Log sensor readings to Geckoboard

gecko-enviroment.py

import geckoboard, datetime, bme680

# Set up Pimroni BME680 sensors
# https://github.com/pimoroni/bme680-python/blob/master/examples/read-all.py

sensor = bme680.BME680()

sensor.set_humidity_oversample(bme680.OS_2X)
sensor.set_pressure_oversample(bme680.OS_4X)
sensor.set_temperature_oversample(bme680.OS_8X)
sensor.set_filter(bme680.FILTER_SIZE_3)

sensor.set_gas_status(bme680.ENABLE_GAS_MEAS)
sensor.set_gas_heater_temperature(320)
sensor.set_gas_heater_duration(150)
sensor.select_gas_heater_profile(0)


# Set up Geckoboard connection (This is where you need to put your API key).

client = geckoboard.client("YOUR-API-KEY-GOES-HERE")

try:
    client.ping()
    print "Authentication successful"

except:
    print "Incorrect API Key"


# Look for a dataset with the following name and if it doesn't exist create it.
# Here we tell Geckoboard what schema to expect. 

dataset =  client.datasets.find_or_create(
  'environmentreadings', {
    'temperature' : {'type':'number','name':'Temperature','optional':False},
    'pressure' : {'type':'number','name':'Pressure','optional':False},
    'humidity' : {'type':'number','name':'Humidity','optional':False},
    'air-quality' : {'type':'number','name':'Air Quality','optional':True},
    'timestamp': { 'type': 'datetime', 'name': 'Time' }},
    ['timestamp']) # This sets timestamp as the primary key

print "Dataset successfully created"

# Get the current time 

reading_time = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()

# Read the sensor values and post them to Geckoboard

dataset.post([
  { 'timestamp': reading_time,
    'temperature': sensor.data.temperature,
    'pressure': sensor.data.pressure,
    'humidity': sensor.data.humidity,
    'air-quality': sensor.data.gas_resistance
  }], 'timestamp')

# Print the values in the console

output = "{0:.2f} C,{1:.2f} hPa,{2:.2f} %RH".format(sensor.data.temperature, sensor.data.pressure, sensor.data.humidity)

print "Data successfully appended"
print output