# ADXL345 Python library for Raspberry Pi # # author: Jonathan Williamson # license: BSD, see LICENSE.txt included in this package # # This is a Raspberry Pi Python implementation to help you get started with # the Adafruit Triple Axis ADXL345 breakout board: # http://shop.pimoroni.com/products/adafruit-triple-axis-accelerometer import smbus from time import sleep # select the correct i2c bus for this revision of Raspberry Pi with open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r') as file: revision = ([l[12:-1] for l in file.readlines() if l[:8]=="Revision"]+['0000'])[0] bus = smbus.SMBus(1 if int(revision, 16) >= 4 else 0) # ADXL345 constants EARTH_GRAVITY_MS2 = 9.80665 SCALE_MULTIPLIER = 0.004 DATA_FORMAT = 0x31 BW_RATE = 0x2C POWER_CTL = 0x2D BW_RATE_1600HZ = 0x0F BW_RATE_800HZ = 0x0E BW_RATE_400HZ = 0x0D BW_RATE_200HZ = 0x0C BW_RATE_100HZ = 0x0B BW_RATE_50HZ = 0x0A BW_RATE_25HZ = 0x09 RANGE_2G = 0x00 RANGE_4G = 0x01 RANGE_8G = 0x02 RANGE_16G = 0x03 MEASURE = 0x08 AXES_DATA = 0x32 class ADXL345: address = None def __init__(self, address = 0x53): self.address = address self.setBandwidthRate(BW_RATE_100HZ) self.setRange(RANGE_2G) self.enableMeasurement() def enableMeasurement(self): bus.write_byte_data(self.address, POWER_CTL, MEASURE) def setBandwidthRate(self, rate_flag): bus.write_byte_data(self.address, BW_RATE, rate_flag) # set the measurement range for 10-bit readings def setRange(self, range_flag): value = bus.read_byte_data(self.address, DATA_FORMAT) value &= ~0x0F; value |= range_flag; value |= 0x08; bus.write_byte_data(self.address, DATA_FORMAT, value) # returns the current reading from the sensor for each axis # # parameter gforce: # False (default): result is returned in m/s^2 # True : result is returned in gs def getAxes(self, gforce = False): bytes = bus.read_i2c_block_data(self.address, AXES_DATA, 6) x = bytes[0] | (bytes[1] << 8) if(x & (1 << 16 - 1)): x = x - (1<<16) y = bytes[2] | (bytes[3] << 8) if(y & (1 << 16 - 1)): y = y - (1<<16) z = bytes[4] | (bytes[5] << 8) if(z & (1 << 16 - 1)): z = z - (1<<16) x = x * SCALE_MULTIPLIER y = y * SCALE_MULTIPLIER z = z * SCALE_MULTIPLIER if gforce == False: x = x * EARTH_GRAVITY_MS2 y = y * EARTH_GRAVITY_MS2 z = z * EARTH_GRAVITY_MS2 x = round(x, 4) y = round(y, 4) z = round(z, 4) return {"x": x, "y": y, "z": z} if __name__ == "__main__": # if run directly we'll just create an instance of the class and output # the current readings adxl345 = ADXL345() axes = adxl345.getAxes(True) print("ADXL345 on address 0x%x:" % (adxl345.address)) print(" x = %.3fG" % ( axes['x'] )) print(" y = %.3fG" % ( axes['y'] )) print(" z = %.3fG" % ( axes['z'] ))