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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import Adafruit_BMP.BMP085 as BMP085
+
+# Default constructor will pick a default I2C bus.
+#
+# For the Raspberry Pi this means you should hook up to the only exposed I2C bus
+# from the main GPIO header and the library will figure out the bus number based
+# on the Pi's revision.
+#
+# For the Beaglebone Black the library will assume bus 1 by default, which is
+# exposed with SCL = P9_19 and SDA = P9_20.
+sensor = BMP085.BMP085()
+
+# Optionally you can override the bus number:
+#sensor = BMP085.BMP085(busnum=2)
+
+# You can also optionally change the BMP085 mode to one of BMP085_ULTRALOWPOWER,
+# BMP085_STANDARD, BMP085_HIGHRES, or BMP085_ULTRAHIGHRES.  See the BMP085
+# datasheet for more details on the meanings of each mode (accuracy and power
+# consumption are primarily the differences).  The default mode is STANDARD.
+#sensor = BMP085.BMP085(mode=BMP085.BMP085_ULTRAHIGHRES)
+
+print 'Temp = {0:0.2f} *C'.format(sensor.read_temperature())
+print 'Altitude = {0:0.2f} m'.format(sensor.read_altitude())
+print 'Pressure = {0:0.2f} hPa'.format(sensor.read_pressure()/100)
+print 'Pressure NN = {0:0.2f} hPa'.format(sensor.read_sealevel_pressure()/100)