# This example takes the temperature from the Pico's onboard temperature sensor, and displays it on Pico Display Pack, along with a little pixelly graph. # It's based on the thermometer example in the "Getting Started with MicroPython on the Raspberry Pi Pico" book, which is a great read if you're a beginner! import machine import utime import gc # Pico Display boilerplate import picodisplay as display width = display.get_width() height = display.get_height() gc.collect() display_buffer = bytearray(width * height * 2) display.init(display_buffer) # reads from Pico's temp sensor and converts it into a more manageable number sensor_temp = machine.ADC(4) conversion_factor = 3.3 / (65535) temp_min = 10 temp_max = 30 bar_width = 5 # Set the display backlight to 50% display.set_backlight(0.5) temperatures = [] colors = [(0, 0, 255), (0, 255, 0), (255, 255, 0), (255, 0, 0)] def temperature_to_color(temp): temp = min(temp, temp_max) temp = max(temp, temp_min) f_index = float(temp - temp_min) / float(temp_max - temp_min) f_index *= len(colors) - 1 index = int(f_index) if index == len(colors) - 1: return colors[index] blend_b = f_index - index blend_a = 1.0 - blend_b a = colors[index] b = colors[index + 1] return [int((a[i] * blend_a) + (b[i] * blend_b)) for i in range(3)] while True: # fills the screen with black display.set_pen(0, 0, 0) display.clear() # the following two lines do some maths to convert the number from the temp sensor into celsius reading = sensor_temp.read_u16() * conversion_factor temperature = 27 - (reading - 0.706) / 0.001721 temperatures.append(temperature) # shifts the temperatures history to the left by one sample if len(temperatures) > width // bar_width: temperatures.pop(0) i = 0 for t in temperatures: # chooses a pen colour based on the temperature display.set_pen(*temperature_to_color(t)) # draws the reading as a tall, thin rectangle display.rectangle(i, height - (round(t) * 4), bar_width, height) # the next tall thin rectangle needs to be drawn # "bar_width" (default: 5) pixels to the right of the last one i += bar_width # heck lets also set the LED to match display.set_led(*temperature_to_color(temperature)) # draws a white background for the text display.set_pen(255, 255, 255) display.rectangle(1, 1, 100, 25) # writes the reading as text in the white rectangle display.set_pen(0, 0, 0) display.text("{:.2f}".format(temperature) + "c", 3, 3, 0, 3) # time to update the display display.update() # waits for 5 seconds utime.sleep(5)