Features:

• Issue #194: Encoder position cannot be set
• PR #205: Encoder: add support for reading/writing sysfs attributes

Fixes:

• Issue #198: use https for DEFAULT_URL in distribute_setup.py
• Issue #197: Fix leak of pwm enable file descriptor
• Issue #189: Fix seg fault of PWM in Python 3.6
• Issue #180: Clarify there is no 0 prefix for pin lables
• PR #201: Encoder: do kernel check, PEP8 cleanup
• PR #202: Encoder: corrected kernel check logic
• PR #207: Encoder: improved usage adocumentation
• PR #210: Encoder: fix sysfs import, make code Python 3 compatible
• PR #212: Encoder: fix Python 3 compatibility
• PR #213: Encoder: fix frequency calculation from period

shortlog:

• David Planella (18):

  • Encoder: initialize only the given channel
  • Sync from master
  • Encoder: do kernel check, PEP8 cleanup
  • Encoder: added sysfs module
  • Encoder: use sysfs to write QEP attributes
  • Encoder: corrected kernel check logic
  • Merge pull request #2 from adafruit/master
  • Encoder: convert get/set methods to properties, update apidoc strings
  • Encoder: updated README
  • Encoder: add README apt install clarification
  • Encoder: copyright assignment note, updated comments
  • Encoder: added usage notes
  • Encoder: improved usage documentation
  • Encoder: minor fix to usage example
  • Encoder: added a note about permissions
  • Encoder: switched sysfs to be a relative import compatible with Python 2 and 3
  • Encoder: use items() instead of iteritems() to be Python 3 compatible
  • Encoder: fix frequency getter

• Drew Fustini (18):

  • use https for DEFAULT_URL in distribute_setup.py (#198)
  • fix except syntax for Python 3
  • use dict.items() instead of dict.iteritems() for Python 3
  • fix error in set_brightness()
  • close enable_fd when stopping PWM output (#197)
  • Merge pull request #199 from dplanella/patch-1
  • Fix leak of pwm enable file descriptor (#197)
  • Merge pull request #201 from dplanella/encoder-cleanup
  • remove test_rotary.py as not valid for pytest
  • Fix seg fault of PWM in Python 3.6 (#189)
  • Merge pull request #202 from dplanella/patch-2
  • Clarify there is no 0 prefix for pin lables (#180)
  • Merge pull request #205 from dplanella/encoder-sysfs
  • assign copyright for new file to Adafruit Industries
  • Add bash scripts to help install and test
  • Merge pull request #212 from dplanella/patch-4
  • Merge pull request #207 from dplanella/patch-3
  • Merge pull request #213 from dplanella/fix-encoder-frequency