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/Linux/Temperature Sensor


Required plugins for this example: MBS Linux Plugin

You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /Linux/Temperature Sensor

This example is the version from Sat, 22th Mar 2019.

Project "Temperature Sensor.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits ConsoleApplication
Const pigpioLibName = pigpio.so
EventHandler Function Run(args() as String) As Integer '""" 'This script reads the temperature Of a type K thermocouple 'connected To a MAX6675 SPI chip. ' 'Type K thermocouples are made Of chromel (+ve) And alumel (-ve) 'And are the commonest general purpose thermocouple With a 'sensitivity Of approximately 41 uV/C. ' 'The MAX6675 returns a 12-bit reading In the range 0 - 4095 With 'the units As 0.25 degrees centigrade. So the reported 'temperature range Is 0 - 1023.75 C. ' 'Accuracy Is about +/- 2 C between 0 - 700 C And +/- 5 C 'between 700 - 1000 C. ' 'The MAX6675 returns 16 bits As follows ' 'F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 '0 B11 B10 B9 B8 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0 0 0 X ' 'The reading Is In B11 (most significant bit) To B0. ' 'The conversion time Is 0.22 seconds. If you Try To read more 'often the sensor will always Return the last read value. '""" ' 'pi = pigpio.pi 'Dim f As FolderItem = FindFile("libwiringPi.so.2.25") If WiringPiMBS.LoadLibrary("libwiringPi.so") Then Print "Library loaded" Else Print "Failed to load library: "+WiringPiMBS.LoadError Return 1 End If Print "micros: "+Str(WiringPiMBS.micros) Print "millis: "+Str(WiringPiMBS.millis) Print "BoardRev: "+Str(WiringPiMBS.piBoardRev) Dim model As Integer Dim Rev As Integer Dim Mem As Integer Dim Maker As Integer Dim OverVolted As Integer WiringPiMBS.piBoardId(model, rev, mem, maker, OverVolted) Print "Model: "+Str(model) Print "Rev: "+Str(Rev) Print "Mem: "+Str(Mem) Print "Maker: "+Str(Maker) Print "OverVolted: "+Str(OverVolted) Print "Model name: "+WiringPiMBS.piModelNames(model) Print "Rev name: "+WiringPiMBS.piRevisionNames(rev) Print "Maker name: "+WiringPiMBS.piMakerNames(Maker) Dim e As Integer = WiringPiMBS.wiringPiSetupSys Print "setup: "+Str(e) 'If Not pi.connected: 'Exit(0) ' '# pi.spi_open(0, 1000000, 0) # CE0, 1Mbps, main SPI '# pi.spi_open(1, 1000000, 0) # CE1, 1Mbps, main SPI '# pi.spi_open(0, 1000000, 256) # CE0, 1Mbps, auxiliary SPI '# pi.spi_open(1, 1000000, 256) # CE1, 1Mbps, auxiliary SPI '# pi.spi_open(2, 1000000, 256) # CE2, 1Mbps, auxiliary SPI ' 'sensor = pi.spi_open(0, 1000000, 0) # CE0 on main SPI Print "SPISetup..." Dim sensor As Integer = WiringPiMBS.SPISetup(0, 1000000) Print "Sensor: "+Str(sensor) If sensor < 0 Then // failed Return 1 end if 'stop = time.time + 0 #ehemals + 600 For i As Integer = 1 To 20 'While time.time > stop: #ehemals < stop: 'c, d = pi.spi_read(sensor, 2) 'Dim m As New MemoryBlock(2) Dim n As Integer 'Dim p As ptr = m dim m as MemoryBlock m = WiringPiMBS.Read(sensor, 2) 'n = spiRead(sensor, p, n) If m <> Nil Then n = m.size end if Print "read: "+Str(n) Print "data: "+Hex(m.Int16Value(0)) If n = 2 Then m.LittleEndian = false Dim word As UInt16 = m.UInt16Value(0) 'If c == 2: 'word = (d[0]<<8) | d[1] 'If (word & 0x8006) == 0: # Bits 15, 2, And 1 should be zero. If BitwiseAnd(word, &h8006) = 0 Then 't = (((word >> 3)/4.0)-5) Dim t As Double = (Bitwise.ShiftRight(word, 3) / 4.0 - 5.0) print str(t)+"°C" 'Print("{:.2f}".Format(t) + "°C - " + strftime("%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S")) ' Else 'else: 'Print("bad reading {:b}".Format(word)) Print "Bad Reading: "+Str(word)+" "+Hex(word) End If End If app.DoEvents(1000) 'time.sleep(10.00) # Don't try to read more often than 4 times a second. Next 'pi.spi_close(sensor) ' 'pi.stop 'GPIO.Cleanup End EventHandler
End Class
End Project

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