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Live Temperature Data

Display live temperate data from a BME280 sensor without Power BI using Windows IoT Core.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
×1
Male/Female Jumper Wires
Male/Female Jumper Wires
×1
Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
×1
Adafruit BME280
×1

Software apps and online services

Windows 10 IoT Core
Microsoft Windows 10 IoT Core
live charts

Story

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Schematics

Fritzing

Wire up your raspberry pi to the BME280 sensor

Code

Model Class

C#
After adding your reference to 'Windows Iot Extensions for UWP' download and install from NuGet 'BuildAzure.IoT.Adafruit.BME280' and 'LiveCharts.Uwp'. Then we make a class for our own type.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace HacksterLiveChartsDemo
{
    public class MeasureModel
    {
        public DateTime DateTime { get; set; }
        public double Value { get; set; }
    }
}

MainPage.xaml.cs

C#
Next we add the code to the MainPage.xaml.cs file (I kept the example code the same as the example on the lvcharts.net tutorial for simplification).
using LiveCharts;
using LiveCharts.Configurations;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
using Windows.Foundation;
using Windows.Foundation.Collections;
using Windows.UI.Xaml;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Data;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Input;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Navigation;

// The Blank Page item template is documented at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=402352&clcid=0x409

namespace HacksterLiveChartsDemo
{
    /// <summary>
    /// An empty page that can be used on its own or navigated to within a Frame.
    /// </summary>
    public sealed partial class MainPage : Page, INotifyPropertyChanged
    {

        private double _axisMax;
        private double _axisMin;

        public MainPage()
        {
            this.InitializeComponent();

            //To handle live data easily, in this case we built a specialized type
            //the MeasureModel class, it only contains 2 properties
            //DateTime and Value
            //We need to configure LiveCharts to handle MeasureModel class
            //The next code configures MEasureModel  globally, this means
            //that livecharts learns to plot MeasureModel and will use this config every time
            //a ChartValues instance uses this type.
            //this code ideally should only run once, when application starts is reccomended.
            //you can configure series in many ways, learn more at http://lvcharts.net/App/examples/v1/wpf/Types%20and%20Configuration

            var mapper = Mappers.Xy<MeasureModel>()
                .X(model => model.DateTime.Ticks)   //use DateTime.Ticks as X
                .Y(model => model.Value);           //use the value property as Y

            //lets save the mapper globally.
            Charting.For<MeasureModel>(mapper);


            //the values property will store our values array
            ChartValues = new ChartValues<MeasureModel>();

            //lets set how to display the X Labels
            DateTimeFormatter = value => new DateTime((long)(value)).ToString("mm:ss");

            AxisStep = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1).Ticks;
            SetAxisLimits(DateTime.Now);

            //The next code simulates data changes every 300 ms
            Timer = new DispatcherTimer
            {
                //Interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(300)
                Interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1000)
            };
            Timer.Tick += TimerOnTick;
            IsDataInjectionRunning = false;
            //R = new Random(); 

            DataContext = this;
        }

        public BuildAzure.IoT.Adafruit.BME280.BME280Sensor _bme280;

        protected override async void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
        {
            _bme280 = new BuildAzure.IoT.Adafruit.BME280.BME280Sensor();
            await _bme280.Initialize();
        }

        public ChartValues<MeasureModel> ChartValues { get; set; }
        public Func<double, string> DateTimeFormatter { get; set; }

        public double AxisStep { get; set; }

        public double AxisMax
        {
            get { return _axisMax; }
            set
            {
                _axisMax = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("AxisMax");
            }
        }
        public double AxisMin
        {
            get { return _axisMin; }
            set
            {
                _axisMin = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("AxisMin");
            }
        }

        public DispatcherTimer Timer { get; set; }
        public bool IsDataInjectionRunning { get; set; }
        public Random R { get; set; }

        private void RunDataOnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (IsDataInjectionRunning)
            {
                Timer.Stop();
                IsDataInjectionRunning = false;
            }
            else
            {
                Timer.Start();
                IsDataInjectionRunning = true;
            }
        }
        
        private async void TimerOnTick(object sender, object eventArgs)
        {
            // make this method asynchronous

            var now = DateTime.Now;

            ChartValues.Add(new MeasureModel
            {
                DateTime = now,
                //Value = R.Next(0, 10)

                Value = await _bme280.ReadTemperature()
            });

            SetAxisLimits(now);

            //lets only use the last 30 values
            if (ChartValues.Count > 30) ChartValues.RemoveAt(0);
        }

        private void SetAxisLimits(DateTime now)
        {
            AxisMax = now.Ticks + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1).Ticks; // lets force the axis to be 100ms ahead
            //AxisMin = now.Ticks - TimeSpan.FromSeconds(8).Ticks; //we only care about the last 8 seconds

            AxisMin = now.Ticks - TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30).Ticks;  // changed to 30 seconds
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        public void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName = null)
        {
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
                PropertyChanged.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }
    }
}

MainPage.xaml

C#
<Page
    x:Class="HacksterLiveChartsDemo.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:HacksterLiveChartsDemo"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    
    xmlns:lvc="using:LiveCharts.Uwp"  
    
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">

    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"></RowDefinition>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"></RowDefinition>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <Button Grid.Row="0" Height="30" Click="RunDataOnClick" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
            Inject/Stop Data
        </Button>
        <lvc:CartesianChart Grid.Row="1">
            <lvc:CartesianChart.Series>
                <lvc:LineSeries Values="{Binding ChartValues}" PointGeometrySize="18" StrokeThickness="4" />
            </lvc:CartesianChart.Series>
            <lvc:CartesianChart.AxisX>
                <lvc:Axis LabelFormatter="{Binding DateTimeFormatter}" 
                          MaxValue="{Binding AxisMax}" 
                          MinValue="{Binding AxisMin}"
                          DisableAnimations="True">
                    <lvc:Axis.Separator>
                        <lvc:Separator Step="{Binding AxisStep}"></lvc:Separator>
                    </lvc:Axis.Separator>
                </lvc:Axis>
            </lvc:CartesianChart.AxisX>
        </lvc:CartesianChart>
    </Grid>
</Page>

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