#!/usr/bin/python3 """Reading moisture data from MCP3008.""" import time import Adafruit_GPIO.SPI as SPI import Adafruit_MCP3008 # Make sure the spi are available `lsmod` SPI_PORT = 0 SPI_DEVICE = 0 mcp = Adafruit_MCP3008.MCP3008(spi=SPI.SpiDev(SPI_PORT, SPI_DEVICE)) print('Reading MCP3008 values, press Ctrl-C to quit...') # Print nice channel column headers. print('| {0:>4} | {1:>4} | {2:>4} | {3:>4} | {4:>4} | {5:>4} | {6:>4} | {7:>4} |'.format(*range(8))) print('-' * 57) while True: # Read all the ADC channel values in a list. values = [0]*8 for i in range(8): # The read_adc function will get the value of the specified channel (0-7). values[i] = mcp.read_adc(i) # Print the ADC values. print('| {0:>4} | {1:>4} | {2:>4} | {3:>4} | {4:>4} | {5:>4} | {6:>4} | {7:>4} |'.format(*values)) # Pause for half a second. time.sleep(0.5)