
-            f"with frequency {pca.pwm.get_pwm_freq()}")
+            f"with frequency {pca.get_frequency()}")
     return pca
 
 
-class OutputPinPCA9685(ABC):
+def pca9685pin(channel: int, busnum: int, address: int, frequency: int = 60) -> PCA9685Pin:
+    """
+    pca9685 pin factory allocates driver for pin on channel on pca9685
+    at given bus number and i2c address.
+    If we have already created one for that bus/addr/channel
+    pair then use that singleton.  If frequency is
+    not the same, then error.
+    :param channel: PCA9685 channel 0..15 to control
+    :param busnum: I2C bus number of PCA9685
+    :param address: address of PCA9685 on I2C bus
+    :param frequency: frequency in hertz of duty cycle
+    :except: PCA9685 has a single frequency for all channels,
+             so attempts to allocate a controller at a
+             given bus number and address with different
+             frequencies will raise a ValueError
+    """
+    key = str(busnum) + ":" + hex(address) + ":" + str(channel)
+    pca_pin = _pca9685pin.get(key)
+    if pca_pin is None:
+        pca_pin = PCA9685Pin(channel, busnum, address, frequency)
+        _pca9685pin[key] = pca_pin
+    return pca_pin
+
+
+class OutputPinPCA9685(OutputPin):
     """
     Output pin ttl HIGH/LOW using PCA9685
     """
-    def __init__(self, pin_number: int, pca9685: PCA9685) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, pin_number: int, busnum: int, address: int, frequency: int = 60) -> None:
         self.pin_number = pin_number
-        self.pca9685 = pca9685
+        self.pca_pin = pca9685pin(pin_number, busnum, address, frequency)
         self._state = PinState.NOT_STARTED
 
     def start(self, state: int = PinState.LOW) -> None:
@@ -688,19 +736,19 @@ def output(self, state: int) -> None:
         if self.state() == PinState.NOT_STARTED:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Attempt to use pin ({self.pin_number}) that is not started")
         if state == PinState.HIGH:
-            self.pca9685.set_high(self.pin_number)
+            self.pca_pin.set_high()
         else:
-            self.pca9685.set_low(self.pin_number)
+            self.pca_pin.set_low()
         self._state = state
 
 
 class PwmPinPCA9685(PwmPin):
     """
     PWM output pin using PCA9685
     """
-    def __init__(self, pin_number: int, pca9685: PCA9685) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, pin_number: int, busnum: int, address: int, frequency: int = 60) -> None:
         self.pin_number = pin_number
-        self.pca9685 = pca9685
+        self.pca_pin = pca9685pin(pin_number, busnum, address, frequency)
         self._state = PinState.NOT_STARTED
 
     def start(self, duty: float = 0) -> None:
@@ -739,7 +787,7 @@ def duty_cycle(self, duty: float) -> None:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Attempt to use pin ({self.pin_number}) that is not started")
         if duty < 0 or duty > 1:
             raise ValueError("duty_cycle must be in range 0 to 1")
-        self.pca9685.set_duty_cycle(self.pin_number, duty)
+        self.pca_pin.set_duty_cycle(duty)
         self._state = duty
 
 

setup.cfg

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ install_requires =
 [options.extras_require]
 pi = 
     picamera2
-    Adafruit_PCA9685
+    adafruit-circuitpython-pca9685
     adafruit-circuitpython-ssd1306
     adafruit-circuitpython-rplidar
     RPi.GPIO
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pi =
     albumentations
 
 nano =
-    Adafruit_PCA9685
+    adafruit-circuitpython-pca9685
     adafruit-circuitpython-ssd1306
     adafruit-circuitpython-rplidar
     Jetson.GPIO