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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Author: Brendan Le Foll <brendan.le.foll@intel.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2014 Intel Corporation.
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-# the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
-# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
-# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
-# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
-# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
-# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE
-
-import mraa
-
-HMC5883L_CONF_REG_A = 0x00
-HMC5883L_CONF_REG_B =  0x01
-HMC5883L_CONT_MODE = 0x00
-HMC5883L_DATA_REG = 0x03
-GA_1_3_REG = 0x01
-
-x = mraa.I2c(0)
-x.address(0x1E)
-x.writeReg(HMC5883L_CONF_REG_B, GA_1_3_REG)
-x.writeReg(HMC5883L_CONF_REG_B, HMC5883L_CONT_MODE)
-
-x.address(0x1E)
-x.write(HMC5883L_DATA_REG)
-
-# this method takes a char* as an input where sizeof(m) defines the read size
-x.address(0x1E)
-m = "      "
-print (x.read(m))
-print (m)
-
-x.address(0x1E)
-x.write(HMC5883L_DATA_REG)
-
-# this method simply takes a size_t arg and returns an std::string, however
-# it's less efficient
-x.address(0x1E)
-print (x.read(6))