Python module to control the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT, originally used in the Astro Pi mission
Project description
========= Sense HAT
Python module to control the Raspberry Pi
_ Sense HAT used in the Astro Pi
_ mission - an education outreach programme for UK schools sending code experiments to the International Space Station.
Hardware
The Sense HAT features an 8x8 RGB LED matrix, a mini joystick and the following sensors:
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Magnetometer
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Barometric pressure
Buy
Buy the Sense HAT from:
The Pi Hut
_Pimoroni
_Amazon (UK)
_element14
_adafruit
_Amazon (USA)
_
Installation
To install the Sense HAT software, enter the following commands in a terminal::
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sense-hat
sudo reboot
Usage
Import the sense_hat module and instantiate a SenseHat object::
from sense_hat import SenseHat
sense = SenseHat()
Documentation
Comprehensive documentation is available at pythonhosted.org/sense-hat
_
Contributors
Dave Honess
_Ben Nuttall
_Serge Schneider
_Dave Jones
_Tyler Laws
_George Boukeas
_
Open Source
- The code is licensed under the
BSD Licence
_ - The project source code is hosted on
GitHub
_ - Please use
GitHub issues
_ to submit bugs and report issues
.. _Raspberry Pi: https://www.raspberrypi.org/
.. _Astro Pi: http://www.astro-pi.org/
.. _pythonhosted.org/sense-hat: http://pythonhosted.org/sense-hat/
.. _Dave Honess: https://github.com/davidhoness
.. _Ben Nuttall: https://github.com/bennuttall
.. _Serge Schneider: https://github.com/XECDesign
.. _Dave Jones: https://github.com/waveform80
.. _Tyler Laws: https://github.com/tyler-laws
.. _BSD Licence: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
.. _GitHub: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/python-sense-hat
.. _GitHub Issues: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/python-sense-hat/issues
.. _The Pi Hut
: http://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-sense-hat-astro-pi
.. _Pimoroni
: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-sense-hat
.. _Amazon (UK)
: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-2483095-Sense-HAT/dp/B014T2IHQ8/
.. _element14: https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-78155/l/raspberry-pi-sense-hat
.. _adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2738
.. _Amazon (USA): http://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Sense-HAT-AstroPi/dp/B014HDG74S
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