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At the moment I am trying to get readings of pressure from a BMP180 on a Raspberry Pi (OS : Noobs)

So far, I have been successful with connecting the device with the pins and the I2C is detecting the BMP180.

When I check using i2cdetect this is shown: 

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 77

which most likely means that the BMP180 is connected properly and I successfully enabled I2C.

However when I try to run the example code of the Adafruit_Python_BMP on the github page this error is shown: 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "simpletest.py", line 37, in <module>
    sensor = BMP085.BMP085()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/Adafruit_BMP-1.5.4-py3.7.egg/Adafruit_BMP/BMP085.py", line 69, in __init__
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/Adafruit_BMP-1.5.4-py3.7.egg/Adafruit_BMP/BMP085.py", line 72, in _load_calibration
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/Adafruit_GPIO-1.0.4-py3.7.egg/Adafruit_GPIO/I2C.py", line 202, in readS16BE
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/Adafruit_GPIO-1.0.4-py3.7.egg/Adafruit_GPIO/I2C.py", line 179, in readS16
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/Adafruit_GPIO-1.0.4-py3.7.egg/Adafruit_GPIO/I2C.py", line 166, in readU16
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/Adafruit_PureIO-1.1.5-py3.7.egg/Adafruit_PureIO/smbus.py", line 224, in read_word_data
OSError: [Errno 121] Remote I/O error

The tutorials/websites I used were these: https://learn.adafruit.com/using-the-bmp085-with-raspberry-pi/using-the-adafruit-bmp-python-library https://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Weather-Station-3/

Diagram that I used as a guide to connect the BMP180: Diagram

Please note that I did not solder the pins but they are embedded in the breadboard and the wires are connected as shown in the diagram.

Am I missing something or is there a solution to this please?

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    Welcome to the forum. NOOBS is a loader not the O/S - You can tell the version of the O/S by the command cat /etc/os-release. Did you run the test program using sudo or just as Pi?
    – user115418
    Commented May 20, 2020 at 21:20
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    Check your connections and add clear photos. The error is a typical symptom of loose or erratic connections.
    – joan
    Commented May 20, 2020 at 21:43
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    @Andryroo I ran both sudo using the terminal and pi and both yield the same errors.
    – GarXik
    Commented May 20, 2020 at 21:54
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    @joan This can be the problem since I did not solder my BMP180. As for the pictures I will include a diagram that I used as a guide and edit the post.
    – GarXik
    Commented May 20, 2020 at 21:55
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    Have a look at stackoverflow.com/questions/52735862/… - different device but possibly a similar problem...
    – user115418
    Commented May 20, 2020 at 22:05

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