adafruit-circuitpython-icm20x

Introduction

Library for the ST ICM-20X Wide-Range 6-DoF Accelerometer and Gyro Family

Dependencies

This driver depends on:

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle.

Installing from PyPI

On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally from PyPI. To install for current user:

pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-icm20x

To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-icm20x

To install in a virtual environment in your current project:

mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-icm20x

Usage Example

For use with the ICM20649:

import time
import board
import adafruit_icm20x

i2c = board.I2C()   # uses board.SCL and board.SDA
icm = adafruit_icm20x.ICM20649(i2c)

while True:
    print("Acceleration: X:%.2f, Y: %.2f, Z: %.2f m/s^2" % (icm.acceleration))
    print("Gyro X:%.2f, Y: %.2f, Z: %.2f rads/s" % (icm.gyro))
    print("")
    time.sleep(0.5)

For use with the ICM20948:

import time
import board
import adafruit_icm20x

i2c = board.I2C()  # uses board.SCL and board.SDA
icm = adafruit_icm20x.ICM20948(i2c)

while True:
    print("Acceleration: X:%.2f, Y: %.2f, Z: %.2f m/s^2" % (icm.acceleration))
    print("Gyro X:%.2f, Y: %.2f, Z: %.2f rads/s" % (icm.gyro))
    print("Magnetometer X:%.2f, Y: %.2f, Z: %.2f uT" % (icm.magnetic))
    print("")
    time.sleep(0.5)

Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs.

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.

Metadata

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