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source/developers/platform_example_sensor.markdown

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+---
+layout: page
+title: "Example sensor platform"
+description: "Minimum implementation of a Home Assistant platform."
+date: 2016-04-16 14:24 -07:00
+sidebar: true
+comments: false
+sharing: true
+footer: true
+---
+
+This is a minimum implementation of a platform for the sensor component.
+
+### {% linkable_title Installation %}
+
+Copy the code below and create it as a file in `<config_dir>/sensor/example.py`.
+
+Add the following to your configuration.yaml:
+
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+sensor:
+  platform: example
+```
+
+### {% linkable_title Code %}
+
+```python
+from homeassistant.const import TEMP_CELCIUS
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    add_devices([ExampleSensor()])
+
+
+class ExampleSensor(Entity):
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return 'Temperature'
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        return 23
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        return TEMP_CELCIUS
+```