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Is it possible to read digital temperature sensors with a PiFace?

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Former Member over 13 years ago

Hello there, would the TSL2561 (http://adafruit.com/products/439) and the DHT11 (http://adafruit.com/products/386) work with the Raspberry Pi + PiFace connected to a breadboard? I have a first small project where I want to sense temperature and light and control a heater, fan and lights according to those sensors measurements. Is this at all possible? It seems once you connect the PiFace, the GPIO is completely occupied so I cannot connect i2c devices with the PiFace connected to the Raspberry Pi. I've tested some python code within the PiFace emulator and I can get the LEDs and relays working. If I cannot connect the two sensors listed above, is there another way to utilize them on the same Raspberry Pi that has the PiFace connected?

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    Former Member over 12 years ago

    Not directly from the Piface, however you could alway populate the P5 header on the underside of the RPi board.  This will give you access to the Pi's second I2C bus.

    See: http://elinux.org/RPi_Low-level_peripherals

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    Former Member over 12 years ago

    Not directly from the Piface, however you could alway populate the P5 header on the underside of the RPi board.  This will give you access to the Pi's second I2C bus.

    See: http://elinux.org/RPi_Low-level_peripherals

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    Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

    And what about if I want to connect an I.R. sensor such as HC-SR501. It is possible to connect to any input of the PiFace to process the result?

    Thanks, Marcelo.

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    mcb1 over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Marcelo

    The inputs are normally high and get pulled low so you'd need a transistor to invert the logic.

    Use a 1K in series with the base of an NPN and the trigger output, connect the collector to the input, and emitter to ground.

     

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