Changes¶
2.6.0¶
- Add Python 3.11 as supported version, drop 3.6
- Add support for Microsoft Surface RT (#54, @apandada1)
2.4.1¶
- Fix board type detection
2.4.0¶
- Drop support for Python 3.5, which reached end-of-life in late 2020. Supported versions as of this release are 3.6 - 3.9
- Implement automatic board type detection (#32, @p1r473),
passing a
board_type
to the constructor is no longer necessary in most cases, even when using an ASUS Tinker Board - Fix setting brightness to max value and brightness fading loop condition (#35, @Martin-HiPi)
2.2.0¶
2.0.1¶
- Add mypy type checking
- Add Python 3.8 to Travis CI config
- Fix documentation readthedocs build
- Fix typo in docs
- Improve README.md
- Mark project as stable on PyPI
2.0.0¶
- New, more pythonic API
- Update CLI and GUI
- Support emulator
- Add tests
1.8.1¶
- Fix float division issue with Python 2
1.8.0¶
- Fix permission error inconsistency across Python versions
- Update link to PyPI
1.7.1¶
- Fixed typo in
CHANGES.rst
- Fixed rendering of parameters and return types in the documentation
1.7.0¶
- Fixed bug in
get_power
, which would eventually always return False - Added parameters and return types in docstrings
1.6.0¶
- Added
duration
parameter toset_brightness
smooth
now defaults toFalse
- Huge improvements on CLI
- Fixed renamed function in examples
- Minor code and readme improvements
1.5.0¶
- PR #3 by Scouttp: Fixed permission errors
- Added documentation
- Code improvements
- Fixed typos
1.4.0¶
- Check for
pygobject
being installed - Code cleanup
- README improvements
- Added external links
- Added badges
- Fixed typos
- Moved to Travis CI and Landscape.io for builds and code health testing
- Prepared docs hosting at readthedocs.org
1.3.1¶
- Fixed type conversion
1.3.0¶
- Added experimental GUI (start with
rpi-backlight-gui
)
1.2.1¶
- Fixed CLI and typo
1.2.0¶
- Added command line interface (
rpi-backlight
andrpi-backlight-gui
) - Code improvements - thanks to deets
1.1.0¶
- Fixed
set_power(on)
function - Added function to get the current power state of the LCD
- Added docstrings
- Code cleanup and improvements
1.0.0¶
Initial release. Added necessary files and basic features:
- Change the display brightness smoothly or abrupt
- Set the display power on or off
- Get the current brightness
- Get the maximum brightness