Main Examples

Download instructions here.
There are some example scripts using the XLoBorg library, provided both as a guide and an easy way to access the XLoBorg directly from the terminal.

• Full example of how to talk to XLoBorg from Python:
  ./XLoBorg.py
  This is also the main library used by the other examples
• Get the accelerometer forces:
  ./ReadAccelerometer.py
• Get the magnetometer raw flux readings:
  ./ReadCompassRaw.py
• Get the magnetometer temperature:
  ./ReadTemp.py

The three 'Read' examples are suggested for beginners, they demonstrate how to use the provided library simply and serve as a good starting point for your own code.

ReadAccelerometer.py

Reading the accelerometer forces.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: latin-1

# Load the XLoBorg library
import XLoBorg

# Tell the library to disable diagnostic printouts
XLoBorg.printFunction = XLoBorg.NoPrint

# Start the XLoBorg module (sets up devices)
XLoBorg.Init()

# Read and display the raw magnetometer readings
print 'X = %+01.4f G, Y = %+01.4f G, Z = %+01.4f G' % XLoBorg.ReadAccelerometer()

ReadCompassRaw.py

Reading the raw magnetometer flux.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: latin-1

# Load the XLoBorg library
import XLoBorg

# Tell the library to disable diagnostic printouts
XLoBorg.printFunction = XLoBorg.NoPrint

# Start the XLoBorg module (sets up devices)
XLoBorg.Init()

# Read and display the raw magnetometer readings
print 'mX = %+06d, mY = %+06d, mZ = %+06d' % XLoBorg.ReadCompassRaw()

ReadTemp.py

Reading the magnetometer temperature.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: latin-1

# Load the XLoBorg library
import XLoBorg

# Tell the library to disable diagnostic printouts
XLoBorg.printFunction = XLoBorg.NoPrint

# Start the XLoBorg module (sets up devices)
XLoBorg.Init()

# Read and display the temperature
print '%+02d°C' % (XLoBorg.ReadTemperature())

For more details on the library, plus a more detailed example see here

user examples

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