WSAL23229 – Sense HAT (C)/en

Documentation notice: This technical documentation was independently rewritten from an archived supplier source. Check technical details and commands against the product version and manufacturer documentation before use.

Summary

The Sense HAT (C) is a Raspberry Pi expansion with onboard sensors for motion, environmental data, color and AD measurements.

Related products at JW Tech

WSAL23229 – Sense HAT (C) for Raspberry Pi, Onboard Multi Powerful Sensors, Supports External Sensors

Technical overview

Connects via the standard 40-pin Raspberry Pi GPIO header; uses I2C at a 3.3 V logic level.
Onboard IMU module QMI8658C (3-axis accelerometer + 3-axis gyroscope) and AK09918C (3-axis magnetometer), each with 16-bit resolution.
SHTC3 measures temperature (-30 to 100 °C, ±0.2 °C) and relative humidity (0–100 % rH, ±2 %).
LPS22HB pressure sensor: range 260–1260 hPa, accuracy ±0.025 hPa at room temperature, rates from 1 to 75 Hz.
TCS34087 color sensor with 4 channels (R, G, B, C) at 16 bits per channel.
SGM58031 4-channel 16-bit ADC for connecting external sensors through the breakout I2C pins.
I2C addresses of the onboard sensors are unique: SGM58031 = 0x48, QMI8658C = 0x6B, AK09918C = 0x0C, LPS22HB = 0x5C, SHTC3 = 0x70, TCS34087 = 0x29.
Raspberry Pi demo programs are located under /home/pi/Sense_HAT_C_Pi/RaspberryPi/... and run on Linux.

Commands and examples – verify before use:

sudo raspi-config
sudo reboot
cd /home/pi/Sense_HAT_C_Pi/RaspberryPi/IMU/bcm2835/
sudo make clean && sudo make && sudo ./main
cd /home/pi/Sense_HAT_C_Pi/RaspberryPi/IMU/python/
sudo python IMU.py

Notes and version constraints

On Bookworm systems only the lgpio library is available; bcm2835 and wiringPi cannot be installed or used.
Mixing bcm2835/wiringPi/Python may cause abnormal GPIO header behavior; the fix is to reboot the Raspberry Pi.
STM32 demos require a correct serial connection on USART2 (PA2 TXD, PA3 RXD) with a 115200 baud rate.
Some steps are version-sensitive (e.g., installing wiringPi depending on the system release); verify the current system version before running them.
All statements rely solely on the supplied source text; additional compatibility, safety, or warranty claims were intentionally omitted.

Source and revision record

Sense HAT (C) - Waveshare Wiki
Source revision: 109814
Captured: 2026-09-04T02:44:59+00:00
SHA-256: 4308a4597ddac1ba4030351b048f6f7b6e13ef9c364af9ed2de0285d330caae2