Ian, What driver do you recommend? I have tried a couple but get the error 5 which I am led to believe means that the module can't be found. It does always show up when using i2cdetect so I don't have a clue why the drivers can't find it?
Steve On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 3:17:34 PM UTC-4, Ian wrote: > > > We sell the MOD-1016 breakout board which has the AS3935 lightning sensor > on it. It is a bit of a quirky chip, but it's also very unique and works > surprisingly well. We had a storm in New York yesterday and there was a > fun moment when one of our sensors beeped at sensing lightning, followed a > second later by a crash of thunder. > > If there are any particular issues, we would be delighted to help out. > > kind regards > Ian. > > On 12 August 2016 at 09:02, Steve Sykes <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Steve, >> Thanks for the reply. I wondered why this module didn't make it over to >> the user group, not ready for prime time yet I guess. I have been using a >> hobbyboards lightning detector for over a year, it works ok and is stable? >> Hobbyboards is gone now so I thought this new chip would be an improvement, >> and supportable. Maybe the speed required to correctly operate is beyond >> the RPi? >> I have seen the thread suggesting starting fresh, perhaps I will try that >> on a new Pi-3. I really don't want to get rid of my working station only to >> find that it continues to crash. Having the board run with weewx would be >> great, but if it can be made to work as a stand alone app, that would be >> fine. I wonder if Matt Wall has a board? Sending him one if he doesn't >> might help as well. It is summer, maybe interest will pick up when the >> weather turns bad. >> >> Steve > > >
