{"id":14122,"date":"2016-02-03T11:56:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T10:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14122"},"modified":"2016-02-03T11:56:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T10:56:04","slug":"read-analog-sensors-with-the-mcp3008-and-gpio-zero-on-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14122","title":{"rendered":"Read analog sensors with the MCP3008 and GPIO Zero on the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/raspi.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ProHat-MCP3008-TMP36c.png?resize=560%2C640\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alex Eames <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14105\" target=\"_blank\">recently announced<\/a>\u00a0a new reward level for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/raspitv\/raspio-pro-hat-protect-position-raspberry-pi-ports\" target=\"_blank\">RasPiO Pro Hat Kickstarter<\/a> &#8211; it includes an MCP3008 analog-to-digital chip and an analog temperature sensor (TMP36). Alex has now written a tutorial to show you how to use the chip and sensor to display temperature readings. The tutorial features the use of the <a href=\"http:\/\/pythonhosted.org\/gpiozero\/\" target=\"_blank\">GPIO Zero library<\/a>\u00a0and I think this is the first practical example of the MCP3008 functionality I&#8217;ve seen, so it&#8217;s well worth taking a look. <a href=\"http:\/\/raspi.tv\/2016\/using-mcp3008-to-measure-temperature-with-gpio-zero-and-raspio-pro-hat\" target=\"_blank\">Read the tutorial and see the code here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eames recently announced\u00a0a new reward level for his RasPiO Pro Hat Kickstarter &#8211; it includes an MCP3008 analog-to-digital chip and an analog temperature sensor (TMP36). 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