Internet of Things with Python

Measuring voltage with analog inputs and the mraa library

We will create a new VoltageInput class to represent a voltage source connected to our board, specifically, to an analog input pin. The following lines show the code for the new VoltageInput class that works with the mraa library. The code file for the sample is iot_python_chapter_06_01.py.

import mraa
import time


class VoltageInput:
    def __init__(self, analog_pin):
        self.analog_pin = analog_pin
        self.aio = mraa.Aio(analog_pin)
        # Configure ADC resolution to 12 bits (0 to 4095)
        self.aio.setBit(12)

    @property
    def voltage(self):
        raw_value = self.aio.read()
        return raw_value / 4095.0 * 5.0

We have to specify the analog pin number to which the voltage source is connected when we create an instance ...