Assuming you have already gone through the WipperSnapper Setup page and connected your board(s) to WipperSnapper, navigate to the WipperSnapper board list. You likely will want to see two boards in your list, both QT Py boards. In my case, I named one of them AQM LCD, and one of them AQM SEN66.
On this page, start by setting up the SEN66 board by clicking on it.
- If you do not see your boards listed - go back to the WipperSnapper Setup Page and make sure they both register with Adafruit.io
On the device page, quickly check that your device is online and is running the latest version of the WipperSnapper firmware.
The device tile on the left indicates the version number of the firmware running on the connected board.
- If the firmware version is green with a checkmark - continue with this guide.
- If the firmware version is red with an "X" - update to the latest WipperSnapper firmware on your board before continuing.
Adding Components
From the SEN66 device page, start by setting up all of the components included in the SEN66 (there are a lot of them). Click on either the New Component Button, or the big + icon in the middle of the page.
In the pop-up, search for SEN66 and click on the SEN66 option to get to the set-up screen.
On the Create SEN66 Component screen, you can see all of the data this little sensor provides. The only change I made is to uncheck the Temperature C, as I prefer to see the Temperature F. Other than that, you can speed up how often it reads data by switching all the Send Data dropdowns. But be careful if you are using a free account as this can cause you to hit your limit pretty fast. 15 minutes should be plenty fast here.
Your device page should now be populated with all of the different sensors included in the SEN66 (it may take 15 minutes for data to populate).
If you soldered up a NeoPixel stick to your project, you will need to add that as well. Just like above, click the New Component button, then search for NeoPixel. Then in the settings, you can adjust the name if you want, change the pin to A0 (or whatever you soldered the data pin of the NeoPixel stick to), and set the number of pixels to 8.
You should now see the NeoPixel Stick component at the top of your list. Feel free to mess around with the colors and make sure the changes show up on your device.
Just like with the AQM SEN66 device, do the same for the AQM LCD device. Make sure this device is connected and updated with the latest firmware like above, then click New Component, and search for Character Display.
For my project, I am using the 20x4 Character Display, so I will choose that one. But you could use either display here. Then you can change the name if you want and click the Create Component button. Do the same with the NeoPixel stick if you are adding that to your project as well (exactly like we did above).
The next step sets up the Adafruit IO Actions to get all of this to work.
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