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Raul Portales
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Raul Portales is a software engineer who has had a love for computers, electronics, and gadgets in general for as long as he remembers. He jumped into Android as soon as it was released. Raul has worked on social networks, education, healthcare, and even founded a gaming studio and a consultancy company. Specializing in mobile and UX, he speaks frequently at conferences and meetups. Raul's love for electronics reignited when Google announced Android Things. He started tinkering with it with the first Developer Preview, which lead to adding the IoT category on his Google Developer expert profile.
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Temperature and pressure sensor (Bmx280)

The temperature and pressure sensor on the Rainbow HAT uses the BMP280 chip. A similar component—BME280—has an extra humidity sensor and the driver is designed to work with both chips (hence, the X in the name Bmx280) since both have the same internal protocol. Again, remember that the one in the Rainbow HAT does not include a humidity sensor.

Android Things offers two ways to read data from sensors. The first one is to proactively read a value from the component itself, and the second one is to configure a SensorDriver that will deliver readings via a listener whenever the values change. This is meant to use the same framework as the sensors on a phone (namely gyroscope, magnetometer, and accelerometer).

Querying the component directly is simpler; it gives all the control and also all the responsibility to us. On the other...

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Raul Portales

Raul Portales is a software engineer who has had a love for computers, electronics, and gadgets in general for as long as he remembers. He jumped into Android as soon as it was released. Raul has worked on social networks, education, healthcare, and even founded a gaming studio and a consultancy company. Specializing in mobile and UX, he speaks frequently at conferences and meetups. Raul's love for electronics reignited when Google announced Android Things. He started tinkering with it with the first Developer Preview, which lead to adding the IoT category on his Google Developer expert profile.
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