reading pressure or humidity without temperature can result incorrect results

[pbolduc]

The readings for the humidity and pressure can be off because they depend on the temperature reading. There is a instance variable t_fine that both humidity and pressure reference. It is only initialized in when reading the temperature. This fact should be documented.

I propose adding a single method that reads all three measurements in a single call to the sensor. In my measurements on a Moteino M0, the time required to read temperature, humidity and pressure can be reduced by about 35% (1139 us vs 1729 us). Reading all values in a single call ensures the sensor values are all from the same measurement.

My first prototype looks like this. However, I am thinking on changing this a bit to align it better with the style of BME280 class with various methods (ie temperature in C / F, altitude in meters / feet). Thoughts?

struct BME280_SensorMeasurements
{
  public:
    float temperature;
    float pressure;
    float humidity;
};

class BME280
{
  public:
    void read(BME280_SensorMeasurements *measurements);
}

edit: fixed units from ns to us.

[santaimpersonator]

Thanks for the assist on the other issue. I think your suggestion is valid and convenient if users could specify the measurements they wanted (though, I'm not sure if that the best approach).

If you submit a pull request, I'd be happy to verify it on a few boards.

[cdonate]

I've created a PR for this feature. I'm not a C++ guy, so please, check and make any changes you think are necessary. All measurements are read, I don't know if this would be a problem.

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[nseidle]

Thanks @cdonate. Will be in next release.