HX711 - which lib should I use?

[Roberthh]

machine.idle() just serves the purpose of avoiding a busy loop. time.sleep_ms(1) works as well.

Edit: I see machine.idle(). May you should use the daily build firmware. It progresses fast at the moment.

[hgrbirchall]

Thanks the latest update appears to have fixed that issue, I have it working now for the scales.py file, with GPIO 16 as the data pin and GPIO as the clock pin. when I tried to run your hxtest.py example I am getting the following terminal message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 5, in <module>
File "/lib/hx711_spi.py", line 9, in __init__
TypeError: extra keyword arguments given

This is the only change I have made so far:

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from hx711_spi import *
hx = HX711(16, 18, 19)

[Roberthh]

The driver uses the SPI call logic of pycom. You have to change that line in hx711_spi.py to:

self.spi = SPI(0, mode=SPI.MASTER, baudrate=1000000, polarity=0,
phase=0, sck=Pin(spi_clk), mosi=Pin(pd_sck), miso=Pin(dout))

Please note that the SPI clock will NOT be connected. The HX711 will be clocked by the mosi pin.

[hgrbirchall]

Thank you Robert. I think I have it working now. I am using GPIO 16 as the data (miso) pin and GPIO 19 as the skc (mosi) pin.

Now to turn it into meaningful results! The plan is to make a data logger which I can use with load cells for work.

[sciortino]

I'm working with a high school robotics team that want's to use the hx711 with a pico to design some "smart" exercise equipment.

Would you be willing to share some samples of your code?

Jeff

[Roberthh]

The repository contains samples of the code. At the moment, the SPI version is the best to use. But I can also make a PIO version, which makes use of the PIO state machine and should perform better. Just give me a day or two for set-up.

[Roberthh]

There is a variant now of the driver using the RP2040's PIO at https://github.com/robert-hh/hx711
Like the GPIO version it uses two pins only, but unlike GPIO, once started the timing cannot be affected by interrupts.