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RFC: Sensor driver interface

openby pfalconopened 2016-05-21updated 2025-10-01
rfc

As one of the latest KS stretch goals, we need to implement suite of drivers for number of sensors, and it would be nice to come up with a general sensor driver model to follow.

Requirements:

  1. A general, baseline interface (userstory: "I have a hundred of sensors, how do I use them in similar manner of any MicroPython port", not: "My project is centered around capabilities of a particular sensor, how do I expose them?")
  2. The general requirement is avoiding memory allocations to perform sensor reading
  3. One of the biggest contention points is usage of floating-point vs fixed points numbers, and if the latter, then how. Given that floating-point support is optional, and may lead to memory allocation, would be strongly nice to support (allocation-free) fixed point.
  4. Should be general enough for any sensor (including sensors which measure several values).
  5. There should be balance between efficiency tricks and pythonic ease of use.
CANDIDATE · PULL REQUEST

micropython/drivers/sensor: Adding micropython support for Infineon PASCO2 sensor driver

openby NikhitaR-IFXopened 2023-04-13updated 2023-05-17

This is a preliminary implementation for Infineon PASCO2 sensor driver. Out of different modes, it currently supports the continuous mode of acquiring sensor data and allows following functionality:

  • Switching the sensor mode to idle or continuous
  • Read/Write from sensor register
  • Perform soft reset of the sensor
  • Check sensor status
  • Read the co2 ppm values

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