Sensirion Gadget BLE Library

This library enables you to create your own Do-It-Yourself BLE enabled sensor gadget on the ESP32 platform.

Note: The library has changed in version 1.0.0 and won't work with code using version 0.14.0 or earlier. For a detailed guide on how to migrate your code, click here.

Key features are

• Live sensor value broadcasting without requiring a BLE connection
• Simultaneous monitoring of sensor data from multiple BLE clients
• Sensirion MyAmbience CO2 App compatibility - allows you to monitor your gadgets, plot the sensor values and share/export the data.
• Buffering of sensor data for later download (sensor history download)

Please see the examples provided as reference on how to use this library.

Important points to keep in mind:

• writeValueToCurrentSample writes the sensor values to the library. But the values are not published to the BLE stack until commitSample has been called
• Keep the loop delay at 3ms, to allow the library to provide history data to the smart phone applications and other BLE clients nearby. Increasing this delay will slow down the download process.
• To allow history data downloads, you need to have the handleDownload function within the loop.

Recommended Hardware

This project was developed and tested on Espressif ESP32 DevKitC hardware (see e.g. ESP32-DevKitC-32D)

Mobile App Support

Download the Sensirion MyAmbience CO2 App to monitor your gadget, plot the sensor values and share/export the data:

Getting Started

Arduino

1. Download Arduino IDE and setup the environment for ESP32 platform

   • Follow this guide

   • Detailed Instructions for advanced users: Arduino-ESP32

2. Connect your ESP32 DevKit to your computer and launch the Arduino IDE

3. In the Arduino IDE, make sure you have the ESP32 Dev Module selected and the PSRAM Disabled

4. Download the library's release zip and unpack it into your Arduino's library path.

   • Download the latest release
   • How to import a zip library

5. Select File → Examples → Sensirion Gadget BLE Lib → Example 1

6. Click the upload button

PlatformIO

Install PlatformIO Core by following the official instructions.

To install this library (in ~/.platformio/lib), execute the following command in a terminal.

pio lib --global install "Sensirion Gadget BLE Arduino Lib"

To test an example (e.g Example1_MockedReadings), navigate to the example directory,

cd ~/.platformio/lib/Sensirion\ Gadget\ BLE\ Arduino\ Lib/examples/Example1_MockedReadings

compile and Upload

pio run -t upload

and start the Serial monitor.

pio device monitor

In order to use this library in your project, add it to the lib_deps in your platformio.ini file and include Sensirion_Gadget_BLE.h.

Create your own CO2 Monitor

Follow the instructions in this tutorial.

How to allow larger programs on your ESP32

When your code gets larger, you might run out of space on your board or run into weird behaviour caused by overflowing/colliding memory. This problem can be solved by modifying the size of the partition allocated to your program.

ESP32s come with a partition system to divide the available storage. Some partitions are more or less useful depending on the usecase. You can read on the different partitions here. On Arduino IDE, the partion scheme can easily be modified using Tools → Partition Scheme as shown in the following picture:

On PlatformIO, on the other hand the process involves creating a .csv configuration file. We will not cover it in details here but you can refer to the following link for support.

Repository Contents

• /examples - Example sketches for the library (.ino). Run these from the Arduino IDE.
• /src - Source files for the library (.cpp, .h).
• library.properties - General library properties for the Arduino package manager.

BLE protocol used by the library

If you want to retrieve the data of your new BLE gadget using your own device or application, you will need more information on the protocol used by this library.
Everything you will need should be available in the following document

License

See LICENSE.