[22] Environment sensor

Description

Module with multiple integrated sensors for measuring environment conditions. It contains light, humidity and barometer sensors, allowing to monitor a variety of parameters.

Features:

Detection of:

• Luminosity
• Infrared
• Color (RGB)
• Air temperature (internal & external NTC)
• Air humidity
• Atmospheric pressure
• Altitude

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Code examples

Arduino projects: 22_sensor

Module22 module;

Function usage (click to expand)

/* Light */
// Get HEX color code from light sensor "0xFF05A5E6"
int colorRGB = module.color.getHex();
// Get RGB color red channel "0x05" → "5"
int colorR = module.color.getR();
// Get RGB color green channel "0xA5" → "165"
int colorG = module.color.getG();
// Get RGB color blue channel "0xE6" → "230"
int colorB = module.color.getB();
// Get precise amount of red color "1561"
int colorPreciseR = module.colorR.get();
// Get precise amount of green color "156581"
int colorPreciseG = module.colorG.get();
// Get precise amount of green color "215017"
int colorPreciseB = module.colorB.get();
// Get amount of infrared light
int getIR = module.IR.get();
// Get luminosity
int getLumen = module.lumen.get();
// Set light sensor gain
module.setLightSensorGain(18);

/* Temperature */
// Get air temperature Celsius
float tempC = module.temp.getC();
// Get air temperature Fahrenheit 
float tempF = module.temp.getF();
// Get air temperature Kelvin
float tempK = module.temp.getK();

/* NTC temperature */
// Get NTC sensor air temperature Celsius
float ntcTempC = module.ntc.getC();
// Get NTC sensor air temperature Fahrenheit
float ntcTempF = module.ntc.getF();
// Get NTC sensor air temperature Kelvin
float ntcTempK = module.ntc.getK();
// Get NTC sensor resistance
int ntcR = module.ntc.getResistance();

/* Humidity */
// Get air humidity
int humidity = module.humidity.get();

/* Pressure */
// Get air pressure Pascal
float pressurePa = module.pressure.getPa();
// Get air pressure Hectopascal
float pressurehPa = module.pressure.gethPa();
// Get air pressure Millibar
float pressureMbar = module.pressure.getMbar();
// Get air pressure Bar
float pressureBar = module.pressure.getBar();
// Get air pressure Pound per Square Inch
float pressurePsi = module.pressure.getPsi();

/* Altitude */
// Get altitude Meters
float altitudeM = module.altitude.getMeter();
// Get altitude Foot
float altitudeFt = module.altitude.getFoot();
// Get altitude Inches
float altitudeInch = module.altitude.getInch();
// Set sea level air pressure
module.setSeaLevel(101325);

/* LED control */
// Turn LED on
module.led.on();
// Turn LED off
module.led.off();
// Set LED to on
module.led.set(HIGH);
// Toggle LED state on / off
module.led.toggle();
// Check if LED is on
bool isOn = module.led.isOn();

Functions

Light

Light sensor is able to read amount of detected light and it's color saturation. If you trying to get precise measurements, turn of on-board red LED which may induce some red shade into sensor. Use function module.led.off() for that.

(color) module.color.getHex()

Get 32-bit HEX RGB color code of light.
32-bit: 0xFFAABBCC → 0xFF (255 brightness), 0xAA (170 red), 0xBB (187 green), 0xCC (204 blue).
Returns:
color - 32-bit color code [0xFF000000:0xFFFFFFFF]. First byte (brightness) is always 255

(color) module.color.getR()

(color) module.color.getG()

(color) module.color.getB()

Get amount of specified RGB color (red, green, blue). Parsed from getHex() function.
Returns:
color - 8-bit amount of color [0:255]

(saturation) module.colorR.get()

(saturation) module.colorG.get()

(saturation) module.colorB.get()

Get precise amount of specified color. Higher value means more color in light is detected.
Returns:
saturation - 18-bit amount of red color [0:262143]

(saturation) module.IR.get()

Get precise amount of infrared light hitting the sensor.
Returns:
saturation - 18-bit amount of infrared light [0:262143]

(saturation) module.lumen.get()

Get precise amount of light (luminosity) hitting the sensor.
Returns:
saturation - 18-bit amount of light [0:262143]

module.setLightSensorGain(gain)

Set light sensor gain.
Parameter:
gain - gain value [1,3,6,9,18]. Default: 18

Temperature

(temperatureC) module.temp.getC()

(temperatureF) module.temp.getF()

(temperatureK) module.temp.getK()

Get air temperature. Multiple units available.
Returns:
temperatureC - Celsius (float) (24.75)C
temperatureF - Fahrenheit (float) (76.55)F
temperatureK - Kelvin (float) (297.9)K

NTC temperature

Module supports external Thermistor. It should be soldered or connected to NTC pins. Once connected, module will start measurements automatically.

