Sunny Rasp
Basic python script designed to capture light sensor data and append it to a CSV. Designed to be used with crontab or some other scheduler.
Installation
Requires that Python 2 is installed.
- Check out git repository code
- Navigate into ./Adafruit_Python_PureIO directory and execute:
sudo python setup.py install - Test sensor data collection with script ./SDL_Pi_SI1145/simpletest.py
Configuration
Once executed, the main.py script will append to a CSV file stored at the location set in the CSV_FILENAME variable. The default location is into a file named readings.swap.csv in the same directory as the main.py script.
Crontab Configuration
A Python shebang is included at the top of the main file, so simply adding a crontab entry similar to the one below should be all that is required:
*/4 * * * * /home/pi/Documents/dev/sunny-rasp/main.py
Misc
Here is a blog post I wrote about the project, and provides links to the sensor and connectors used: https://taylor.callsen.me/the-smart-shoe-a-raspberry-pi-sunlight-sensor/