PiHardwareInfo

Get Raspberry Pi hardware info from /proc/cpuinfo and /sys/class/net/*

Try

run

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rexzhang/pi-hardware-info/master/pi_hardware_info.py | python3

result

PiHardwareInfo(
 {'revision_code': '0x0',
 'model_type': <ModelType.RPI_5: 23>,
 'model_name': 'Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0',
 'processor': <Processor.BCM2712: 4>,
 'memory': 8192,
 'manufacturer': <Manufacturer.SONY_UK: 0>,
 'revision': '1.0',
 'serial_number': 'ecc0679911340000',
 'mac_address': {'eth0': '2C:CF:67:00:00:00',
                 'wlan0': '2C:CF:67:00:00:00'},
 'overvoltage': False,
 'otp_program': False,
 'otp_read': False}
)

Install

pip install PiHardwareInfo

Usage as library

from pi_hardware_info import ModelType, PiHardwareInfo

info = PiHardwareInfo()
if info.model_type == ModelType.MODEL_3B_PLUS:
    print('5G Wifi ready')

elif info.model_type == ModelType.MODEL_3B:
    print('only 2.4G Wifi')

Usage as tool

python -m pi_hardware_info

History

0.6.1 - 20250225

• Add, network interface MAC address info
• Refactor

0.5.0 - 20250224

• Add, Support to raspberry pi 5
• Codebase modernization Updates
  • Drop py3.5 py3.6 py3.7 py3.8
  • Add type hints
  • Add unit test
  • Add pyproject.toml
  • Add pre-commit

0.4.0 - 20220810

• Add, support Zero2W/400/CM4
• Add, Overvoltage/OTP Program/OTP Read support

0.3.3 - 20190709

• Support raspberry pi 4B
• Rewrite some code

0.2.0 - 20190302

• Add old style revision code support, support 1A/1B

0.1.0 - 20190301

• First release

Alternative

• https://github.com/tompreston/raspi-version
• https://pypi.org/project/pirev
• https://pypi.org/project/RPi.version

Ref

• https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html
• https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#raspberry-pi-revision-codes