Introduction: Particle AMS5812_0050-D-B Pressure & Temperature Sensor Tutorial

By Dcube Tech Store
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AMS5812 Amplified Pressure Sensor with Analog and Digital Outputs is a high precision sensor with an analog voltage output and digital I2C interface. It combines a piezoresistive sensing element with a signal conditioning element for its operation. Here is the demonstration of using it with particle photon.

Step 1: What You Need..!!

1. Particle Photon

2. AMS5812_0050-D-B

3. I²C Cable

4. I²C Shield for Particle Photon

Step 2: Connections:

Take an I2C shield for particle photon and gently push it over the pins of particle photon.

Then connect the one end of I2C cable to AMS5812_0050-D-B sensor and the other end to the I2C shield.

Connections are shown in the picture above.

Step 3: Code:

The particle code for AMS5812_0050-D-B can be downloaded from our GitHub repository- Dcube Store

Here is the link for the same :

https://github.com/DcubeTechVentures/AMS5812-0050-D-B

We have used two libraries for particle code, which are application.h and spark_wiring_i2c.h. Spark_wiring_i2c library is required to facilitate the I2C communication with the sensor.

You can also copy the code from here, it is given as follows:

// Distributed with a free-will license.

// Use it any way you want, profit or free, provided it fits in the licenses of its associated works.

// AMS5812

// This code is designed to work with the AMS5812_I2CS_0050-D-B I2C Mini Module available in Dcube Store.

#include

#include

// AMS5812 I2C address is 0x78(120)

#define Addr 0x78

float pressure = 0.0, cTemp = 0.0, fTemp = 0.0;

unsigned long ptemp, temp;

void setup()

{

//Set variable

Particle.variable("i2cdevice","AMS5812");

Particle.variable("pressure",pressure);

Particle.variable("cTemp",cTemp);

// Initialise I2C communication

Wire.begin();

// Initialise SerialSerial.begin(9600);

delay(300);

}

void loop()

{

byte data[4];

// Request 4 bytes of data from slave device

Wire.requestFrom(Addr,4);

// Read 4 bytes of data

// pressure msb, pressure lsb, temp msb, temp lsb

if(Wire.available() == 4)

{

data[0] = Wire.read();

data[1] = Wire.read();

data[2] = Wire.read();

data[3] = Wire.read();

}

delay(300);

// Convert the data

ptemp = ((data[0] & 0xFF) * 256 + (data[1] & 0xFF));

temp = ((data[2] & 0xFF) * 256 + (data[3] & 0xFF));

pressure = ((ptemp - 3277.0) / ((26214.0) / 10.0)) - 5.0;

cTemp = ((temp - 3277.0) / ((26214.0) / 110.0)) - 25.0;

fTemp = (cTemp * 1.8 ) + 32;

// Output data to dashboard

Particle.publish("Temperature in Celsius :", String(cTemp));

delay(500);

Particle.publish("Temperature in Fahrenheit : ", String(fTemp));

delay(500);

Particle.publish("Pressure in PSI: ", String(pressure));delay(500);

}

Step 4: Applications:

AMS5812 is an amplified pressure sensor and it can be employed in systems where static and dynamic pressure measurement and barometric pressure measurement is to be carried out. It plays a pivotal role in Vacuum monitoring,Gas flow monitoring, Fluid level measurement as well as Medical instrumentation.