Simple test¶
Ensure your device works with this simple test.
1# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 ladyada for Adafruit Industries
2# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
3
4# Simple demo of the FXAS21002C gyroscope.
5# Will print the gyroscope values every second.
6import time
7import board
8import adafruit_fxas21002c
9
10
11# Create sensor object, communicating over the board's default I2C bus
12i2c = board.I2C() # uses board.SCL and board.SDA
13# i2c = board.STEMMA_I2C() # For using the built-in STEMMA QT connector on a microcontroller
14sensor = adafruit_fxas21002c.FXAS21002C(i2c)
15# Optionally create the sensor with a different gyroscope range (the
16# default is 250 DPS, but you can use 500, 1000, or 2000 DPS values):
17# sensor = adafruit_fxas21002c.FXAS21002C(i2c, gyro_range=adafruit_fxas21002c.GYRO_RANGE_500DPS)
18# sensor = adafruit_fxas21002c.FXAS21002C(i2c, gyro_range=adafruit_fxas21002c.GYRO_RANGE_1000DPS)
19# sensor = adafruit_fxas21002c.FXAS21002C(i2c, gyro_range=adafruit_fxas21002c.GYRO_RANGE_2000DPS)
20
21# Main loop will read the gyroscope values every second and print them out.
22while True:
23 # Read gyroscope.
24 gyro_x, gyro_y, gyro_z = sensor.gyroscope
25 # Print values.
26 print(
27 "Gyroscope (radians/s): ({0:0.3f}, {1:0.3f}, {2:0.3f})".format(
28 gyro_x, gyro_y, gyro_z
29 )
30 )
31 # Delay for a second.
32 time.sleep(1.0)