diff --git a/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-rtimu/0001-include-asm-ioctl.h-for-ioctl-define.patch b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-rtimu/0001-include-asm-ioctl.h-for-ioctl-define.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a93a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-rtimu/0001-include-asm-ioctl.h-for-ioctl-define.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From c3aa4af56652b403e304ea5f321acfe289e42922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 16:07:14 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] include asm/ioctl.h for ioctl() define
+
+also fixes errors e.g.
+
+../../RTIMULib/RTIMUHal.cpp:208:29: error: '_IOC_SIZEBITS' was not
+declared in this scope
+         return ioctl(m_SPI, SPI_IOC_MESSAGE(1), &wrIOC);
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+Upstream-Status: Submitted
+
+ RTIMULib/RTIMUHal.cpp | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/RTIMULib/RTIMUHal.cpp b/RTIMULib/RTIMUHal.cpp
+index f9c3d15..d968326 100644
+--- a/RTIMULib/RTIMUHal.cpp
++++ b/RTIMULib/RTIMUHal.cpp
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+ #if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(__APPLE__)
+ 
+ #include <linux/spi/spidev.h>
++#include <asm/ioctl.h>
+ 
+ RTIMUHal::RTIMUHal()
+ {
+-- 
+2.7.0
+
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-rtimu_git.bb b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-rtimu_git.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63c92b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-rtimu_git.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "RTIMULib is a C++ and Python library that makes it easy to use 9-dof and \
+10-dof IMUs with embedded Linux systems"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/RPi-Distro/RTIMULib/"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../../LICENSE;md5=96cdecb41125f498958e09b72faf318e"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/RPi-Distro/RTIMULib.git;protocol=http;branch=master \
+           file://0001-include-asm-ioctl.h-for-ioctl-define.patch;patchdir=../.. \
+          "
+SRCREV = "b949681af69b45f0f7f4bb53b6770037b5b02178"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git/Linux/python/"
+
+inherit setuptools
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-sense-hat_2.1.0.bb b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-sense-hat_2.1.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e990a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/python-sense-hat_2.1.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+SUMMARY = "Python module to control the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT used in the Astro Pi mission"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/RPi-Distro/python-sense-hat"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE.txt;md5=d80fe312e1ff5fbd97369b093bf21cda"
+
+SRCNAME = "sense-hat"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/${SRCNAME}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "71217f15ea963040f06e2f50722186ca"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c6c76707c0ea514e4b0f1f96f1b5b79755875891aae037df7434b6aad7b9dbca"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
+
+inherit setuptools
+
+DEPENDS += " \
+    jpeg \
+    zlib \
+    freetype \
+    "
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
+    python-numpy \
+    python-rtimu \
+    python-imaging \
+    "
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpi-gpio/0001-Remove-nested-functions.patch b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpi-gpio/0001-Remove-nested-functions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd97179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpi-gpio/0001-Remove-nested-functions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+From 23d7ab77865f8b17042f5cd4c6720cca475e0eb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:27:10 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove nested functions
+
+nested functions are not supported on llvm/clang compiler, replacing
+them helps make code portable and be compilable with non-gcc compilers
+additionally fix the diagnostic messages clang reported
+
+source/c_gpio.c:130:18: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types
+('volatile uint32_t *' (aka 'volatile unsigned int *') an
+d 'void *') [-Wcompare-distinct-pointer-types]
+    if (gpio_map < MAP_FAILED)
+        ~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~
+
+        source/c_gpio.c:89:13: warning: variable 'peri_base' is used
+uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false [-Wsometimes-uninit
+ialized]
+        if (fread(buf, 1, sizeof buf, fp) == sizeof buf) {
+            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+source/c_gpio.c:116:17: note: uninitialized use occurs here
+    gpio_base = peri_base + GPIO_BASE_OFFSET;
+                ^~~~~~~~~
+source/c_gpio.c:89:9: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always
+true
+        if (fread(buf, 1, sizeof buf, fp) == sizeof buf) {
+        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+source/c_gpio.c:64:23: note: initialize the variable 'peri_base' to
+silence this warning
+    uint32_t peri_base;
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+Upstream-Status: Submitted
+
+ source/c_gpio.c  |   6 +--
+ source/py_gpio.c | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
+ 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/source/c_gpio.c b/source/c_gpio.c
+index c96a2b0..b69880f 100644
+--- a/source/c_gpio.c
++++ b/source/c_gpio.c
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int setup(void)
+ {
+     int mem_fd;
+     uint8_t *gpio_mem;
+-    uint32_t peri_base;
++    uint32_t peri_base = 0;
+     uint32_t gpio_base;
+     unsigned char buf[4];
+     FILE *fp;
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int setup(void)
+     if ((mem_fd = open("/dev/gpiomem", O_RDWR|O_SYNC)) > 0)
+     {
+         gpio_map = (uint32_t *)mmap(NULL, BLOCK_SIZE, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, mem_fd, 0);
+-        if ((uint32_t)gpio_map < 0) {
++        if (gpio_map == MAP_FAILED) {
+             return SETUP_MMAP_FAIL;
+         } else {
+             return SETUP_OK;
+@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int setup(void)
+ 
+     gpio_map = (uint32_t *)mmap( (void *)gpio_mem, BLOCK_SIZE, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED|MAP_FIXED, mem_fd, gpio_base);
+ 
+-    if ((uint32_t)gpio_map < 0)
++    if (gpio_map == MAP_FAILED)
+         return SETUP_MMAP_FAIL;
+ 
+     return SETUP_OK;
+diff --git a/source/py_gpio.c b/source/py_gpio.c
+index d54cc7f..007bad5 100644
+--- a/source/py_gpio.c
++++ b/source/py_gpio.c
+@@ -69,6 +69,20 @@ static int mmap_gpio_mem(void)
+       return 0;
+    }
+ }
++static inline int cleanup_one(unsigned int gpio)
++{
++   // clean up any /sys/class exports
++   event_cleanup(gpio);
++
++   // set everything back to input
++   if (gpio_direction[gpio] != -1) {
++      setup_gpio(gpio, INPUT, PUD_OFF);
++      gpio_direction[gpio] = -1;
++      return 1;
++   }
++   return 0;
++}
++
+ 
+ // python function cleanup(channel=None)
+ static PyObject *py_cleanup(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+@@ -83,19 +97,6 @@ static PyObject *py_cleanup(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+    PyObject *tempobj;
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"channel", NULL};
+ 
+-   void cleanup_one(void)
+-   {
+-      // clean up any /sys/class exports
+-      event_cleanup(gpio);
+-
+-      // set everything back to input
+-      if (gpio_direction[gpio] != -1) {
+-         setup_gpio(gpio, INPUT, PUD_OFF);
+-         gpio_direction[gpio] = -1;
+-         found = 1;
+-      }
+-   }
+-
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|O", kwlist, &chanlist))
+       return NULL;
+ 
+@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ static PyObject *py_cleanup(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+       } else if (channel != -666) {    // channel was an int indicating single channel
+          if (get_gpio_number(channel, &gpio))
+             return NULL;
+-         cleanup_one();
++         found = cleanup_one(gpio);
+       } else {  // channel was a list/tuple
+          for (i=0; i<chancount; i++) {
+             if (chanlist) {
+@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ static PyObject *py_cleanup(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+ 
+             if (get_gpio_number(channel, &gpio))
+                return NULL;
+-            cleanup_one();
++            found = cleanup_one(gpio);
+          }
+       }
+    }
+@@ -182,6 +183,37 @@ static PyObject *py_cleanup(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+ }
+ 
++static inline int setup_one(unsigned int *gpio, int channel, int pud, int direction, int initial) {
++   if (get_gpio_number(channel, gpio))
++      return 0;
++
++   int func = gpio_function(*gpio);
++   if (gpio_warnings &&                             // warnings enabled and
++       ((func != 0 && func != 1) ||                 // (already one of the alt functions or
