ADC Pi V2 SMBus Python Demo Code

We have added a python 2.7 version of our ADC Pi v2 demo code to the site which uses the SMBus to access the ADC chips.

You can download the code demos from the Code samples page.

 

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# read abelectronics ADC Pi V2 board inputs with repeating reading from each channel.
# # Requries Python 2.7
# Requires SMBus 
# I2C API depends on I2C support in the kernel

# Version 1.0  - 06/02/2013
# Version History:
# 1.0 - Initial Release

#
# Usage: changechannel(address, hexvalue) to change to new channel on adc chips
# Usage: getadcreading(address, hexvalue) to return value in volts from selected channel.
#
# address = adc_address1 or adc_address2 - Hex address of I2C chips as configured by board header pins.

from smbus import SMBus
import re

adc_address1 = 0x68
adc_address2 = 0x69

# create byte array and fill with initial values to define size
adcreading = bytearray()

adcreading.append(0x00)
adcreading.append(0x00)
adcreading.append(0x00)
adcreading.append(0x00)

varDivisior = 64 # from pdf sheet on adc addresses and config
varMultiplier = (2.4705882/varDivisior)/1000

# detect i2C port number and assign to i2c_bus
for line in open('/proc/cpuinfo').readlines():
    m = re.match('(.*?)\s*:\s*(.*)', line)
    if m:
        (name, value) = (m.group(1), m.group(2))
        if name == "Revision":
            if value [-4:] in ('0002', '0003'):
                i2c_bus = 0
            else:
                i2c_bus = 1
            break
               

bus = SMBus(i2c_bus)
 
def changechannel(address, adcConfig):
	tmp= bus.write_byte(address, adcConfig)

def getadcreading(address, adcConfig):
	adcreading = bus.read_i2c_block_data(address,adcConfig)
	h = adcreading[0]
	m = adcreading[1]
	l = adcreading[2]
	s = adcreading[3]
	# wait for new data
	while (s & 128):
		adcreading = bus.read_i2c_block_data(address,adcConfig)
		h = adcreading[0]
		m = adcreading[1]
		l = adcreading[2]
		s = adcreading[3]
	
	# shift bits to product result
	t = ((h & 0b00000001) << 16) | (m << 8) | l
	# check if positive or negative number and invert if needed
	if (h > 128):
		t = ~(0x020000 - t)
	return t * varMultiplier
	
while True:
	changechannel(adc_address1, 0x9C)
	print ("Channel 1: %02f" % getadcreading(adc_address1,0x9C))
	changechannel(adc_address1, 0xBC)
	print ("Channel 2: %02f" % getadcreading(adc_address1,0xBC))
	changechannel(adc_address1, 0xDC)
	print ("Channel 3 :%02f" % getadcreading(adc_address1, 0xDC))
	changechannel(adc_address1, 0xFC)
	print ("Channel 4: %02f" % getadcreading(adc_address1, 0xFC))
	changechannel(adc_address2, 0x9C)
	print ("Channel 5: %02f" % getadcreading(adc_address2, 0x9C))
	changechannel(adc_address2, 0xBC)
	print ("Channel 6: %02f" % getadcreading(adc_address2, 0xBC))
	changechannel(adc_address2, 0xDC)
	print ("Channel 7 :%02f" % getadcreading(adc_address2, 0xDC))
	changechannel(adc_address2, 0xFC)
	print ("Channel 8: %02f" % getadcreading(adc_address2, 0xFC))

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