EZO Carrier Click – RTD

How does it work?

EZO Carrier Click – RTD is based on the EZO-RTD™, an embedded temperature circuit board from Atlas Scientific. It is specifically designed to be used in applications where accurate and precise temperature measurements are required through a generic PT-100/PT-1000 temperature probe or any class of 2, 3, or 4-wire platinum RTD probes. It works from -126.000°C to +1,254°C with a resolution of 0.001°C. Additionally, the temperature output options include Celsius (°C), Kelvin (°K), or Fahrenheit (°F), catering to diverse user preferences.

As known, the most important part of probe calibration is watching the readings during the calibration process. It’s easiest to calibrate the device in its default state (UART mode, continuous readings) at any value – a simple method is to calibrate the probe in boiling water (100°C). Like any other part of the EZO™ family, the EZO-RTD™ also features Sleep mode, Continuous operation, Find function, Export/Import calibration, On-module status LED, and many more features detailed and described in the attached datasheet.

EZO Carrier Click – RTD can use a standard 2-wire UART interface to communicate with the host MCU with the default baud rate of 9600bps. While using the UART interface, you can use the library we provide or a simple ASCII set of commands. You can also choose a standard 2-wire I2C interface over the COMM SEL jumpers. The EZO-RTD™ needs to be isolated from the host MCU; therefore, this Click™ board comes with the Si8400AB, a bidirectional isolator from Skyworks. The isolator provides standard bidirectional and I2C communication with a clock frequency of up to 1.7MHz. So, to eliminate the electrical noise, besides the Si8400AB isolator, the power supply voltage is also isolated. For this purpose, this Click™ board is equipped with the ROE-0505S, a DC/DC converter from Recom.

This Click board™ can operate with either 3.3V or 5V logic voltage levels selected via the VCC SEL jumper. This way, both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs can use the communication lines properly. Also, this Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing easy-to-use functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.

Specifications

Pinout diagram

This table shows how the pinout on EZO Carrier Click – RTD corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).

Notes	Pin					Pin	Notes
	NC	1	AN	PWM	16	NC
	NC	2	RST	INT	15	NC
ID COMM	CS	3	CS	RX	14	TX	UART TX
	NC	4	SCK	TX	13	RX	UART RX
	NC	5	MISO	SCL	12	SCL	I2C Clock
	NC	6	MOSI	SDA	11	SDA	I2C Data
Power Supply	3.3V	7	3.3V	5V	10	5V	Power Supply
Ground	GND	8	GND	GND	9	GND	Ground

Onboard settings and indicators

EZO Carrier Click – RTD electrical specifications

Software Support

We provide a library for the EZO Carrier RTD Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MIKROE compilers. The demo can run on all the main MIKROE development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for EZO Carrier RTD Click driver.

Key functions

• ezocarrierrtd_send_cmd Send command function.

• ezocarrierrtd_send_cmd_with_par Send command function with parameter.

• ezocarrierrtd_send_cmd_check Check the sent command.

Example Description

This example demonstrates the use of EZO Carrier RTD Click board™ by processing the incoming data and displaying them on the USB UART.

void application_task ( void )  
 { 
     log_printf( &logger, "Reading... rn" ); 
     ezocarrierrtd_send_cmd( &ezocarrierrtd, EZOCARRIERRTD_CMD_SINGLE_READ ); 
     error_flag = ezocarrierrtd_rsp_check( &ezocarrierrtd, EZOCARRIERRTD_RSP_OK ); 
     ezocarrierrtd_error_check( error_flag ); 
     Delay_ms( 5000 ); 
 }

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

• MikroSDK.Board
• MikroSDK.Log
• Click.EZOCarrierRTD

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MIKROE compilers.

mikroSDK

This Click board™ is supported with mikroSDK – MIKROE Software Development Kit. To ensure proper operation of mikroSDK compliant Click board™ demo applications, mikroSDK should be downloaded from the LibStock and installed for the compiler you are using.

For more information about mikroSDK, visit the official page.