++       (gpio_direction[*gpio] == -1 && func == 1)))  // already an output not set from this program)
++   {
++      PyErr_WarnEx(NULL, "This channel is already in use, continuing anyway.  Use GPIO.setwarnings(False) to disable warnings.", 1);
++   }
++
++   // warn about pull/up down on i2c channels
++   if (gpio_warnings) {
++      if (rpiinfo.p1_revision == 0) { // compute module - do nothing
++      } else if ((rpiinfo.p1_revision == 1 && (*gpio == 0 || *gpio == 1)) ||
++                 (*gpio == 2 || *gpio == 3)) {
++         if (pud == PUD_UP || pud == PUD_DOWN)
++            PyErr_WarnEx(NULL, "A physical pull up resistor is fitted on this channel!", 1);
++      }
++   }
++
++   if (direction == OUTPUT && (initial == LOW || initial == HIGH)) {
++      output_gpio(*gpio, initial);
++   }
++   setup_gpio(*gpio, direction, pud);
++   gpio_direction[*gpio] = direction;
++   return 1;
++}
++
++
+ // python function setup(channel(s), direction, pull_up_down=PUD_OFF, initial=None)
+ static PyObject *py_setup_channel(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+ {
+@@ -195,37 +227,6 @@ static PyObject *py_setup_channel(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwar
+    int pud = PUD_OFF + PY_PUD_CONST_OFFSET;
+    int initial = -1;
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"channel", "direction", "pull_up_down", "initial", NULL};
+-   int func;
+-
+-   int setup_one(void) {
+-      if (get_gpio_number(channel, &gpio))
+-         return 0;
+-
+-      func = gpio_function(gpio);
+-      if (gpio_warnings &&                             // warnings enabled and
+-          ((func != 0 && func != 1) ||                 // (already one of the alt functions or
+-          (gpio_direction[gpio] == -1 && func == 1)))  // already an output not set from this program)
+-      {
+-         PyErr_WarnEx(NULL, "This channel is already in use, continuing anyway.  Use GPIO.setwarnings(False) to disable warnings.", 1);
+-      }
+-
+-      // warn about pull/up down on i2c channels
+-      if (gpio_warnings) {
+-         if (rpiinfo.p1_revision == 0) { // compute module - do nothing
+-         } else if ((rpiinfo.p1_revision == 1 && (gpio == 0 || gpio == 1)) ||
+-                    (gpio == 2 || gpio == 3)) {
+-            if (pud == PUD_UP || pud == PUD_DOWN)
+-               PyErr_WarnEx(NULL, "A physical pull up resistor is fitted on this channel!", 1);
+-         }
+-      }
+-
+-      if (direction == OUTPUT && (initial == LOW || initial == HIGH)) {
+-         output_gpio(gpio, initial);
+-      }
+-      setup_gpio(gpio, direction, pud);
+-      gpio_direction[gpio] = direction;
+-      return 1;
+-   }
+ 
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "Oi|ii", kwlist, &chanlist, &direction, &pud, &initial))
+       return NULL;
+@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ static PyObject *py_setup_channel(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwar
+    } else if (chantuple) {
+        chancount = PyTuple_Size(chantuple);
+    } else {
+-       if (!setup_one())
++       if (!setup_one(&gpio, channel, pud, direction, initial))
+           return NULL;
+        Py_RETURN_NONE;
+    }
+@@ -320,12 +321,29 @@ static PyObject *py_setup_channel(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwar
+           return NULL;
+       }
+ 
+-      if (!setup_one())
++      if (!setup_one(&gpio, channel, pud, direction, initial))
+          return NULL;
+    }
+ 
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+ }
++static inline int output_val(unsigned int *gpio, int channel, int value) {
++   if (get_gpio_number(channel, gpio))
++       return 0;
++
++   if (gpio_direction[*gpio] != OUTPUT)
++   {
++      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "The GPIO channel has not been set up as an OUTPUT");
++      return 0;
++   }
++
++   if (check_gpio_priv())
++      return 0;
++
++   output_gpio(*gpio, value);
++   return 1;
++}
++
+ 
+ // python function output(channel(s), value(s))
+ static PyObject *py_output_gpio(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+@@ -342,23 +360,6 @@ static PyObject *py_output_gpio(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+    int chancount = -1;
+    int valuecount = -1;
+ 
+-   int output(void) {
+-      if (get_gpio_number(channel, &gpio))
+-          return 0;
+-
+-      if (gpio_direction[gpio] != OUTPUT)
+-      {
+-         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "The GPIO channel has not been set up as an OUTPUT");
+-         return 0;
+-      }
+-
+-      if (check_gpio_priv())
