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def checksum(data):
“”“Compute and return the checksum as an int.”“” # group the data by word, little-endian data_list = [] for t in range(10): data_list.append( data2*t + (data2*t+1<<8) )
# compute the checksum on 32 bits chk32 = 0 for d in data_list: chk32 = (chk32 << 1) + d
# return a value wrapped around on 15bits, and truncated to still fit into 15 bits checksum = (chk32 & 0x7FFF) + ( chk32 >> 15 ) # wrap around to fit into 15 bits checksum = checksum & 0x7FFF # truncate to 15 bits return int( checksum )<br />
==== Data format for firmware 2.1 (Sparkfun scans, pre-production units) ====