#!/usr/bin/python # Python library for ADXL345 accelerometer. # Copyright 2013 Adafruit Industries # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included # in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL # THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. from Adafruit_I2C import Adafruit_I2C class Adafruit_ADXL345(Adafruit_I2C): # Minimal constants carried over from Arduino library ADXL345_ADDRESS = 0x53 ADXL345_REG_DEVID = 0x00 # Device ID ADXL345_REG_DATAX0 = 0x32 # X-axis data 0 (6 bytes for X/Y/Z) ADXL345_REG_POWER_CTL = 0x2D # Power-saving features control ADXL345_DATARATE_0_10_HZ = 0x00 ADXL345_DATARATE_0_20_HZ = 0x01 ADXL345_DATARATE_0_39_HZ = 0x02 ADXL345_DATARATE_0_78_HZ = 0x03 ADXL345_DATARATE_1_56_HZ = 0x04 ADXL345_DATARATE_3_13_HZ = 0x05 ADXL345_DATARATE_6_25HZ = 0x06 ADXL345_DATARATE_12_5_HZ = 0x07 ADXL345_DATARATE_25_HZ = 0x08 ADXL345_DATARATE_50_HZ = 0x09 ADXL345_DATARATE_100_HZ = 0x0A # (default) ADXL345_DATARATE_200_HZ = 0x0B ADXL345_DATARATE_400_HZ = 0x0C ADXL345_DATARATE_800_HZ = 0x0D ADXL345_DATARATE_1600_HZ = 0x0E ADXL345_DATARATE_3200_HZ = 0x0F ADXL345_RANGE_2_G = 0x00 # +/- 2g (default) ADXL345_RANGE_4_G = 0x01 # +/- 4g ADXL345_RANGE_8_G = 0x02 # +/- 8g ADXL345_RANGE_16_G = 0x03 # +/- 16g def __init__(self, busnum=-1, debug=False): self.accel = Adafruit_I2C(self.ADXL345_ADDRESS, busnum, debug) if self.accel.readU8(self.ADXL345_REG_DEVID) == 0xE5: # Enable the accelerometer self.accel.write8(self.ADXL345_REG_POWER_CTL, 0x08) def setRange(self, range): # Read the data format register to preserve bits. Update the data # rate, make sure that the FULL-RES bit is enabled for range scaling format = ((self.accel.readU8(self.ADXL345_REG_DATA_FORMAT) & ~0x0F) | range | 0x08) # Write the register back to the IC seld.accel.write8(self.ADXL345_REG_DATA_FORMAT, format) def getRange(self): return self.accel.readU8(self.ADXL345_REG_DATA_FORMAT) & 0x03 def setDataRate(self, dataRate): # Note: The LOW_POWER bits are currently ignored, # we always keep the device in 'normal' mode self.accel.write8(self.ADXL345_REG_BW_RATE, dataRate & 0x0F) def getDataRate(self): return self.accel.readU8(self.ADXL345_REG_BW_RATE) & 0x0F # Read the accelerometer def read(self): raw = self.accel.readList(self.ADXL345_REG_DATAX0, 6) res = [] for i in range(0, 6, 2): g = raw[i] | (raw[i+1] << 8) if g > 32767: g -= 65536 res.append(g) return res # Simple example prints accelerometer data once per second: if __name__ == '__main__': from time import sleep accel = Adafruit_ADXL345() print '[Accelerometer X, Y, Z]' while True: print accel.read() sleep(1) # Output is fun to watch if this is commented out