add BME280 sensor platform doc #2797
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| ###### Check the i2c address of the sensor | ||
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| If you have `sudo apt-get install i2c-tools`, you can call the i2c device detector with: |
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Some rephrasing of this sentence would be preferable.
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@Landrash, thanks for reviewing!
What about now?
| # Example configuration.yaml entry | ||
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| - platform: bme280 | ||
| name: Ambient |
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Name can be removed from this example since it's an optional variable.
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hi @Landrash, PRs #2820 and #2821 are related to this and share the section about the i2c install and i2c address detection. I don't know if there is another place in the doc to add these common instructions, and link in each sensor doc. In addition, I'm waiting for review for the three I2c sensors, and @fabaff was telling me about making a |
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@azogue I'll review the other also. Nice to se more native support for sensors on the pi's. Have you by any chance tried this out on any of the other SOC platforms? |
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Sorry @Landrash, I only have raspberries (but I have a lot!). These sensors are working smoothly in Raspberry Pi 2, RPI 3 and RPI Zero W, I could test them also in an ancient RPI 1 rev B, but I suppose it will work too. Thank you very much for your attention, btw |
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Description:
Documentation for new sensor platform: BME280. It includes directions for installing the needed dependencies and more.
Pull request in home-assistant (if applicable): home-assistant/core#7989