j3gb3rt / bme680-data-collector

Logs data from the bme680 sensor to a directory

Pi Setup

Install raspberry pi OS (lite) with rpi-imager Do first boot in pi Resize in gparted

Boot in pi

sudo su
apt update
apt updgrade
apt install git vim python3-pip
mkdir /mnt/nt-storage
echo '/dev/mmcblk0p3  /mnt/nt-storage auto  defaults  0 0' >> /etc/fstab
mount -a
cd /mnt/nt-storage
mkdir data
git clone [e-mail]:j3gb3rt/bme680-data-collector.git

if bme280

git checkout bme280
pip install board adafruit-circuitpython-bme280 adafruit-circuitpython-ds3231

Set time

python3
>>> import time
>>> import board
>>> import adafruit_ds3231
>>> i2c = board.I2C()
>>> rtc = adafruit_ds3231.DS3231(i2c)
>>> t = time.struct_time((2022, 3, 19, 1, 55, 0, 0, -1, -1))
>>> rtc.datetime = t
>>> rtc.datetime
time.struct_time(tm_year=2022, tm_mon=3, tm_mday=19, tm_hour=1, tm_min=55, tm_sec=8, tm_wday=0, tm_yday=-1, tm_isdst=-1)
>>> exit()

Run at startup

To run at startup add this to the root users crontab using, crontab -e

@reboot python3 /mnt/nt-storage/bme680-data-collector/datacollector.py &