Enhance your altitude measurements with ICP-10100 and TM4C129LNCZAD
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Published Oct 13, 2023
Click board™
Altitude 3 Click
Dev Board
Fusion for ARM v8
Compiler
NECTO Studio
MCU
TM4C129LNCZAD
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Hardware Overview
How does it work?
Altitude 3 Click is based on the ICP-10100, a high accuracy, low power, waterproof barometric pressure and temperature sensor from TDK corporation. The sensor is manufactured using the ultra-low noise MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) capacitive technology, optimized for precise altitude measurements. It can detect pressure difference with the accuracy of ±1 Pa, which translates to an altitude resolution of less than 10cm. This makes this sensor very usable in drone applications development, allowing it to hover at a fixed altitude, or to be used as the stabilization control. Also, this sensor has a very low temperature offset of only ±0.5 Pa/°C, within the range from 25°C to 45°C. Each sensor IC is factory calibrated and the calibration parameters are stored within the OTP memory. To convert the readings into temperature and pressure values, these coefficients need to be used. The datasheet of the ICP-10100 offers formulas for these
calculations. However, Altitude 3 Click comes with a library that contains functions that encapsulate these calculations, which greatly accelerates application development. Being packaged in a waterproof casing, the ICP-10100 sensor allows it to be used under 1.5m of water for the duration of 30 minutes. However, since the Click board™ itself is not waterproof, the sensor still offers a good resistance against increased humidity and moisture. The ICP-10100 sensor offers the best performance when operated within the normal pressure and temperature conditions within the range from 0°C to 45°C, and from 95 kPa to 105 kPa. The ICP-10100 can be operated in four different modes, allowing its performace to be tailored according to specific requirements. These modes allow a compromise between high precision, low noise, output speed, and power consumption. These modes include Low Power mode (LP), Normal mode (N), Low Noise mode
(LN) and Ultra Low Noise mode (ULN). The datasheet of the ICP-10100 contains a table that displays the conversion time, current consumption, and pressure measurement noise for each of these modes, allowing the optimal mode to be chosen. This Click board™ uses the I2C protocol to communicate with the host MCU. It contains two pull-up resistors for each of the I2C lines. The ICP-10100 is operated with only 1.8V. To provide this voltage, an additional IC had to be used. The BH18PB1WHFVCT is a small LDO regulator, providing the required voltage for the ICP-10100. Both I2C lines of the pressure sensor IC are pulled up to a 3.3V power rail though, allowing it to be operated by most MCUs that typically use 3.3V logic voltage levels. Please note that the Click board™ supports only 3.3V MCUs and it is not intended to be controlled with MCUs that use 5V without a proper level shifting circuitry.
Features overview
Development board
Fusion for ARM v8 is a development board specially designed for the needs of rapid development of embedded applications. It supports a wide range of microcontrollers, such as different ARM® Cortex®-M based MCUs regardless of their number of pins, and a broad set of unique functions, such as the first-ever embedded debugger/programmer over WiFi. The development board is well organized and designed so that the end-user has all the necessary elements, such as switches, buttons, indicators, connectors, and others, in one place. Thanks to innovative manufacturing technology, Fusion for ARM v8 provides a fluid and immersive working experience, allowing access anywhere and under any
circumstances at any time. Each part of the Fusion for ARM v8 development board contains the components necessary for the most efficient operation of the same board. An advanced integrated CODEGRIP programmer/debugger module offers many valuable programming/debugging options, including support for JTAG, SWD, and SWO Trace (Single Wire Output)), and seamless integration with the Mikroe software environment. Besides, it also includes a clean and regulated power supply module for the development board. It can use a wide range of external power sources, including a battery, an external 12V power supply, and a power source via the USB Type-C (USB-C) connector.
Communication options such as USB-UART, USB HOST/DEVICE, CAN (on the MCU card, if supported), and Ethernet is also included. In addition, it also has the well-established mikroBUS™ standard, a standardized socket for the MCU card (SiBRAIN standard), and two display options for the TFT board line of products and character-based LCD. Fusion for ARM v8 is an integral part of the Mikroe ecosystem for rapid development. Natively supported by Mikroe software tools, it covers many aspects of prototyping and development thanks to a considerable number of different Click boards™ (over a thousand boards), the number of which is growing every day.
