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 https://sense-hat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.

Contributors

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

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

URLs

• Raspberry Pi: https://www.raspberrypi.org/
• Astro Pi: http://www.astro-pi.org/
• sense-hat.readthedocs.io: https://sense-hat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Dave Honess: https://github.com/davidhoness
• Ben Nuttall: https://github.com/bennuttall
• Serge Schneider: https://github.com/XECDesign
• Dave Jones: https://github.com/waveform80
• Tyler Laws: https://github.com/tyler-laws
• George Boukeas: https://github.com/boukeas
• BSD Licence: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
• GitHub: https://github.com/astro-pi/python-sense-hat
• GitHub Issues: https://github.com/astro-pi/python-sense-hat/issues
• The Pi Hut: http://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-sense-hat-astro-pi
• Pimoroni: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-sense-hat
• Amazon (UK): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raspberry-Pi-2483095-Sense-HAT/dp/B014T2IHQ8/
• element14: https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-78155/l/raspberry-pi-sense-hat
• adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2738
• Amazon (USA): http://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-Sense-HAT-AstroPi/dp/B014HDG74S