#Sense HAT
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
Buy the Sense HAT from:
The Pi Hut
Pimoroni
Amazon (UK)
element14
adafruit
Amazon (USA)
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 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
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Contributors
Dave Honess
Ben Nuttall
Serge Schneider
Dave Jones
Tyler Laws
George Boukeas
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
URLs
- Raspberry Pi: https://www.raspberrypi.org/
- Astro Pi: http://www.astro-pi.org/
- pythonhosted.org/sense-hat: http://pythonhosted.org/sense-hat/
- Dave Honess: https://github.com/davidhoness
- Ben Nuttall: https://github.com/bennuttall
- Serge Schneider: https://github.com/XECDesign
- Dave Jones: https://github.com/waveform80
- Tyler Laws: https://github.com/tyler-laws
- George Boukeas: https://github.com/boukeas
- BSD Licence: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
- GitHub: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/python-sense-hat
- GitHub Issues: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/python-sense-hat/issues
The Pi Hut
: http://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-sense-hat-astro-piPimoroni
: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-sense-hatAmazon (UK)
: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-2483095-Sense-HAT/dp/B014T2IHQ8/- element14: https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-78155/l/raspberry-pi-sense-hat
- adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2738
- Amazon (USA): http://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Sense-HAT-AstroPi/dp/B014HDG74S