Python module for the SparkFun Qwiic KX132 Accerlerometer and the SparkFun Qwiic KX134 Accelerometer.
This python package is a port of the existing SparkFun KX13X Arduino Library
This package can be used in conjunction with the overall SparkFun qwiic Python Package
New to qwiic? Take a look at the entire SparkFun qwiic ecosystem.
This driver package depends on the qwiic I2C driver: Qwiic_I2C_Py
The SparkFun Qwiic KX13X module documentation is hosted at ReadTheDocs
This repository is hosted on PyPi as the sparkfun-qwiic-kx13x 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-kx13xFor the current user:
pip install sparkfun-qwiic-kx13xTo install, make sure the setuptools package is installed on the system.
Direct installation at the command line:
python setup.py installTo build a package for use with pip:
python setup.py sdistA 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_kx13x-<version>.tar.gz
See the examples directory for more detailed use examples.
from __future__ import print_function
import qwiic_kx13x
import time
import sys
def runExample():
print("\nSparkFun KX13X Accelerometer Example 1\n")
# myKx = qwiic_kx13x.QwiicKX134() # If using the KX134 un-comment this line and replace other instances of "kx132" with "kx134"
myKx = qwiic_kx13x.QwiicKX132()
if myKx.connected == False:
print("The Qwiic KX13X Accelerometer device isn't connected to the system. Please check your connection", \
file=sys.stderr)
return
if myKx.begin():
print("Ready.")
else:
print("Make sure you're using the KX132 and not the KX134")
# myKx.set_range(myKx.KX132_RANGE8G) # Update the range of the data output.
myKx.initialize(myKx.BASIC_SETTINGS) # Load basic settings
while True:
myKx.get_accel_data()
print("X: {0}g Y: {1}g Z: {2}g".format(myKx.kx132_accel.x,
myKx.kx132_accel.y,
myKx.kx132_accel.z))
time.sleep(.02) #Set delay to 1/Output Data Rate which is by default 50Hz 1/50 = .02
if __name__ == '__main__':
try:
runExample()
except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit) as exErr:
print("\nEnding Example 1")
sys.exit(0)
