MS5611

Arduino library for MS5611 temperature and pressure sensor.

Description

The MS5611-01BA03 is a high resolution pressure (and temperature) sensor a.k.a GY-63. The high resolution is made possible by oversampling many times.

The device address is 0x76 or 0x77 depending on the CSB/CSO pin.

This library only implements the I2C interface.

An experimental SPI version of the library can be found here

• https://github.com/RobTillaart/MS5611_SPI

Compatibility

The library should be compatible with MS56XX, MS57xx and MS58xx devices (to be tested). Some device types will returns only 50% of the pressure value. This is solved in 0.3.9 by calling reset(1) to select the math used.

Self heating

In some configurations especially when using SPI the sensor showed a self heating. First this was approached as a problem, so investigations were done to understand the cause and how to solve it. During this process the view changed of seeing the higher temperature as a problem to being the solution.

The sensor is primary a pressure sensor and if it is heated by a cause (don't care) it needs compensation. For that the temperature sensor is build in the device. Depending on the configuration self heating can be as low as 0.1°C to as high as 10++ °C.

WARNING One should NOT use 5V to control I2C address line, SPI select, or the protocol select line. This causes extreme heat build up > 10°C.

One should only use 3V3 lines for these "selection lines".

See also - https://github.com/RobTillaart/MS5611_SPI/issues/3

Note: the self heating offset can be compensated with setTemperatureOffset(offset) which allows you to match the temperature with the ambient temperature again. As the self heating effect is not expected to be linear over the full range of the temperature sensor the offset might work only in a smaller range. To have a reliable ambient temperature it is advised to use an dedicated temperature sensor for this (e.g. DS18B20).

Breakout GY-63

//
//  BREAKOUT  MS5611  aka  GY63 - see datasheet
//
//  SPI    I2C
//              +--------+
//  VCC    VCC  | o      |
//  GND    GND  | o      |
//         SCL  | o      |
//  SDI    SDA  | o      |
//  CSO         | o      |
//  SDO         | o L    |   L = led
//          PS  | o    O |   O = opening  PS = protocol select
//              +--------+
//
//  PS to VCC  ==>  I2C  (GY-63 board has internal pull up, so not needed)
//  PS to GND  ==>  SPI
//  CS to VCC  ==>  0x76
//  CS to GND  ==>  0x77
//

Related libraries

For pressure conversions see - https://github.com/RobTillaart/pressure

For temperature conversions see - https://github.com/RobTillaart/Temperature

Release Notes (major)

0.3.0 breaking change

• fixed math error so previous versions are obsolete.
• temperature is a float expressed in degrees Celsius.
• pressure is a float expressed in mBar.

0.3.5 NANO 33 BLE

The I2C/Wire library of the NANO 33 BLE does not see the device on the I2C bus. After hours of testing it looks like that the I2C/Wire library of the NANO 33 BLE does not handle isConnected() like other platforms do. Adding a wire->write(0x00) in isConnected() fixes the problem, however more investigation is needed to understand the root cause.

0.3.9 pressure math

There are MS5611 compatibles for which the math for the pressure is different. See AN520__004: C-code example for MS56xx, MS57xx (except analog sensor), and MS58xx series pressure sensors The difference is in the constants (powers of 2) used to calculate the pressure.

The library implements reset(uint8_t mathMode = 0) to select the mathMode.

• mathMode = 0 ==> datasheet type math (default)
• mathMode = 1 ==> Application notes type math.
• other values will act as 0

See issue #33.

0.4.0 breaking change

refactored the Wire dependency. Affected are:

• constructor
• begin()

User has to call Wire.begin() (or equivalent) before calling ms5611.begin()

Interface

#include "MS5611.h"

Base

• MS5611(uint8_t deviceAddress = MS5611_DEFAULT_ADDRESS, TwoWire *wire = &Wire) constructor. Since 0.3.7 a default address 0x77 is added. Optionally set Wire interface.
• bool begin() Initializes internals by calling reset(). Return false indicates either isConnected() error or reset() error.
  One must call Wire.begin() (or equivalent) before calling begin().
• bool isConnected() checks availability of device address on the I2C bus. (see note above NANO 33 BLE).
• bool reset(uint8_t mathMode = 0) resets the chip and loads constants from its ROM. Returns false if ROM could not be read.
  • mathMode = 0 follows the datasheet math (default).
  • mathMode = 1 will adjust for a factor 2 in the pressure math.
• int read(uint8_t bits) the actual reading of the sensor. Number of bits determines the oversampling factor. Returns MS5611_READ_OK upon success.
• int read() wraps the read() above, uses the preset oversampling (see below). Returns MS5611_READ_OK upon success.
• float getTemperature() returns temperature in °C. Subsequent calls will return the same value until a new read() is called.
• float getPressure() pressure is in mBar. Subsequent calls will return the same value until a new read() is called.

Oversampling

• void setOversampling(osr_t samplingRate) sets the amount of oversampling. See table below and test example how to use.
• osr_t getOversampling() returns amount of oversampling.

Some numbers from datasheet, page 3 MAX column rounded up. (see #23) (actual read time differs - see performance sketch)

Offset

The offset functions are added (0.3.6) to calibrate the sensor against e.g. a local weather station. This calibration can only be done runtime.

• void setPressureOffset(float offset = 0) Set an offset to calibrate the pressure. Can be used to get the pressure relative to e.g. 1 Atm. Set the offset to -1013 HPa/mBar and you get a sort of relative pressure. Default the offset is set to 0.
• float getPressureOffset() returns the current pressure offset.
• void setTemperatureOffset(float offset = 0) Set an offset to calibrate the temperature. Can be used to get the temperature in degrees Kelvin, just set the offset to +273.15. Default the offset is set to 0.
• float getTemperatureOffset() returns the current temperature offset.

Misc

• int getLastResult() checks last I2C communication. Replace with more informative error handling?
• uint32_t lastRead() last time when read() was called in milliseconds since startup.

DeviceID

• uint32_t getDeviceID() returns the hashed values of the calibration PROM. As these calibration are set in the factory and differ (enough) per sensor these can serve as an unique deviceID.

Having a device-ID can be used in many ways:

• use known offsets for each sensor automatically,
• work as an identification of that specific copy of the project (customer specific tracking).
• ID in a mesh network
• etc.

Note: this is not an official ID from the device / datasheet, it is made up from calibration data.

getManufacturer

The meaning of the manufacturer and serialCode value is unclear.

• uint16_t getManufacturer() returns manufacturer private info.
• uint16_t getSerialCode() returns serialCode from the PROM[6].

2nd order pressure compensation

• setCompensation(bool flag = true) to enable/desirable the 2nd order compensation. The default = true. Disabling the compensation will be slightly faster but you loose precision.
• getCompensation() returns flag set above.

Future

Must

• update documentation

Should

• proper error handling.
• move all code to .cpp

Could

• redo lower level functions?
• handle the read + math of temperature first?

Wont

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