If you download the project bundle below, you should get both of the libraries for the V1 and V2 CLUE accelerometers.
To use with CircuitPython, you need to first install a few libraries, into the lib folder on your CIRCUITPY drive. Then you need to update code.py with the example script.
Thankfully, we can do this in one go. In the example below, click the Download Project Bundle button below to download the necessary libraries and the code.py file in a zip file. Extract the contents of the zip file, open the directory Clue_Step_Counter/ and then click on the directory that matches the version of CircuitPython you're using and copy the contents of that directory to your CIRCUITPY drive.
CIRCUITPY
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Liz Clark for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
import time
import board
import displayio
from adafruit_clue import clue
from simpleio import map_range
from adafruit_bitmap_font import bitmap_font
from adafruit_lsm6ds.lsm6ds33 import LSM6DS33
from adafruit_lsm6ds.lsm6ds3trc import LSM6DS3TRC
from adafruit_lsm6ds import Rate, AccelRange
from adafruit_progressbar.progressbar import ProgressBar
from adafruit_display_text.label import Label
# turns off onboard NeoPixel to conserve battery
clue.pixel.brightness = 0.0
# accessing the Clue's accelerometer
sensor = LSM6DS33(board.I2C())
try:
sensor = LSM6DS33(board.I2C())
except RuntimeError:
sensor = LSM6DS3TRC(board.I2C())
# step goal
step_goal = 10000
# onboard button states
a_state = False
b_state = False
# array to adjust screen brightness
bright_level = [0, 0.5, 1]
countdown = 0 # variable for the step goal progress bar
clock = 0 # variable used to keep track of time for the steps per hour counter
clock_count = 0 # holds the number of hours that the step counter has been running
clock_check = 0 # holds the result of the clock divided by 3600 seconds (1 hour)
last_step = 0 # state used to properly counter steps
mono = time.monotonic() # time.monotonic() device
mode = 1 # state used to track screen brightness
steps_log = 0 # holds total steps to check for steps per hour
steps_remaining = 0 # holds the remaining steps needed to reach the step goal
sph = 0 # holds steps per hour
# variables to hold file locations for background and fonts
clue_bgBMP = "/clue_bgBMP.bmp"
small_font = "/fonts/Roboto-Medium-16.bdf"
med_font = "/fonts/Roboto-Bold-24.bdf"
big_font = "/fonts/Roboto-Black-48.bdf"
# glyphs for fonts
glyphs = b'0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-,.: '
# loading bitmap fonts
small_font = bitmap_font.load_font(small_font)
small_font.load_glyphs(glyphs)
med_font = bitmap_font.load_font(med_font)
med_font.load_glyphs(glyphs)
big_font = bitmap_font.load_font(big_font)
big_font.load_glyphs(glyphs)
# creating display and default brightness
clue_display = board.DISPLAY
clue_display.brightness = 0.5
# graphics group
clueGroup = displayio.Group()
# loading bitmap background
clue_bg = displayio.OnDiskBitmap(clue_bgBMP)
clue_tilegrid = displayio.TileGrid(clue_bg, pixel_shader=clue_bg.pixel_shader)
clueGroup.append(clue_tilegrid)
# creating the ProgressBar object
bar_group = displayio.Group()
prog_bar = ProgressBar(1, 1, 239, 25, bar_color=0x652f8f)
bar_group.append(prog_bar)
clueGroup.append(bar_group)
# text for step goal
steps_countdown = Label(small_font, text='%d Steps Remaining' % step_goal, color=clue.WHITE)
steps_countdown.x = 55
steps_countdown.y = 12
# text for steps
text_steps = Label(big_font, text="0 ", color=0xe90e8b)
text_steps.x = 45
text_steps.y = 70
# text for steps per hour
text_sph = Label(med_font, text=" -- ", color=0x29abe2)
text_sph.x = 8
text_sph.y = 195
# adding all text to the display group
clueGroup.append(text_sph)
clueGroup.append(steps_countdown)
clueGroup.append(text_steps)
# sending display group to the display at startup
clue_display.root_group = clueGroup
# setting up the accelerometer and pedometer
sensor.accelerometer_range = AccelRange.RANGE_2G
sensor.accelerometer_data_rate = Rate.RATE_26_HZ
sensor.gyro_data_rate = Rate.RATE_SHUTDOWN
sensor.pedometer_enable = True
while True:
# button debouncing
if not clue.button_a and not a_state:
a_state = True
if not clue.button_b and not b_state:
b_state = True
# setting up steps to hold step count
steps = sensor.pedometer_steps
# creating the data for the ProgressBar
countdown = map_range(steps, 0, step_goal, 0.0, 1.0)
# actual counting of the steps
# if a step is taken:
if abs(steps-last_step) > 1:
step_time = time.monotonic()
# updates last_step
last_step = steps
# updates the display
text_steps.text = '%d' % steps
clock = step_time - mono
# logging steps per hour
if clock > 3600:
# gets number of hours to add to total
clock_check = clock / 3600
# logs the step count as of that hour
steps_log = steps
# adds the hours to get a new hours total
clock_count += round(clock_check)
# divides steps by hours to get steps per hour
sph = steps_log / clock_count
# adds the sph to the display
text_sph.text = '%d' % sph
# resets clock to count to the next hour again
clock = 0
mono = time.monotonic()
# adjusting countdown to step goal
prog_bar.progress = float(countdown)
# displaying countdown to step goal
if step_goal - steps > 0:
steps_remaining = step_goal - steps
steps_countdown.text = '%d Steps Remaining' % steps_remaining
else:
steps_countdown.text = 'Steps Goal Met!'
# adjusting screen brightness, a button decreases brightness
if clue.button_a and a_state:
mode -= 1
a_state = False
if mode < 0:
mode = 0
clue_display.brightness = bright_level[mode]
else:
clue_display.brightness = bright_level[mode]
# b button increases brightness
if clue.button_b and b_state:
mode += 1
b_state = False
if mode > 2:
mode = 2
clue_display.brightness = bright_level[mode]
else:
clue_display.brightness = bright_level[mode]
time.sleep(0.001)
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