Adafruit INA260 High or Low Side Voltage, Current, Power Sensor (ADA4226)

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Will this work with Pico and Micropython?

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Hi there, Mark,

Absolutely it will.

I’m uncertain whether the INA260 library is included natively on MicroPython, but either way, please find the Github Repository for the library:

It looks very simple to use:

from ina260 import INA260
from machine import I2C

ina260 = INA260(I2C())

print("Current:", ina260.current)
print("Voltage:", ina260.voltage)
print("Power:", ina260.power)
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Thanks Jane.

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Got that going on the Pico after some fault finding!

All of my coding errors aside, the main issue was that pull up resistors are required between SDA/3v3 and SLA/3v3. I used 5k.

Used one Pico W with a blinking LED as a load and a second Pico W running the INA260 code.

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Fantastic, Mark, glad to see you got that working. :slight_smile:

I hope your experiences help someone else out there on the road.

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