ProtoCentral MAX30205 Human Body Temperature Sensor Breakout Board

If you don't already have one, you can buy the ProtoCentral MAX30205 breakout board from: ProtoCentral

The QWIIC-compatible ProtoCentral MAX30205 breakout board is a wearable human body temperature sensor that reads with an accuracy of +/- 0.1 °C.This is a digital I2C-based sensor, so an ADC would not be required to read this sensor.

In addition, this version of the board is round and designed to be be directly wearable by exposing an Aluminium surface. The alumnium-base PCB helps in easy thermal conduction to make sure most of the heat gets transferred to the sensor, resulting in more accurate readings. The top side of this PCB is encapsulated in clear epoxy resin to make it waterproof.

Unlike our previous MAX30205 breakout board, what makes it more wearable and fit for human body measurements is the use of a medical-grade biocompatible, flexible cable that does not irritate the skin.

Features

• High Accuracy: 0.1 °C over a range of 37°C to 39°C
• Wearable, round aluminium PCB for thermal efficiency
• Waterproof
• High quality biocompatible cable included.
• Temperature Resolution: 16-bit (0.00390625°C)
• Digital I2C 2-wire interface*

Connecting the breakout to an Arduino

Wire the MAX30205 breakout board to an Arduino Uno(or equivalent) using the following connections.

Uploading Arduino Sketch For MAX30205 breakout

1. Open the Arduino IDE to load the embedded code for Protocentral_MAX30205.
2. Click on File -> Open and Browse the .ino code for Arduino from Protocentral_MAX30205-master\arduino and export the application to Arduino.
3. Open serial terminal window, you should see the temperature values obtained from the Protocentral_MAX30205 Breakout Board as shown below.

License Information

This product is open source! Both, our hardware and software are open source and licensed under the following licenses:

Hardware

All hardware is released under Creative Commons Share-alike 4.0 International.

You are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
• ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Software

All software is released under the MIT License(http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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