+-         return 0;
+-
+-      output_gpio(gpio, value);
+-      return 1;
+-   }
+-
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO", &chanlist, &valuelist))
+        return NULL;
+ 
+@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ static PyObject *py_output_gpio(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+    }
+ 
+    if (chancount == -1) {
+-      if (!output())
++      if (!output_val(&gpio, channel, value))
+          return NULL;
+       Py_RETURN_NONE;
+    }
+@@ -472,7 +473,7 @@ static PyObject *py_output_gpio(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+               return NULL;
+           }
+       }
+-      if (!output())
++      if (!output_val(&gpio, channel, value))
+          return NULL;
+    }
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.0
+
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpi-gpio_0.6.1.bb b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpi-gpio_0.6.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89f601b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpi-gpio_0.6.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "A module to control Raspberry Pi GPIO channels"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://code.google.com/p/raspberry-gpio-python/"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE.txt;md5=9b95630a648966b142f1a0dcea001cb7"
+
+SRCNAME = "RPi.GPIO"
+
+SRC_URI = "\
+          http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/R/RPi.GPIO/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz \
+          file://0001-Remove-nested-functions.patch \
+          "
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "254d0443a436eb241367c487274e7197"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "54e5fb06d9ea1a1389a497fb5a06dfa950c86303b0f4ba89b68c55999d1df064"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
+
+inherit distutils
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "raspberrypi"
+
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpio/0001-include-sys-types.h-explicitly-for-getting-caddr_t-d.patch b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpio/0001-include-sys-types.h-explicitly-for-getting-caddr_t-d.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bed9749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpio/0001-include-sys-types.h-explicitly-for-getting-caddr_t-d.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From c86bfacc98d58244f532626954ed00d84ecfa82d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:12:37 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] include sys/types.h explicitly for getting caddr_t definition
+
+Helps fixing build on musl where sys/types.h is not included indirectly
+as happening on glibc
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+Upstream-Status: Submitted
+
+ source/c_gpio/c_gpio.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/source/c_gpio/c_gpio.c b/source/c_gpio/c_gpio.c
+index 25a04ca..70df632 100644
+--- a/source/c_gpio/c_gpio.c
++++ b/source/c_gpio/c_gpio.c
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+ #include <stdint.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
++#include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/mman.h>
+ #include "c_gpio.h"
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.0
+
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpio_0.10.0.bb b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpio_0.10.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69ecb6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-devtools/python/rpio_0.10.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Advanced GPIO for the Raspberry Pi. Extends RPi.GPIO with PWM, \
+GPIO interrups, TCP socket interrupts, command line tools and more"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/metachris/RPIO"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "LGPLv3+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README.rst;beginline=41;endline=53;md5=d5d95d7486a4d98c999675c23196b25a"
+
+SRCNAME = "RPIO"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/R/RPIO/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://0001-include-sys-types.h-explicitly-for-getting-caddr_t-d.patch \
+           "
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
+
+inherit setuptools
+
+COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "raspberrypi"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "cefc45422833dcafcd59b78dffc540f4"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b89f75dec9de354681209ebfaedfe22b7c178aacd91a604a7bd6d92024e4cf7e"