(temperatureC) module.ntc.getC()

(temperatureF) module.ntc.getF()

(temperatureK) module.ntc.getK()

Get NTC sensor temperature. Multiple units available.
Returns:
temperatureC - Celsius (float) (24.75)C
temperatureF - Fahrenheit (float) (76.55)F
temperatureK - Kelvin (float) (297.9)K

(resistance) module.ntc.getResistance()

Get NTC sensor resistance in (Ohms). Module use it to compute air temperature.
Returns:
resistance - thermistor resistance in Ohms. 0 - not connected

Humidity

(humidity) module.humidity.get()

Get percentage of air humidity.
Returns:
humidity - humidity [0:100]%

Pressure

(pressurePa) module.pressure.getPa()

(pressurehPa) module.pressure.gethPa()

(pressureMbar) module.pressure.getMbar()

(pressureBar) module.pressure.getBar()

(pressurePsi) module.pressure.getPsi()

Get atmospheric air pressure. Multiple units available.
Returns:
pressurePa - Pascal (float) (90000)Pa
pressurehPa - Hectopascal (float) (900)hPa
pressureMbar - Millibar (float) (900)mbar
pressureBar - Bar (float) (0.9)bar
pressurePsi - Pound per Square Inch (float) (13.05)psi

Altitude

Altitude calculation (altimeter) works by comparing current air pressure to a reference point (sea level). Sea level air pressure vary between locations and weather. For precise measurements - set it with function setSeaLevel(). Default setting is 101325 Pascals (1013.25 mbar).

(altitudeM) module.altitude.getMeter()

(altitudeFt) module.altitude.getFoot()

(altitudeInch) module.altitude.getInch()

Get sensor altitude above sea level. Multiple units available.
Returns:
altitudeM - Meters (float) (100)m
altitudeFt - Foot (float) (328.084)ft
altitudeInch - Inches (float) (3937.01)inch

module.setSeaLevel(pressure)

Set air pressure at sea level for altitude calculation.
Parameter:
pressure - pressure at sea level in Pascal units. Default: 101325Pa

LED control

module.led.on()

Turn LED on.

module.led.off()

Turn LED off.

module.led.set(state)

Set LED to specific state (on / off).
Parameter:
state - state on / off [HIGH:LOW] or [true:false]

module.led.toggle()

Toggle LED between on / off states.

(state) module.led.isOn()

Check if LED is on.
Returns:
state - LED is on [true:false] or [HIGH:LOW].

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Low level commands

These are low level TotemBUS commands accepted by module. Is not required when using objective API described above.

Command	Parameters	Description
color	Returns:(int)	Get RGB HEX color
color/R	Returns:(int)	Get precise red color
color/G	Returns:(int)	Get precise blue color
color/B	Returns:(int)	Get precise green color
light/IR	Returns:(int)	Get infrared amount
light/lumen	Returns:(int)	Get lumen amount
light/gain	(byte)	Set sensor gain
nfc	Returns:(int)	Get external NTC temperature Celsius
nfc/C	Returns:(int)	Get external NTC temperature Celsius
nfc/F	Returns:(int)	Get external NTC temperature Fahrenheit
nfc/K	Returns:(int)	Get external NTC temperature Kelvin
nfc/R	Returns:(int)	Get external NTC resistance (Ohms)
temperature	Returns:(int)	Get temperature Celsius
temperature/C	Returns:(int)	Get temperature Celsius
temperature/F	Returns:(int)	Get temperature Fahrenheit
temperature/K	Returns:(int)	Get temperature Kelvin
humidity	Returns:(int)	Get humidity (%)
pressure	Returns:(int)	Get pressure Millibar
pressure/mbar	Returns:(int)	Get pressure Millibar
pressure/Pa	Returns:(int)	Get pressure Pascal
pressure/hPa	Returns:(int)	Get pressure Hectopascal
pressure/psi	Returns:(int)	Get pressure Pound per square inch
altitude	Returns:(int)	Get altitude meters
altitude/m	Returns:(int)	Get altitude meters
altitude/ft	Returns:(int)	Get altitude foot
altitude/seaLevel	(int)	Set sea level pressure (Pascal)
led	(bool)	Set LED on/off