Reading all sensors

The sensor module provides an easy way to read all sensors of the PicoScratch MINT device. The read_sensors function reads all sensors and returns the data along with general information about the sensors.

from sensor import read_sensors

data = read_sensors()

print(data)

Example output:

[
	{
		"unit": "°C",
		"min": -10,
		"max": 40,
		"friendlyName": "Temp.",
		"isI2C": false,
		"isLoading": false,
		"value": 25.5,
		"traffic": {
			"good": 20,
			"bad": 40
		},
		"id": "temp"
	}
	// ...
]

Sensor data format

The sensor data is returned as a list of sensor data. Each sensor data object contains the following fields:

• unit: The unit of the sensor data. For example, °C for temperature in degrees Celsius.
• isI2C: A boolean value indicating whether the sensor is connected via I2C.
• isLoading: A boolean value indicating whether the sensor is currently loading data.
• value: The current value of the sensor. Might be None if the sensor is loading.
• id: The ID of the sensor. Used to identify the type of sensor.

Along with information used by the Panels UI:

WARNING

The min and max values are not the actual minimum and maximum values of the sensor. It might be beyond these values.

• min: The minimum value of the progress bar.
• max: The maximum value of the progress bar.
• friendlyName: The friendly name of the sensor. For example, Temp. for temperature.
• traffic: The traffic light information of the sensor. Contains the good and bad values of the sensor.