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RPI_SGP30
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Library to read |eCO_2| and TVOC from the `SGP30 sensor <https://www.sensirion.com/fileadmin/user_upload/customers/sensirion/Dokumente/9_Gas_Sensors/Sensirion_Gas_Sensors_SGP30_Datasheet_EN.pdf>`_. Based on the smbus2 i2c library for ease of use.
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It should be compatible with both python 2 and 3 but is currently only tested under Python 2.7
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Quick usage-example:
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::
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from smbus2 import SMBusWrapper
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from sgp30 import Sgp30
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import time
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with SMBusWrapper(1) as bus:
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sgp=Sgp30(bus,baseline_filename="/tmp/mySGP30_baseline") #things thing with the baselinefile is dumb and will be changed in the future
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print("resetting all i2c devices")
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sgp.i2c_geral_call() #WARNING: Will reset any device on teh i2cbus that listens for general call
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print(sgp.read_features())
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print(sgp.read_serial())
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sgp.init_sgp()
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print(sgp.read_measurements())
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print("the SGP30 takes at least 15 seconds to warm up, 12 hours before the readigs become really stable"
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for i in range(20):
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time.sleep(1)
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print(".",end="")
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print()
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print(sgp.read_measurements())
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Current design considerations:
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The class strives to to be light-weight and portable. It is currently a bit to tightly bound to the smbus2 class. In most cases I try to ease of readability rather than purity or speed.
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Features that are known to be missing (listing in rough order of importance):
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* The handing of baseline values is not that great, it should probably be up to the end user to save and restore them as needed.
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* Write doc-strings for all or at least most methods.
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* reading raw-values.
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* A more "driver like" class that takes care of all chip identification, polling at regular intervals, restoring baseline and so on.
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* Run real hardware tests under Python3
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Hardware notices:
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If you have the Adafruit board with built in level shifters and voltage regulator it is should work if you just plug in `SDA to pin 3, SCL to pin 5, VCC to pin 17 and GND to pin 20 <https://pinout.xyz/pinout/i2c>`_. You should then be able to find the SGP30 an address 0x58 using `i2cdetect -y 1`. If you get an error message you probably need to enable i2c in the kernel using `raspi-config and reboot <https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/raspberry-pi-spi-and-i2c-tutorial>`_
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Feel free to contact me with bugs, questions or issues.
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.. |eCO_2| replace:: eCO\ :sub:`2`
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