Reference¶
CircuitPython provides a variety of modules that can be used in your sample applications.
Here you can find documentation for these modules, including API reference.
| Module | Description |
|---|---|
_bleio | Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication |
_pixelmap | A fast pixel mapping library |
adafruit_ble | Higher-level Bluetooth Low Energy functionality, building on the native _bleio module |
adafruit_bus_device | Hardware accelerated external bus access |
adafruit_hid | USB Human Interface Device (HID) class |
adafruit_pixelbuf | A fast RGB(W) pixel buffer library for like NeoPixel and DotStar |
aesio | AES encryption routines |
alarm | Alarms and sleep |
analogio | Analog hardware support |
array | Arrays of numeric data |
atexit | Atexit Module |
audiobusio | Support for audio input and output over digital buses |
audiocore | Support for audio samples |
audiomixer | Support for audio mixing |
audiomp3 | Support for MP3-compressed audio files |
audiopwmio | Audio output via digital PWM |
binascii | Binary/ASCII conversions |
bitbangio | Digital protocols implemented by the CPU |
bitmapfilter | Convolve an image with a kernel |
bitmaptools | Collection of bitmap manipulation tools |
board | Board specific pin names |
builtins | Builtin functions and exceptions |
busdisplay | Displays a displayio object tree on an external device with a built-in framebuffer |
busio | Hardware accelerated external bus access |
codeop | Utilities to compile possibly incomplete Python source code |
collections | Collection and container types |
countio | Support for edge counting |
digitalio | Basic digital pin support |
displayio | Native helpers for driving displays |
epaperdisplay | Displays a displayio object tree on an e-paper display |
errno | System error codes |
fontio | Core font related data structures |
fourwire | Connects to a BusDisplay over a four wire bus |
framebufferio | Native framebuffer display driving |
gc | Control the garbage collector |
getpass | Getpass Module |
gifio | Access GIF-format images |
i2cdisplaybus | Communicates to a display IC over I2C |
io | Input/output streams |
jpegio | Support for JPEG image decoding |
json | JSON encoding and decoding |
keypad | Support for scanning keys and key matrices |
keypad_demux | Support for scanning key matrices that use a demultiplexer |
locale | Locale support module |
math | Mathematical functions |
microcontroller | Pin references and cpu functionality |
micropython | Access and control MicroPython internals |
msgpack | Pack object in msgpack format |
neopixel | Higher level NeoPixel driver that presents the strip as a sequence |
neopixel_write | Low-level neopixel implementation |
nvm | Non-volatile memory |
onewireio | Low-level bit primitives for Maxim (formerly Dallas Semi) one-wire protocol |
os | Functions that an OS normally provides |
pwmio | Support for PWM based protocols |
rainbowio | Rainbowio Module |
random | Pseudo-random numbers and choices |
re | Simple regular expressions |
rotaryio | Support for reading rotation sensors |
rtc | Real Time Clock |
sdcardio | Interface to an SD card via the SPI bus |
select | Wait for events on a set of streams |
sharpdisplay | Support for Sharp Memory Display framebuffers |
storage | Storage management |
struct | Manipulation of C-style data |
supervisor | Supervisor settings |
synthio | Support for MIDI synthesis |
sys | System specific functions |
terminalio | Displays text in a TileGrid |
time | Time and timing related functions |
touchio | Touch related IO |
traceback | Traceback Module |
ulab | Manipulate numeric data similar to numpy |
usb_cdc | USB CDC Serial streams |
usb_hid | USB Human Interface Device |
usb_midi | MIDI over USB |
vectorio | Lightweight 2D shapes for displays |
watchdog | Watchdog Timer |
zlib | zlib decompression functionality |