Intermediate
30 min

Say goodbye to air pollution with the help of WSP2110 and STM32L496AG

Clear the air with action

Pollution Click with Discovery kit with STM32L496AG MCU

Published Jul 22, 2025

Click board™

Pollution Click

Dev. board

Discovery kit with STM32L496AG MCU

Compiler

NECTO Studio

MCU

STM32L496AG

Protect your health and well-being by detecting harmful organic gases with our cutting-edge sensing technology

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Hardware Overview

How does it work?

Pollution Click is based on the WSP2110, a VOC gas sensor from Winsen. The MQ-135 can detect the presence and concentration of toxic gases in the air, such as toluene, benzene, methanal, and alcohol. It consists of a heater and metal oxide semiconductor material on the ceramic substrate of subminiature Al2O3, which are fetched out by electrode down-lead and encapsulated in a metal socket and cap. Besides its high sensitivity, the WSP2110 is also characterized by a detection

range from 1 to 50 ppm for toluene, benzene, methanal, and alcohol. The WSP2110 provides an analog representation of polluted concentration in the air sent directly to an analog pin of the mikroBUS™ socket labeled OUT. The analog output voltage the sensor provides varies in proportion to the toxic gas concentration; the higher the toxic gas concentration in the air, the higher the output voltage. Also, this Click board™ has a built-in potentiometer that allows users to

adjust the load resistance of the MQ-135 circuit for optimum performance. The ENA pin can be used to enable the gas sensor. This Click board™ can be operated only with a 5V logic voltage level. The board must perform appropriate logic voltage level conversion before using MCUs with different logic levels. Also, it comes equipped with a library containing functions and an example code that can be used as a reference for further development.

Pollution Click top side image
Pollution Click bottom side image

Features overview

Development board

The 32L496GDISCOVERY Discovery kit serves as a comprehensive demonstration and development platform for the STM32L496AG microcontroller, featuring an Arm® Cortex®-M4 core. Designed for applications that demand a balance of high performance, advanced graphics, and ultra-low power consumption, this kit enables seamless prototyping for a wide range of embedded solutions. With its innovative energy-efficient

architecture, the STM32L496AG integrates extended RAM and the Chrom-ART Accelerator, enhancing graphics performance while maintaining low power consumption. This makes the kit particularly well-suited for applications involving audio processing, graphical user interfaces, and real-time data acquisition, where energy efficiency is a key requirement. For ease of development, the board includes an onboard ST-LINK/V2-1

debugger/programmer, providing a seamless out-of-the-box experience for loading, debugging, and testing applications without requiring additional hardware. The combination of low power features, enhanced memory capabilities, and built-in debugging tools makes the 32L496GDISCOVERY kit an ideal choice for prototyping advanced embedded systems with state-of-the-art energy efficiency.

Discovery kit with STM32L496AG MCU double side image

Microcontroller Overview

MCU Card / MCU

STM32L496AG Image

Architecture

ARM Cortex-M4

MCU Memory (KB)

1024

Silicon Vendor

STMicroelectronics

Pin count

169

RAM (Bytes)

327680

Used MCU Pins

mikroBUS™ mapper

Analog Output
PA4
AN
Device Enable
PB2
RST
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NC
CS
NC
NC
SCK
NC
NC
MISO
NC
NC
MOSI
NC
NC
3.3V
Ground
GND
GND
NC
NC
PWM
NC
NC
INT
NC
NC
TX
NC
NC
RX
NC
NC
SCL
NC
NC
SDA
Power Supply
5V
5V
Ground
GND
GND
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Take a closer look

Click board™ Schematic

Pollution Click Schematic schematic

Step by step

Project assembly

Discovery kit with STM32H750XB MCU front image hardware assembly

Start by selecting your development board and Click board™. Begin with the Discovery kit with STM32L496AG MCU as your development board.

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Software Support

Library Description

This library contains API for Pollution Click driver.

Key functions:

  • pollution_generic_read - This function read ADC data

  • pollution_measure_load_voltage - This function gets load voltage from read ADC value

  • pollution_get_corrected_resistance - This function gets the corrected resistance of the sensor

Open Source

Code example

The complete application code and a ready-to-use project are available through the NECTO Studio Package Manager for direct installation in the NECTO Studio. The application code can also be found on the MIKROE GitHub account.

/*!
 * \file 
 * \brief Pollution Click example
 * 
 * # Description
 * Pollution Click carries the VOC gas sensor and has high sensitivity to organic gases 
 * such as methanal (also known as formaldehyde), benzene, alcohol, toluene, etc.
 *
 * The demo application is composed of two sections :
 * 
 * ## Application Init 
 * Application Init performs Logger and Click initialization.
 * 
 * ## Application Task  
 * This is an example which demonstrates the usage of Pollution Click board.
 * Pollution Click reads ADC value, load voltage from ADC value, and reads corrected 
 * resistance of the sensor where results are being sent to the UART terminal 
 * where you can track changes.
 * 
 * \author Mihajlo Djordjevic
 *
 */
// ------------------------------------------------------------------- INCLUDES

#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "pollution.h"

float value_volt;
float value_res;

// ------------------------------------------------------------------ VARIABLES

static pollution_t pollution;
static log_t logger;

// ------------------------------------------------------ APPLICATION FUNCTIONS

void application_init ( void )
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;
    pollution_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 ----" );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );

    //  Click initialization.

    pollution_cfg_setup( &cfg );
    POLLUTION_MAP_MIKROBUS( cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    pollution_init( &pollution, &cfg );
    
    log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------------------\r\n" );
    log_printf( &logger, "---------- Pollution Click ----------\r\n" );
    log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------------------\r\n" );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    
    pollution_default_cfg( &pollution );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    
    log_printf( &logger, "--------- ADC Initializated ---------\r\n" );
    log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------------------\r\n" );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
}

void application_task ( void )
{
    pollution_data_t tmp;
    
    tmp = pollution_generic_read( &pollution );
    log_printf( &logger, " ADC value            : %u ppm\r\n", tmp );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    
    value_volt = pollution_measure_load_voltage( &pollution );
    log_printf( &logger, " Load voltage         : %.2f V\r\n", value_volt );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    
    value_res = pollution_get_corrected_resistance( &pollution );
    log_printf( &logger, " Corrected resistance : %.2f kOhm\r\n", value_res );
    log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------------------\r\n" );
    Delay_ms ( 1000 );
}

int main ( void ) 
{
    /* Do not remove this line or clock might not be set correctly. */
    #ifdef PREINIT_SUPPORTED
    preinit();
    #endif
    
    application_init( );
    
    for ( ; ; ) 
    {
        application_task( );
    }

    return 0;
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END

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