Interfacing with AM2320 on FiPy over I2C?

[zwarcola]

Has anyone had any success using the AM2320 on any of the pycom boards over i2c? I have been trying to interface with one using my FiPy and have only been able to receive errors. I have tried using various micropython libraries including ones by alexmrqt and mcauser. I always get some sort of OSError. I know my sensor works and is wired properly because I have been able to get accurate readings using a Raspberry Pi.

Here is the code I have to use the alexmrqt library:

i2c = I2C(0, I2C.MASTER)
i2c = I2C(0, pins=('P10','P11'))
i2c.init(I2C.MASTER, baudrate=100000)
am = AM2320.AM2320(i2c)

while True:
    pycom.rgbled(0x7f0000) # red
    try:
        temp = am.temperature
        humidity = am.relative_humidity
        print([str(temp), str(humidity)])
    except OSError:
        # In case the sensor fails
        print(OSError)
        pass
    except RuntimeError:
        print(RuntimeError)
        pass
    pycom.rgbled(0x007f00) # green
    time.sleep(5)

And here is the driver itself:

# Driver code for AM2320 temperature and humidity sensor

try:
    import struct
except ImportError:
    import ustruct as struct
import time
from micropython import const

__version__ = "0.0.0-auto.0"
__repo__ = "https://github.com/alexmrqt/Adafruit_CircuitPython_am2320.git"

_AM2320_DEFAULT_ADDR = const(0x5C)
_AM2320_CMD_READREG = const(0x03)
_AM2320_REG_TEMP_H = const(0x02)
_AM2320_REG_HUM_H = const(0x00)

def _crc16(data):
    crc = 0xffff
    for byte in data:
        crc ^= byte
        for _ in range(8):
            if crc & 0x0001:
                crc >>= 1
                crc ^= 0xA001
            else:
                crc >>= 1
    return crc


class AM2320:
    """A driver for the AM2320 temperature and humidity sensor.
    :param i2c_bus: The `I2C` object to use. This is the only required parameter.
    :param int address: (optional) The I2C address of the device.
    """
    def __init__(self, i2c_bus, address=_AM2320_DEFAULT_ADDR):
        self._i2c_bus = i2c_bus
        self._addr = address

    def _read_register(self, register, length):
        # wake up sensor
        self._i2c_bus.writeto(self._addr, bytes([0x00]))
        time.sleep(0.01)  # wait 10 ms

        # Send command to read register
        cmd = [_AM2320_CMD_READREG, register & 0xFF, length]
        # print("cmd: %s" % [hex(i) for i in cmd])
        self._i2c_bus.writeto(self._addr, bytes(cmd))
        time.sleep(0.002)  # wait 2 ms for reply
        result = bytearray(length+4) # 2 bytes pre, 2 bytes crc
        self._i2c_bus.readfrom_into(self._addr, result)
        # print("$%02X => %s" % (register, [hex(i) for i in result]))
        # Check preamble indicates correct readings
        if result[0] != 0x3 or result[1] != length:
            raise RuntimeError('I2C modbus read failure')
        # Check CRC on all but last 2 bytes
        crc1 = struct.unpack("<H", bytes(result[-2:]))[0]
        crc2 = _crc16(result[0:-2])
        if crc1 != crc2:
            raise RuntimeError('CRC failure 0x%04X vs 0x%04X' % (crc1, crc2))
        return result[2:-2]

    @property
    def temperature(self):
        """The measured temperature in celsius."""
        temperature = struct.unpack(">H", self._read_register(_AM2320_REG_TEMP_H, 2))[0]
        if temperature >= 32768:
            temperature = 32768 - temperature
        return temperature/10.0

    @property
    def relative_humidity(self):
        """The measured relative humidity in percent."""
        humidity = struct.unpack(">H", self._read_register(_AM2320_REG_HUM_H, 2))[0]
        return humidity/10.0

I have been searching everywhere but nobody seems to have any info on combining the AM2320 with the pycom boards. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[robert-hh]

@zwarcola Do you have added pull-up resistors? If yes, what is the result to i2c.scan()? Does that report the address of the device, which is 92?

[robert-hh]

@zwarcola I see the problem. The call to i2c.init() resets the pin definition. Just drop that call and add baudrate=100000 to the constructor call for i2c, or add pins=() to the init call.
That's subtle pitfall in the code, for SPI and other interfaces too. The constructor and init() share the same init code, which means, you have to do all initialization in a single call.

[zwarcola]

@robert-hh Hey Robert, sorry for the delayed response. So I have been toying with the i2c sensor a little more. After changing the initialization of the i2c device and adding pull-up resistors, I am still getting a blank list of addresses "[]" and am unable to read values from it either.

Here is my updated i2c initialization:

i2c = I2C(0, I2C.MASTER, baudrate=100000, pins=('P10','P11'))

Any ideas?

[robert-hh]

@zwarcola No clue, and I cannot test since I do not have that sensor here. Reading the data sheet it seems important, that SCL is pulled high during power up of the device, since that defines, whether the sensor runs in I2C mode or the old Single-Wire mode of the AM2302/DHT11.

[tiborrr]

Hi, @zwarcola I saw this post and was curious if you managed to find the solution for your problems, or did you just catch the error and then keep going.