Pressure 3 Click

How does it work?

Pressure 3 Click is based on the DPS310, a digital barometric pressure sensor from Infineon. This miniaturized sensor, with high accuracy and low power consumption, is capable of measuring not only the pressure but temperature as well in a range of -40 up to 85°C with a half-degree accuracy. Its sensing element is based on a capacitance sensing principle, so it achieves high precision during temperature changes. Each unit for measuring pressure and temperature is individually calibrated, and the internal signal processor converts the outputs to a 24-bit result. The calibration coefficients, stored in registers, convert measurements to high-accuracy values, both for pressure and temperature. The DPS310 integrates a FIFO (First-In-First-Out) buffer that can store the last 32 measurements, which can save power as the host MCU doesn’t have to poll for results constantly.

The DPS310 operates in three operating modes. In Standby mode, as a default mode, no measurements are performed. It is a mode after the Power-on or reset conditions in which all registers and coefficients are accessible. In Command mode (manual), the DPS310 performs one temperature and pressure measurement, after which the sensor returns to Standby mode. The measurement results are available in the data registers. In Background mode (automatic), pressure and/or temperature measurements are continuously performed according to the selected precision and rate. The DPS310 will first perform a pressure measurement and, after that, the temperature measurement.

To communicate with the host MCU, the Pressure 3 Click offers a choice between two interfaces, the I2C and the SPI. The selection can be made by positioning the SMD jumpers labeled SPI I2C to an appropriate position (I2C selected by default). Note that all the jumpers must be placed on the same side, or the Click board™ may become unresponsive. The interrupt function is available over the INT pin only while using this Click board™ via an I2C interface and can be triggered whenever a new measurement is available or if a FIFO buffer is full.

This Click board™ can only be operated with a 3.3V logic voltage level. The board must perform appropriate logic voltage level conversion before using MCUs with different logic levels. However, the Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing 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 Pressure 3 Click 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	INT	Interrupt
SPI Chip Select	CS	3	CS	RX	14	NC
SPI Clock	SCK	4	SCK	TX	13	NC
SPI Data OUT	SDO	5	MISO	SCL	12	SCL	I2C Clock
SPI Data IN	SDI	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

Pressure 3 Click electrical specifications

Software Support

We provide a library for the Pressure 3 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 Pressure 3 Click driver.

Key functions

• Get temperature pressure.

• Get coefficients.

• Read the coefficients value for calculation function.

Example Description

This application is digital barometric pressure sensor.

 void application_task ( void ) 
 { 
     float pressure; 
     float temperature; 

     pressure3_get_t_p_data( &pressure3, &temperature, &pressure, &coeff_struct ); 

     log_printf( &logger, " * Pressure: %.2f mbar * rn", pressure ); 
     log_printf( &logger, " * Temperature: %.2f C * rn", temperature ); 
     log_printf( &logger, " ----------------------- rn" ); 

     Delay_ms( 3000 ); 
 }

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.Pressure3

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.