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Sugar and Powerbrick Modules

Import Sugar Library​

Import the Sugar library to make use of its functions.

from sugar import *

14: Sugar and Powerbrick modules​

PIR Sensor​

PIR Sensor Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P8','P9','P12','P13','P14','P15','P16'

value=PIR(pin).value()

Returns a boolean value from the PIR sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

IR Line Tracker​

IR Line Tracker Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P8','P9','P12','P13','P14','P15','P16'

value=Tracker(pin).value()

Returns a boolean value from the Line Tracker.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

(Hall Effect)Magnet Sensor​

Magnet Sensor Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P8','P9','P12','P13','P14','P15','P16'

value=Hall(pin).value()

Returns a boolean value from the Magnet sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

Button Sensor​

Button Sensor Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P8','P9','P12','P13','P14','P15','P16'

value=Button(pin).value()

Returns a boolean value from the Button sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

LED Module​

LED Module Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P8','P13','P14','P15','P16'
# available states
# 'ON','OFF'

LED(pin).state(state) #ON/OFF

Sets the state of the LED module to be on or off.

LED(pin).brightness(brightness) #Brightness

Sets the LED brightness.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.
  • state: on/off.
  • brightness: 0~100.

Flame Sensor​

Flame Sensor Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P12','P14','P15','P16'

value=Flame(pin).value()

Returns an analog value from the Flame sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

Potentiometer Sensor​

Potentiometer Sensor Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P12','P14','P15','P16'

value=Angle(pin).value()

Returns an analog value from the Potentiometer sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

Light Sensor​

Light Sensor Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P12','P14','P15','P16'

value=Light(pin).value()

Returns an analog value from the Light sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

Soil Moisture Sensor​

Soil Moisture Sensor Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P12','P14','P15','P16'

value=Soil(pin).value()

Returns an analog value from the Soil Moisture sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

Water Sensor​

Water Sensor Information

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P12','P14','P15','P16'

value=WaterLevel(pin).value()

Returns an analog value from the Water sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.

Environment Sensor(Sugar)​

Environment Sensor Information

x=ENV().update()

temperature=x[0]
humidity=x[1]

Returns a list containing the temperature and humidity readings from the Environment sensor.

TOF Laser Distance Module​

TOF Sensor Information

value=TOFDistance().value()

Returns the distance in mm from the laser distance module.

Joystick Module​

Joystick Sensor Information

# available positions
# 'up', 'down', 'left', 'right', 'pressed'

position=Joystick().state() #Joystick Position
x_value=Joystick().value('x') #Joystick X value
y_value=Joystick().value('y') #Joystick Y value

Returns the value from the Joystick module.

RTC Clock Module​

Clock().setTime((year,month,day,weekday,hour,min,sec))

Sets the time on the Clock module.

# available states
# 'pause','open'

Clock().modeSet(state=mode)

Starts or stops the clock.

Clock().refreshTime(8)

Syncs the clock with UTC time.(Needs network connection)

# available fields
# 'all','year','month','day','week','hour','minute','second'

value=Clock().getTime(field)

Returns a value from the clock module.

Ultrasound Sensor​

# available pins
# 'P0','P1','P2','P3','P8','P9','P12','P13','P14','P15','P16'

value=MeowSonar(pin).ping()

Returns the distance measured by the ultrasound sensor.

  • pin: The pin connected to the sensor.