More array comparison functions, byteswapping, and a new sub-module to interface to peripheral devices

This release adds the any, all, isinf, isfinite, where functions, the byteswap array method, and the utils sub-module with the from_uint16_buffer, from_int16_buffer, from_uint32_buffer, from_int32_buffer functions, as well as implements a number of bug fixes. For a complete list, see the changelog