RB Peripherals programming using UPM

LibUPM:

The UPM repository provides software drivers for a wide variety of commonly used sensors and actuators. These software drivers interact with the underlying hardware platform (or microcontroller), as well as with the attached sensors, through calls to [MRAA](https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/mraa) APIs.

Programmers can access the interfaces for each sensor by including the sensor’s corresponding header file and instantiating the associated sensor class. In the typical use case, a constructor initializes the sensor based on parameters that identify the sensor, the I/O protocol used and the pin location of the sensor.

We endorse additions that implement the generic C and C++ interfaces provided with the libraries. Multiple sensor and actuator types have been defined, for instance:

• Light controller

• Light sensor

• Temperature sensor

• Humidity sensor

• Pressure sensor

• Gas sensor

• Analog to digital converter

Simple diagram below depicts the use of Lib-UPM to interface various sensor modules.

The developer community is welcome to submit feedback on existing categories or suggest new ones. http://ruggedboard.wixsite.com/rugged-board/forum.

1. Temperature and Humidity sensor (aht25) Testing with upm library

Description

• To test the Temperature and Humidity sensor on i.mx6ul-rugged board.

Required Hardware

• Sensor Tag

• i.mx6ul-rugged board

• USB cable

Step-by-step guide

• Connect the sensor tag on M1 connector of the Rugged board.

• Boot the board with SD card/NAND.

• Copy the below file to mnt directory of rugged board through tftp protocol.

vi aht25_sensor.py

from __future__ import print_function
import time
from datetime import datetime
from upm import pyupm_ahtxx as sensorObj

# Global variables for temperature and humidity
globalTemperature = 0.0
globalHumidity = 0.0

def readTemperatureAndHumidity():
    global globalTemperature, globalHumidity

    # Initialize the sensor
    sensor = sensorObj.AHT25(0, 0x38)

    # Send command to measure temperature and humidity
    sensor.sampleData()

    globalTemperature = sensor.getTemperature()
    globalHumidity = sensor.getHumidity()

    # Get the current time
    currentTime = datetime.now()
    timeString = currentTime.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

    # Print the data to the console
    print(f"Time: {timeString}, Temperature: {globalTemperature:.2f}°C, Humidity: {globalHumidity:.2f}%RH")

def main():
    while True:
        readTemperatureAndHumidity()
        # Add a 5-second delay
        time.sleep(5)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Run the above code with below command in rugged board.

$ python3 aht25_sensor.py

Expected Output

root@ruggedboard-imx6ul:home#python3 aht25_sensor.py

Time: 2024-06-06 07:25:25, Temperature: 28.91�°C, Humidity: 61.94%RH
Time: 2024-06-06 07:25:30, Temperature: 28.93�°C, Humidity: 61.82%RH

Time: 2024-06-06 07:25:35, Temperature: 28.94�°C, Humidity: 61.88%RH
Time: 2024-06-06 07:25:41, Temperature: 29.36�°C, Humidity: 64.39%RH

Time: 2024-06-06 07:25:46, Temperature: 30.59�°C, Humidity: 66.07%RH
Time: 2024-06-06 07:25:51, Temperature: 30.71�°C, Humidity: 65.36%RH

Time: 2024-06-06 07:25:56, Temperature: 31.81�°C, Humidity: 69.97%RH
Time: 2024-06-06 07:26:01, Temperature: 31.56�°C, Humidity: 67.55%RH

Time: 2024-06-06 07:26:06, Temperature: 31.02�°C, Humidity: 65.18%RH
Time: 2024-06-06 07:26:12, Temperature: 30.80�°C, Humidity: 65.61%RH

Time: 2024-06-06 07:26:17, Temperature: 30.55�°C, Humidity: 64.91%RH
Time: 2024-06-06 07:26:22, Temperature: 30.47�°C, Humidity: 64.37%RH

Time: 2024-06-06 07:26:27, Temperature: 30.23�°C, Humidity: 63.33%RH
Time: 2024-06-06 07:27:22, Temperature: 28.86�°C, Humidity: 61.58%RH
^C

root@ruggedboard-imx6ul:home#