Simple test

Ensure your device works with this simple test.

examples/fxos8700_simpletest.py

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 ladyada for Adafruit Industries
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

# Simple demo of the FXOS8700 accelerometer and magnetometer.
# Will print the acceleration and magnetometer values every second.
import time
import board
import adafruit_fxos8700


# Create sensor object, communicating over the board's default I2C bus
i2c = board.I2C()  # uses board.SCL and board.SDA
# i2c = board.STEMMA_I2C()  # For using the built-in STEMMA QT connector on a microcontroller
sensor = adafruit_fxos8700.FXOS8700(i2c)
# Optionally create the sensor with a different accelerometer range (the
# default is 2G, but you can use 4G or 8G values):
# sensor = adafruit_fxos8700.FXOS8700(i2c, accel_range=adafruit_fxos8700.ACCEL_RANGE_4G)
# sensor = adafruit_fxos8700.FXOS8700(i2c, accel_range=adafruit_fxos8700.ACCEL_RANGE_8G)

# Main loop will read the acceleration and magnetometer values every second
# and print them out.
while True:
    # Read acceleration & magnetometer.
    accel_x, accel_y, accel_z = sensor.accelerometer
    mag_x, mag_y, mag_z = sensor.magnetometer
    # Print values.
    print(
        "Acceleration (m/s^2): ({0:0.3f}, {1:0.3f}, {2:0.3f})".format(
            accel_x, accel_y, accel_z
        )
    )
    print(
        "Magnetometer (uTesla): ({0:0.3f}, {1:0.3f}, {2:0.3f})".format(
            mag_x, mag_y, mag_z
        )
    )
    # Delay for a second.
    time.sleep(1.0)