ScoutMakes DRV5032 Hall Sensor

Add a magnetic hall sensor to your project easily with this DRV5032 breakout board with a JST-PH 3 pin connector

by Lalindra Jayatilleke

published September 23, 2024, last edited July 28, 2025

posted in Sensors/ Proximity Breakout Boards STEMMA

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CircuitPython

The ScoutMakes DRV5032 Hall Sensor can be easily used with CircuitPython. Since the signal pin from the breakout board drives HIGH or LOW based on the presence of a magnetic field, it can be easily connected to IO pins to a QT Py, for example, or other microcontroller.

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"""CircuitPython ScoutMakes DRV5032 Digital Hall Sensor example"""
import time
import board
from digitalio import DigitalInOut, Direction, Pull
switch = DigitalInOut(board.A0)
switch.direction = Direction.INPUT
switch.pull = Pull.UP

while True:
    # We could also do "led.value = not switch.value"!
    if switch.value:
        print ("1")
    else:
        print ("0")
    time.sleep(0.1)  # debounce delay

"""CircuitPython ScoutMakes DRV5032 Digital Hall Sensor example"""
import time
import board
from digitalio import DigitalInOut, Direction, Pull
switch = DigitalInOut(board.A0)
switch.direction = Direction.INPUT
switch.pull = Pull.UP

while True:
    # We could also do "led.value = not switch.value"!
    if switch.value:
        print ("1")
    else:
        print ("0")
    time.sleep(0.1)  # debounce delay