Qwiic_BME280_Py

Python module for the qwiic bme280 sensor, which is part of the SparkFun Qwiic Environmental Combo Breakout

This python package is a port of the existing SparkFun BME280 Arduino Library

This package can be used in conjunction with the overall SparkFun qwiic Python Package

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Contents

• Supported Platforms
• Dependencies
• Installation
• Documentation
• Example Use

Supported Platforms

The qwiic BME280 Python package current supports the following platforms:

• Raspberry Pi
• NVidia Jetson Nano
• Google Coral Development Board

Dependencies

This driver package depends on the qwiic I2C driver: Qwiic_I2C_Py

Documentation

The SparkFun qwiic BME280 module documentation is hosted at ReadTheDocs

Installation

PyPi Installation

This repository is hosted on PyPi as the sparkfun-qwiic-bme280 package. On systems that support PyPi installation via pip, this library is installed using the following commands

For all users (note: the user must have sudo privileges):

sudo pip install sparkfun-qwiic-bme280

For the current user:

pip install sparkfun-qwiic-bme280

Local Installation

To install, make sure the setuptools package is installed on the system.

Direct installation at the command line:

python setup.py install

To build a package for use with pip:

python setup.py sdist

A package file is built and placed in a subdirectory called dist. This package file can be installed using pip.

cd dist
pip install sparkfun_qwiic_bme280-<version>.tar.gz
  

Example Use

See the examples directory for more detailed use examples.

import qwiic_bme280
import time
import sys

def runExample():

	print("\nSparkFun BME280 Sensor  Example 1\n")
	mySensor = qwiic_bme280.QwiicBme280()

	if mySensor.isConnected() == False:
		print("The Qwiic BME280 device isn't connected to the system. Please check your connection", \
			file=sys.stderr)
		return

	mySensor.begin()

	while True:
		print("Humidity:\t%.3f" % mySensor.humidity)

		print("Pressure:\t%.3f" % mySensor.pressure)	

		print("Altitude:\t%.3f" % mySensor.altitude_feet)

		print("Temperature:\t%.2f" % mySensor.temperature_fahrenheit)		

		print("")
		
		time.sleep(1)