ad8232.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Author: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
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from __future__ import print_function
import time, sys, signal, atexit
from upm import pyupm_ad8232 as upmAD8232

def main():
    # Instantiate a AD8232 sensor on digital pins 10 (LO+), 11 (LO-)
    # and an analog pin, 0 (OUTPUT)
    myAD8232 = upmAD8232.AD8232(10, 11, 0)

    ## Exit handlers ##
    # This function stops python from printing a stacktrace when you hit control-C
    def SIGINTHandler(signum, frame):
        raise SystemExit

    # This function lets you run code on exit, including functions from myAD8232
    def exitHandler():
        print("Exiting")
        sys.exit(0)

    # Register exit handlers
    atexit.register(exitHandler)
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, SIGINTHandler)

    # Output the raw numbers from the ADC, for plotting elsewhere.
    # A return of 0 indicates a Lead Off (LO) condition.
    # In theory, this data could be fed to software like Processing
    # (https://www.processing.org/) to plot the data just like an
    # EKG you would see in a hospital.
    while(1):
        print(myAD8232.value())
        time.sleep(.001)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()