Qwiic_MAX3010x_Py

Python package for the SparkFun Photodetector Breakout - MAX30101 (Qwiic)

This package is a port of the existing SparkFun MAX3010x Sensor Arduino Library

This package can be used in conjunction with the overall SparkFun qwiic Python Package

New to qwiic? Take a look at the entire SparkFun qwiic ecosystem.

Contents

• Supported Platforms
• Dependencies
• Installation
• Documentation
• Examples

Supported Platforms

The qwiic Python package current supports the following platforms:

• Raspberry Pi
• NVidia Jetson Nano

Dependencies

This driver package depends on the qwiic I2C driver: Qwiic_I2C_Py

Documentation

The SparkFun qwiic Max3010x module documentation is hosted at ReadTheDocs

Installation

PyPi Installation

This repository is hosted on PyPi as the sparkfun-qwiic-max3010x package. On systems that support PyPi installation via pip, this library is installed using the following commands

For all users (note: the user must have sudo privileges):

sudo pip install sparkfun-qwiic-max3010x

For the current user:

pip install sparkfun_qwiic_max3010x

Local Installation

To install, make sure the setuptools package is installed on the system.

Direct installation at the command line:

python setup.py install

To build a package for use with pip:

python setup.py sdist

A package file is built and placed in a subdirectory called dist. This package file can be installed using pip.

cd dist
pip install sparkfun_max3010x-<version>.tar.gz

Example Use

See the examples directory for more detailed use examples.

from __future__ import print_function
import qwiic_max3010x
import time
import sys

def runExample():

	print("\nSparkFun MAX3010x Photodetector Sensor - Example 1\n")
	sensor = qwiic_max3010x.QwiicMax3010x()

	if sensor.begin() == False:
		print("The Qwiic MAX3010x device isn't connected to the system. Please check your connection", \
			file=sys.stderr)
		return
	else:
		print("The Qwiic MAX3010x is connected.")

	if sensor.setup() == False:
		print("Device setup failure. Please check your connection", \
			file=sys.stderr)
		return
	else:
		print("Setup complete.")        

	while True:
			print(\
			 'R[', sensor.getRed() , '] \t'\
             'IR[', sensor.getIR() , '] \t'\
             'G[', sensor.getGreen() , ']'\
			)
			time.sleep(0.1)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	try:
		runExample()
	except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit) as exErr:
		print("\nEnding Example 1")
		sys.exit(0)