Real time providers

Real-time I/O providers

This page is the provider index for BDRealTime.

Provider pages are split by backend so setup details stay focused and platform-specific.

Provider status

Provider	Runtime key	Implementation status
Raspberry Pi GPIO	rpi	Working/current hardware path
Serial transport base	serial	Working provider framework
TCLab	serial + driver="tclab"	Implemented, not yet hardware-validated in this repo
Firmata	firmata	Scaffold only
arduIO	arduio	Prototype scaffold
Mock provider	mock	Working (desktop/no hardware)

Provider pages

• Real-time provider: Raspberry Pi GPIO
• Real-time provider: Serial transport setup
• Real-time provider: TCLab
• Real-time provider: Firmata
• Real-time provider: arduIO

How providers are selected

from bdsim.realtime import BDRealTime

rt = BDRealTime(io_provider="rpi")

or with kwargs:

rt = BDRealTime(
  io_provider="serial",
  io_provider_kwargs={"config_path": "bdsim.toml"},
)

Notes

• Generic blocks (ANALOGIN, ANALOGOUT, DIGITALIN, DIGITALOUT, PWMOUT) are provider-agnostic.
• Use the provider pages for wiring, install commands, permissions, and debug flow.