README.rst

Sense HAT

Python module to control the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT used in the Astro Pi mission - an education outreach programme for UK schools sending code experiments to the International Space Station.

Hardware

The Sense HAT features an 8x8 RGB LED matrix, a mini joystick and the following sensors:

• Gyroscope
• Accelerometer
• Magnetometer
• Temperature
• Humidity
• Barometric pressure

Buy

Buy the Sense HAT from:

• The Pi Hut
• Pimoroni
• Amazon (UK)
• element14
• adafruit
• Amazon (USA)

Installation

To install the Sense HAT software, enter the following commands in a terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sense-hat
sudo reboot

Usage

Import the sense_hat module and instantiate a SenseHat object:

from sense_hat import SenseHat

sense = SenseHat()

Documentation

Comprehensive documentation is available at pythonhosted.org/sense-hat

Contributors

• Dave Honess
• Ben Nuttall
• Serge Schneider
• Dave Jones
• Tyler Laws

Open Source

• The code is licensed under the BSD Licence
• The project source code is hosted on GitHub
• Please use GitHub issues to submit bugs and report issues