Python 3
Python Kafka : https://kafka-python.readthedocs.org/en/master/install.html
Python Serial
Python asyncio
Python concurrent

Python 2
Python SMBus
Python Kafka : https://kafka-python.readthedocs.org/en/master/install.html

kafka_hostname = 'ip or host address'
kafka_port = 'port number'
kafka_connection = kafka_hostname + ":" + kafka_port
system_id = 'any string id like: 0001'
local_data_dir = '/home/user/path/' #mind the last slash

Please note: developers of this project must add *systemconfig.py* to the .git/info/exclude file.