Ecosyste.ms: Awesome

An open API service indexing awesome lists of open source software.

Awesome Lists | Featured Topics | Projects

https://github.com/sparkfun/qwiic_bme280_py

Python module for the qwiic bme280 sensor
https://github.com/sparkfun/qwiic_bme280_py

python python3 qwiic sensor sparkfun

Last synced: about 1 month ago
JSON representation

Python module for the qwiic bme280 sensor

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

        

Qwiic_BME280_Py
==============















follow on Twitter


SparkFun Qwiic Environmental Combo Breakout

Python module for the qwiic bme280 sensor, which is part of the [SparkFun Qwiic Environmental Combo Breakout](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14348)

This python package is a port of the existing [SparkFun BME280 Arduino Library](https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_BME280_Arduino_Library)

This package can be used in conjunction with the overall [SparkFun qwiic Python Package](https://github.com/sparkfun/Qwiic_Py)

New to qwiic? Take a look at the entire [SparkFun qwiic ecosystem](https://www.sparkfun.com/qwiic).

## Contents

* [Supported Platforms](#supported-platforms)
* [Dependencies](#dependencies)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Documentation](#documentation)
* [Example Use](#example-use)

Supported Platforms
--------------------
The qwiic BME280 Python package current supports the following platforms:
* [Raspberry Pi](https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=raspberry+pi)
* [NVidia Jetson Nano](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15297)
* [Google Coral Development Board](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15318)

Dependencies
---------------
This driver package depends on the qwiic I2C driver:
[Qwiic_I2C_Py](https://github.com/sparkfun/Qwiic_I2C_Py)

Documentation
-------------
The SparkFun qwiic BME280 module documentation is hosted at [ReadTheDocs](https://qwiic-bme280-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?)

Installation
-------------

### PyPi Installation
This repository is hosted on PyPi as the [sparkfun-qwiic-bme280](https://pypi.org/project/sparkfun-qwiic-bme280/) package. On systems that support PyPi installation via pip, this library is installed using the following commands

For all users (note: the user must have sudo privileges):
```sh
sudo pip install sparkfun-qwiic-bme280
```
For the current user:

```sh
pip install sparkfun-qwiic-bme280
```

### Local Installation
To install, make sure the setuptools package is installed on the system.

Direct installation at the command line:
```sh
python setup.py install
```

To build a package for use with pip:
```sh
python setup.py sdist
```
A package file is built and placed in a subdirectory called dist. This package file can be installed using pip.
```sh
cd dist
pip install sparkfun_qwiic_bme280-.tar.gz

```
Example Use
---------------
See the examples directory for more detailed use examples.

```python
import qwiic_bme280
import time
import sys

def runExample():

print("\nSparkFun BME280 Sensor Example 1\n")
mySensor = qwiic_bme280.QwiicBme280()

if mySensor.connected == False:
print("The Qwiic BME280 device isn't connected to the system. Please check your connection", \
file=sys.stderr)
return

mySensor.begin()

while True:
print("Humidity:\t%.3f" % mySensor.humidity)

print("Pressure:\t%.3f" % mySensor.pressure)

print("Altitude:\t%.3f" % mySensor.altitude_feet)

print("Temperature:\t%.2f" % mySensor.temperature_fahrenheit)

print("")

time.sleep(1)
```


SparkFun - Start Something