Product description: Fermion - multifunctional environmental sensor - DFRobot SEN0500
The environmental sensor module consists of SHTC3 temperature and humidity sensor, BMP280 pressure sensor, VEML8511 ambient light sensor and ML8511 UV radiation sensor. The environmental sensor uses two communication interfaces UART and I2C. It is powered by 3.3 V. The sensor can be used to create indoor and outdoor environmental monitoring systems.
Product compatible with Arduino
The manufacturer has prepared a detailed user guide.
Fermion - multifunctional environmental sensor - DFRobot SEN0500.
Features of the environmental sensor
- The module has leads in the form of solder fields to which the included goldpin connectors should be soldered
- Choice of two communication interfaces I2C and UART
- Highly integrated module, can monitor different data at the same time (temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, altitude, ultraviolet intensity, ambient light intensity)
- The module guarantees the accuracy of the data thanks to the sensors selected.
Suggested application
- Indoor air quality monitoring
- Element of a weather station
- Used in smart home projects
Pinout description and example connection diagram
The sensor should be connected with the microcontroller according to the diagram. The UART connection is on the left side and the I2C connection is on the right side of the illustration.
- 3V3 - power supply
- GND - ground
- RXD - receiving UART
- TXD - transmitting UART
- SCL - I2C clock line
- SDA - I2C data line
- RST - Reset pin
Multifunctional environmental sensor - connection (UART on the left, I2C on the right) with FireBeetle ESP32-E.
Dimensions of the DFRobot environmental sensor module.
DFRobot environmental sensor module specifications
- Supply voltage: 3,3 V
- Current: 35 mA
- Communication interface: I2C, UART
- Operating temperature: from -20°C to 70°C
- Module dimensions: 30 x 20.5 mm
Kit contents
- Fermion - multifunctional environmental sensor - DFRobot SEN0500
- 2 x 6-pin single row strip
Barometric pressure sensor
- Built-in sensor chip: BMP280
- Barometric pressure measurement range: from 300 hPa to 1100 hPa
- Relative accuracy of barometric pressure: ± 0.12 hPa
- Absolute barometric pressure accuracy: ± 1 hPa
UV sensor
- Built-in sensor chip: ML8511
- Ultraviolet measurement range:
- UV-A (320 nm to 400 nm)
- UV-B (280 nm to 320 nm)
- Output unit of ultraviolet radiation: mW/m2
Temperature and humidity sensor
- Built-in sensor chip: SHT-C3
- Relative humidity accuracy: ± 2% RH
- Relative humidity resolution: 0.01% RH
- Relative humidity measurement range: 0% to 100% RH
- Temperature accuracy: ± 0,2°C
- Resolution of temperature measurement: 0.01°C
- Temperature measurement range: from -40°C to 125°C
Ambient light sensor
- Built-in sensor chip: VEML7700
- Ambient light measuring accuracy: 0.0036 lx/ct
- Ambient light range: 0 klx to 120 klx
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