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Calibration patch for newer AHT20's #16

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Calibration patch for newer AHT20's
BlitzCityDIY Aug 14, 2023
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Updating to use try/except
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updating to use try/except
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moving try/except
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4 changes: 1 addition & 3 deletions adafruit_ahtx0.py
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Expand Up @@ -106,16 +106,14 @@ def reset(self) -> None:
time.sleep(0.02) # 20ms delay to wake up

def calibrate(self) -> bool:
"""Ask the sensor to self-calibrate. Returns True on success, False otherwise"""
"""Ask the sensor to self-calibrate. May not 'succeed' on newer AHT20s."""
self._buf[0] = AHTX0_CMD_CALIBRATE
self._buf[1] = 0x08
self._buf[2] = 0x00
with self.i2c_device as i2c:
i2c.write(self._buf, start=0, end=3)
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this may fail, so do a try/except pass here

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wrap only the call that can fail, please!

i2c.write(self._buf, start=0, end=3)

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@ladyada ohh okay, will fix. one question though- in __init__ if calibration returns False then it raises a RuntimeError, should that be changed too to not raise an error? or would the sensor read the SENSOR_CALIBRATED bit with the try/except and not return False?

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nope

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while self.status & AHTX0_STATUS_BUSY:
time.sleep(0.01)
if not self.status & AHTX0_STATUS_CALIBRATED:
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keep this part in!

return False
return True

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