Microcontroller Overview
MCU Card / MCU
Type
8th Generation
Architecture
ARM Cortex-M4
MCU Memory (KB)
1024
Silicon Vendor
Texas Instruments
Pin count
212
RAM (Bytes)
262144
Used MCU Pins
mikroBUS™ mapper
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Schematic
Step by step
Project assembly
Start by selecting your development board and Click board™. Begin with the Fusion for ARM v8 as your development board.
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Application Output
After pressing the "FLASH" button on the left-side panel, it is necessary to open the UART terminal to display the achieved results. By clicking on the Tools icon in the right-hand panel, multiple different functions are displayed, among which is the UART Terminal. Click on the offered "UART Terminal" icon.
Once the UART terminal is opened, the window takes on a new form. At the top of the tab are two buttons, one for adjusting the parameters of the UART terminal and the other for connecting the UART terminal. The tab's lower part is reserved for displaying the achieved results. Before connecting, the terminal has a Disconnected status, indicating that the terminal is not yet active. Before connecting, it is necessary to check the set parameters of the UART terminal. Click on the "OPTIONS" button.
In the newly opened UART Terminal Options field, we check if the terminal settings are correct, such as the set port and the Baud rate of UART communication. If the data is not displayed properly, it is possible that the Baud rate value is not set correctly and needs to be adjusted to 115200. If all the parameters are set correctly, click on "CONFIGURE".
The next step is to click on the "CONNECT" button, after which the terminal status changes from Disconnected to Connected in green, and the data is displayed in the Received data field.
Software Support
Library Description
This library contains API for Altitude 3 Click driver.
Key functions:
altitude3_soft_reset- Function sends a command to perform a SW Reset of the devicealtitude3_read_adc_results- Function reads results of AD conversion, which consists of the 16bit temperature and 24bit pressure data in determined orderaltitude3_get_data- Function performs a calibration data reading, only once, and then reads a temperature and pressure data and calculates these values to standard units
Open Source
Code example
This example can be found in NECTO Studio. Feel free to download the code, or you can copy the code below.
/*!
* \file
* \brief Altitude3 Click example
*
* # Description
* This application enables high-resolution barometric pressure measurement.
*
* The demo application is composed of two sections :
*
* ## Application Init
* Initializes I2C interface and performs a SW Reset of the device.
*
* ## Application Task
* Selects the desired measurement mode and data reading order, and after that
* calculates the temperature, pressure and altitude data to standard units and shows results to uart terminal.
*
*
* \author MikroE Team
*
*/
// ------------------------------------------------------------------- INCLUDES
#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "altitude3.h"
// ------------------------------------------------------------------ VARIABLES
static altitude3_t altitude3;
static log_t logger;
// ------------------------------------------------------ APPLICATION FUNCTIONS
void application_init ( void )
{
log_cfg_t log_cfg;
altitude3_cfg_t cfg;
/**
* Logger initialization.
* Default baud rate: 115200
* Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
* @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX
* are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will
* need to define them manually for log to work.
* See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
*/
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, "---- Application Init ----" );
// Click initialization.
altitude3_cfg_setup( &cfg );
ALTITUDE3_MAP_MIKROBUS( cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
altitude3_init( &altitude3, &cfg );
altitude3_default_cfg ( &altitude3 );
log_printf( &logger, "** Altitude 3 click is initialized **\r\n\r\n" );
}
void application_task ( void )
{
uint8_t response;
response = altitude3_measurement_mode( &altitude3, ALTITUDE3_NORMAL_T_FIRST );
Delay_ms( 100 );
response = altitude3_get_data( &altitude3, response );
if ( response != ALTITUDE3_ERROR )
{
log_printf( &logger, "Temperature is : %d C\r\n", ( int16_t ) altitude3.sens_data.temperature );
log_printf( &logger, "Pressure is : %u mbar[hPa]\r\n", ( uint16_t ) altitude3.sens_data.pressure );
log_printf( &logger, "Altitude is : %d m\r\n\r\n", ( int16_t ) altitude3.sens_data.altitude );
Delay_ms( 400 );
}
}
void main ( void )
{
application_init( );
for ( ; ; )
{
application_task( );
}
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END
