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Crowtail- Infrared Temperature Sensor

Description

This Infrared temperature sensor is a non-contact temperature measure model by using the MLX90614,which one is in small size and low cost with measurement resolution of 0.02℃.Thanks to its low noise amplifier,17-bit ADC and powerful DSP unit,a high accuracy and resolution of the thermometer is achieved.

Model: CT0050ITS

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Specification

  • Work Voltage: 3.3V ~ 5V
  • Temperature measure range: -40~125°C
  • Measure accuracy: ±0.5°C
  • Compatible digital interface
  • Dimensions(mm):20.0(L)x20.0(W)x6.8(H)

Application ideas

  • Motion sensor
  • Thief-guarding System
  • Switch
  • Body distance check
  • Industrial automation
  • movement detection

Usage

This demo is going to show you how to read temperature information from this Crowtail- Infrared Temperature Sensor.

1.Hardware Connection The Infrared Temperature Sensor is connecting to IIC interface of Crowtail - Base Shield.

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2.Download I2Cmaster library for Arduino boards with 16MHz XTAL; Unzip and put it in the libraries file of Arduino IDE by the path: ..\arduino-1.0\libraries;

3.Open “MLX90614” example via the path: File -->Examples -->I2Cmaster --> MLX90614.

 #include <i2cmaster.h>


void setup(){
    Serial.begin(9600);
    Serial.println("Setup...");

    i2c_init(); //Initialise the i2c bus
    PORTC = (1 << PORTC4) | (1 << PORTC5);//enable pullups
}

void loop(){
    int dev = 0x5A<<1;
    int data_low = 0;
    int data_high = 0;
    int pec = 0;

    i2c_start_wait(dev+I2C_WRITE);
    i2c_write(0x07);

    // read
    i2c_rep_start(dev+I2C_READ);
    data_low = i2c_readAck(); //Read 1 byte and then send ack
    data_high = i2c_readAck(); //Read 1 byte and then send ack
    pec = i2c_readNak();
    i2c_stop();

    //This converts high and low bytes together and processes temperature, MSB is a error bit and is ignored for temps
    double tempFactor = 0.02; // 0.02 degrees per LSB (measurement resolution of the MLX90614)
    double tempData = 0x0000; // zero out the data
    int frac; // data past the decimal point

    // This masks off the error bit of the high byte, then moves it left 8 bits and adds the low byte.
    tempData = (double)(((data_high & 0x007F) << 8) + data_low);
    tempData = (tempData * tempFactor)-0.01;

    float celcius = tempData - 273.15;
    float fahrenheit = (celcius*1.8) + 32;

    Serial.print("Celcius: ");
    Serial.println(celcius);

    Serial.print("Fahrenheit: ");
    Serial.println(fahrenheit);

    delay(1000); // wait a second before printing again
}

4.Upload it into your Arduino board and open the serial monitor to observe the temperature information of the environment.

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