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Raspberry Pi with Zio Qwiic Light Sensor TSL2561

18/12/2019

This is a simple demo for how to make Raspberry pi work with Zio Qwiic light sensor TSL2561. The Qwiic ecosystem has a Pi hat which allows you to easily connect raspberry pi board with any Qwiic module without any jumper wire, just plug and have fun!

Hardware:

  • Raspberry Pi (model 3 or 4)
  • Qwiic Pi Hat
  • Zio Qwiic light sensor TSL2561
  • Qwiic Cable


Step 1 Setup the Raspberry Pi
Check out this super quick video on how to setup the Raspberry Pi.

 


Step 2 Connect


Connect the Zio development board with TSL2561 Light Sensor to the Raspberry Pi via the ZIO QWIIC HAT.
 


Step 2 enable the I2C bus


Either from the Raspberry Pi’s desktop or via SSH, Open the terminal and type in:


sudo raspi-config and press enter

 

 


Using your keyboards arrow keys, select ‘5 Interfacing Options’ and press enter.

 


 
Scroll down to ‘P5 I2C’ and press enter.
 


Then select ‘<Yes>’ and press enter to enable the I2C interface for the ZIO QWIIC ecosystem.
 


Select ‘<Ok>’ and ‘<Finish>’ to return to the terminal.
Step 3 Download python script


Whilst still in the terminal type:


sudo git clone https://github.com/machineshopuk/TSL2561
 


This will generate a folder called TSL2561, enter it by typing:


cd TSL2561


Then run the script by typing:


python TSL2561.py
 


The script will output full spectrum, infrared and visible light values to the terminal.

 

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