Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: sht-sensor
Version: 15.01.4
Summary: Driver and command-line tool for Sensirion SHT1x and SHT7x sensors connected to GPIO pins.
Home-page: http://github.com/mk-fg/sht-sensor
Author: Mike Kazantsev
Author-email: mk.fraggod@gmail.com
License: WTFPL
Description: sht-sensor
        ----------
        
        Python driver and command-line tool for Sensirion SHT1x and SHT7x
        sensors connected to GPIO pins.
        
        Pure-python module only requires /sys/class/gpio interface, provided by
        the Linux kernel and should work on any device that has it (including
        RPi, Beaglebone boards, Cubieboard, etc).
        
        Its main purpose is reading temperature (in degrees Celsius) and
        humidity (%RH) values from these devices, checking CRC8 checksums for
        received data to make sure it was not corrupted in transfer.
        
        SHT1x and SHT7x are fairly popular and accurate capacitive/band-gap
        relative humidity and temperature sensor IC's, with digital output via
        custom 2-wire serial interface. SHT1x differs from SHT7x in packaging,
        with SHT1x being surface-mountable one and latter having pluggable FR4
        package.
        
        Sensors include additional functionality available via status register
        (like VDD level check, enabling internal heating element, resolution,
        OTP reload, etc) which may or may not also be implemented here, see
        "Stuff that is not implemented" section at the end.
        
        Usage
        -----
        
        Module can be imported from the python code or used via included
        command-line tool, which should be installed along with the module (or
        can be used via ./sht symlink in the repo root without installation).
        See "Installation" section below on how to install the module.
        
        GPIO pin numbers (to which SCK and DATA sensor pins are connected) must
        be specified either on command-line (for cli tool) or on class init
        (when using as a python module).
        
        Example, for SCK pin 21 and DATA pin 17:
        
        ::
        
            % sht -v 21 17
            TODO: copy-pasted output
        
        For both the tool and module, be sure to check/specify correct voltage
        that the sensor is connected to:
        
        ::
        
            % sht --voltage=5V --temperature 21 17
            TODO: copy-pasted output
        
        This voltage value is used to pick coefficient (as presented in
        datasheet table) for temperature calculation, and incorrect setting here
        should result in incorrect values (all of them, as RH also uses T in
        calculation).
        
        If you're using non-SHT1x/SHT7x, but a similar sensor (e.g. some later
        model), it might be a good idea to look at the Sht class in the code and
        make sure all coefficients (taken from `SHT7x
        datasheet <http://www.sensirion.com/fileadmin/user_upload/customers/sensirion/Dokumente/Humidity/Sensirion_Humidity_SHT7x_Datasheet_V5.pdf>`_)
        there match your model's datasheet exactly.
        
        See ``sht --help`` output for more command-line arguments for the tool.
        
        Example usage from python code:
        
        ::
        
            from sht_sensor import Sht
            sht = Sht(21, 17)
            print 'Temperature', sht.read_t()
            print 'Relative Humidity', sht.read_rh()
        
        Again, be sure to specify correct voltage value (on sensor's VDD pin,
        exactly as it is presented in datasheet table) for calculations, if it's
        not module-default '3.5V', for example:
        ``sht = Sht(21, 17, voltage='5V')``.
        
        Some calculations (e.g. for RH) use other sensor-provided values, so
        it's possible to pass these to corresponding read\_\* functions, to
        avoid heating-up sensor with unnecessary extra measurements:
        
        ::
        
            t = sht.read_t()
            rh = sht.read_rh(t)
            dew_point = sht.read_dew_point(t, rh)
        
        If included sht\_sensor.gpio module (accessing /sys/class/gpio directly)
        should not be used, its interface ("get\_pin\_value" and
        "set\_pin\_value" attrs/functions) can be re-implemented and passed as
        gpio keyword argument on Sht class init.
        
        ShtComms class is an implementation of 2-wire protocol that sensor uses
        and probably should not be used directly, all the coefficients,
        calculations and such high-level logic is defined in Sht class.
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        It's a regular package for Python 2.7 (not 3.X).
        
        Using `pip <http://pip-installer.org/>`_ is the best way:
        
        ::
        
            % pip install sht-sensor
        
        If you don't have it, use:
        
        ::
        
            % easy_install pip
            % pip install sht-sensor
        
        Alternatively (see also `pip2014.com <http://pip2014.com/>`_ and
        `install
        guide <http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html>`_):
        
        ::
        
            % curl https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py | python
            % pip install sht-sensor
        
        Or, if you absolutely must:
        
        ::
        
            % easy_install sht-sensor
        
        But, you really shouldn't do that.
        
        Current-git version can be installed like this:
        
        ::
        
            % pip install 'git+https://github.com/mk-fg/sht-sensor.git#egg=sht-sensor'
        
        Note that to install stuff in system-wide PATH and site-packages,
        elevated privileges are often required. Use "install --user",
        `~/.pydistutils.cfg <http://docs.python.org/install/index.html#distutils-configuration-files>`_
        or `virtualenv <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`_ to do
        unprivileged installs into custom paths.
        
        Alternatively, ``./sht`` tool can be run right from the checkout tree
        without any installation, if that's the only thing you need there.
        
        Links
        -----
        
        Other drivers for these sensors that I know of and might be more
        suitable for some particular case:
        
        -  `rpiSht1x <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rpiSht1x>`_ (python package)
        
           Based on RaspberryPi-specific RPi.GPIO module, does not check CRC8
           checksums for received data, uses hard-coded 5V temperature
           conversion coefficients.
        
        -  sht1x module in `Linux kernel <https://www.kernel.org/>`_
        
           Looks very mature and feature-complete, probably used a lot for
           various platforms' hardware monitoring drivers.
        
           Seem to be only for internal use (i.e. from other kernel modules) at
           the moment (3.17.x), but should be possible (and easy) to add Device
           Tree hooks there, which would allow to specify how it is connected
           (gpio pins) via Device Tree.
        
        -  `SHT1x module for
           Arduino <https://github.com/practicalarduino/SHT1x>`_
        
           C++ code, rpiSht1x above is based on this one.
        
        Stuff that is not implemented
        -----------------------------
        
        -  Everything related to the Status Register.
        
           In particular, commands like VDD level check, enabling internal
           heating element, resolution, OTP reload, etc.
        
        -  Temerature measurements in degrees Fahrenheit.
        
           These just use different calculation coefficients, which can be
           overidden in the Sht class. Or degrees-Celsius value can easily be
           converted to F after the fact.
        
           Metric system is used here, so I had no need for these.
        
        -  Lower-resolution measurements.
        
           Sensor supports returning these after changing the value in the
           Status Register, so interface to that one should probably be
           implemented/tested first.
        
        -  Skipping CRC8 checksum validation.
        
           Code is there, as ShtComms.\_skip\_crc() method, but no idea why it
           might be preferrable to skip this check.
        
        -  Changing SCK clock rate.
        
           Might be desirable for slower boards or more electric-noisy
           environments.
        
        
        
Keywords: sht,sensor,sht1x,sht7x,sensirion,ic,T,temperature,RH,relative,humidity,dew point,celsius,environment,conditioning,measurement,gpio,hardware,driver,serial,2-wire,crc8
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Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Manufacturing
Classifier: Intended Audience :: System Administrators
Classifier: License :: Public Domain
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2 :: Only
Classifier: Topic :: Home Automation
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Atmospheric Science
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Hardware :: Hardware Drivers
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Monitoring
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Operating System Kernels :: Linux
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
