Support for presence sensor AK9753 https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14349

[falkorichter]

I have an AK9753 presence sensor breakout board from sparkfun (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14349) but there is no support for that device.

Is there a way I can write a "driver" for that chip myself? I was hoping the datalogger firmware was completely open source but I can only find firmware dumps :(

[falkorichter]

Damn, I was hoping at least the driver part of the firmware would be open source... #4 confirm this is not the case and might have never been intended as such :(

#2 adresses the issue a bit more open.

[falkorichter]

https://www.sparkfun.com/what_is_sparkfun

SparkFun is a firm believer in the ideology of open source technology.

• https://opensource.com/business/12/9/how-sparkfun-built-open-business
• https://opensource.com/article/19/8/sparkfun-creator-nathan-seidle

I hope I can somehow contribute to this great piece of software.

[gigapod]

Hi @falkorichter ,

SparkFun in strongly committed to the Opens Source community, but for some products/investments we might choose not to publish the source code. This this the case for the DataLogger IoT.

We'll take a can look at adding a driver for the AK9753 to the product for a future update.

[falkorichter]

Could I offer contributions? I'm a fast learner, Android/iOS/cross platform developer since 15 years (I feel old now) and I'm more than open to sign an NDA.

[falkorichter]

Hi, can I somehow offer support here? I also reached out via https://community.sparkfun.com/t/support-for-presence-sensor-ak9753-in-sparkfun-datalogger/61885

[falkorichter]

Any news on this? Feel free to close it. I actually can’t find the sensor anymore now :( I must have separated it from the rest of the sensors as it wasn’t supported and now it’s not here anymore