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+BME680 Rust Library
+=============
+
+This repository contains a pure Rust implementation for the [BME680](https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/bst/products/all_products/bme680) environmental sensor. 
+The library can be used to read the gas, pressure, humidity and temperature sensors via I²C.
+
+It is a fork of the library written by Marcel Buessing: https://github.com/marcelbuesing/bme680.
+
+To use this library, create a new project and add it as a dependency:
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+bme680 = {git = "https://github.com/dnutiu/bme680-rust.git", version = "0.9.0"}
+```
+
+# Getting started on Raspberry Pi
+
+Assuming that you have connected the sensor to the Raspberry PI's GPIO ports.
+
+Install required libraries for developing I2C.
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install build-essential libi2c-dev i2c-tools python-dev libffi-dev
+```
+
+Determine the I2C device path
+
+```
+pi@raspberrypi:~ $ i2cdetect -y -l
+i2c-1    i2c       bcm2835 I2C adapter             I2C adapter
+```
+
+Determine I2C-Address of sensor, `0x76` is the primary address, `0x77` is the secondary address.
+If in doubt determine the address via the following command:
+
+```
+pi@raspberrypi:~ $ i2cdetect -y 1
+     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
+00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
+70: -- -- -- -- -- -- 76
+```
+
+The read-sensor-data from the examples folder is configured to use the I2C device `/dev/i2c-1` and the `0x76` address.
+
+To run the example, clone the repository and go to the examples' folder:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/dnutiu/bme680-rust.git && cd bme680-rust/examples/read-sensor-data
+```
+Then run the example:
+
+```bash
+export RUST_LOG=info
+cargo run
+```