Hi! I was wondering if the Fusion Hat in the AI Lab Kit is the same as the one in the Fusion Hat Package and should the lessons work with my AI Fusion Lab Hat. I’ve tried the LCD1602 lesson and it did not work. Are the modules in the kits the same? When I import : from fusion_hat.modules import LCD1602 should it work with my Fusion HAT, how about the: from fusion_hat.modules import LedMatrix.
The Fusion HAT is the same, and the libraries are also the same.
The Fusion HAT library includes some additional modules for future expansion. These features are only useful if you have the corresponding devices — for example, the LCD1602 is not included in the AI Fusion Lab Kit.
Some features are still in the testing phase. Are you trying to use the LCD1602 with the Fusion HAT but finding that it doesn’t work?
Yes I know it’s not included in the AI Fusion Lab but it is included in the Arduino Elite Explorer Kit that I have and it is also included in the Raphael Kit that I also possess and I have it in other kits not from SunFounder, so I do have a lot of stuff that I’m studying for my next classes. So I can use the LCD1602 and the Dot matrix module and the MFRC522 module. Because I’ve tried with the LCD1602 and I get a bunch of errors. I did got it to work but with my own LCD1602_Lib.py module and not with yours: from fusion_hat.modules import LCD1602. I will try again but time with the Dot matrix. I don’t feel ready to tackle the MFRC522 yet. It took me so long to make it work with the Raphael kit.
Thank you for your kind words — and great job to you too!
We haven’t fully improved all the modules in the Fusion HAT library yet. To be precise, modules that are not currently included in the AI Fusion Lab Kit may not yet be supported. We will add this to our development schedule.
However, for I2C devices, they should be able to connect to the Fusion HAT without needing to be driven by the Fusion HAT library — meaning you can try running the example code from the Raphael Kit to use them.