From 9ea925500e980de170d378b11907300b6d3b1c24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ankitaggarwal011 Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 23:56:19 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Readme update. --- README.md | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2f230f1..8c347e7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,19 +4,25 @@ An **oscilloscope** is a laboratory instrument commonly used to display and anal A **XY Plotter** is an instrument to plot a voltage variable with respect to another voltage variable. This is in contrast to the oscilloscope which plots a voltage variable with respect to time. -This python library can turn your **Raspberry Pi** into an Oscilloscope or XY plotter. Simply, interface an **Analog to Digital Converter** with your Raspberry Pi and use the library to view the analog signals on your Raspberry Pi. Currently, the library supports Adafruit ADS1015 breakout board. +This python library can turn your **Raspberry Pi** into an Oscilloscope or XY plotter. Simply, interface an **Analog to Digital Converter** with your Raspberry Pi and use the library to view the analog signals on your Raspberry Pi. Currently, the library supports Adafruit ADS1015 breakout board. -![alt text](https://learn.adafruit.com/system/guides/images/000/000/195/medium800/summary.jpg "Raspberry Pi with ADS1015") + +![](https://learn.adafruit.com/system/guides/images/000/000/195/medium800/summary.jpg) +*Raspberry Pi with ADS1015* ## Motivation Oscilloscope are costly, bulky. I wanted to monitor analog sensors on Raspberry Pi and I didn't had an actual oscilloscope. Not exactly precise, but it could be very helpful for most applications. ## Dependencies + *Hardware* + 1. Raspberry Pi B/B+/2 + 2. [ADS1015 Breakout board Analog to Digital converter](http://www.adafruit.com/product/1083) *Software* + 1. Python 2.7 The following python modules are needed in order to use this library: @@ -38,8 +44,11 @@ $ sudo i2cdetect -y 1 ``` If you need help in interfacing, check out the official documentation from Adafruit: + https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-4-gpio-setup/configuring-i2c + https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-4-channel-adc-breakouts/ + https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Raspberry-Pi-Python-Code ## Usage