https://github.com/bertreb/pimatic-ina219

Pimatic plugin for the INA219 current and power i2c sensor
https://github.com/bertreb/pimatic-ina219

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Pimatic plugin for the INA219 current and power i2c sensor

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bertreb/pimatic-ina219
• Owner: bertreb
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-12-05T14:20:35.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-04-15T18:36:44.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-13T21:39:34.155Z (3 months ago)
• Language: CoffeeScript
• Size: 317 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: HISTORY.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# pimatic-ina219   

Pimatic plugin for the INA219 current and power i2c sensor

![](assets/ina219.png)  

This plugin makes an ina219 based device available in Pimatic. The Ina219 device is connected via the I2C port of your computer.

The plugin is tested on a raspberry pi.

The plugin can be installed via the plugins page of Pimatic.

## Config of the plugin

```

{

  debug: "Debug mode. Writes debug messages to the Pimatic log, if set to true."

}

```

## Config of an Ina219 Device

After installation of the plugin (and restart) devices can be added via the devices pages in Pimatic.

Device configuraton:

```

{

 device: "Device number to use (prefix /dev/i2c- is automatically added)"

   default: 1

 address: "Address of the sensor"

   enum: [0x40,0x41,0x44,0x45]

   default: 0x40

 interval: "Sensor read interval in ms"

   default: 10000

}

```

The Ina219 provides 2 attributes

- Voltage (V)

- Current (A)

The attributes are updated and visible in the Gui every \ milliseconds.

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This plugin is based on the Ina219 library from [brettmarl](https://github.com/brettmarl/node-ina219#readme).

The minimum node requirement for this plugin is node v8!