Python module to control the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT used in the Astro Pi mission
Project description
Python module to control the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT used in the Astro Pi mission - an education outreach programme for UK schools sending code experiments to the International Space Station.
Hardware
The Sense HAT features an 8x8 RGB LED matrix, a mini joystick and the following sensors:
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Temperature
Humidity
Barometric pressure
Buy
Coming soon
Installation
To install the Sense HAT software, enter the following commands in a terminal:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sense-hat sudo pip-3.2 install pillow sudo reboot
Usage
Import the sense_hat module and instantiate a SenseHat object:
from sense_hat import SenseHat sense = SenseHat()
Documentation
Comprehensive documentation is available at pythonhosted.org/sense-hat
Contributors
Open Source
The code is licensed under the BSD Licence
The project source code is hosted on GitHub
Please use GitHub issues to submit bugs and report issues
