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Achieve accurate current measurements with high sensitivity and low error using the CT455-H06B5-TS08 and PIC32MZ2048EFH100

XtremeSense™ TMR coreless current sensing solution

Current 10 Click with Flip&Click PIC32MZ

Published Oct 04, 2024

Click board™

Current 10 Click

Dev. board

Flip&Click PIC32MZ

Compiler

NECTO Studio

MCU

PIC32MZ2048EFH100

Measure current usage for accurate billing and energy management with minimal error

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Hardware Overview

How does it work?

Current 10 Click is based on the CT455 (CT455-H06B5-TS08), an XtremeSense™ TMR (Tunnel Magnetoresistance) coreless current sensor from Allegro Microsystems, featuring a wide bandwidth of 1MHz. This sensor uses Allegro’s patented XtremeSense™ technology, ensuring highly accurate current measurements with extremely low noise. With its high accuracy and robust features, Current 10 Click is an excellent solution for applications requiring reliable current sensing in consumer, industrial, and enterprise applications, such as solar power inverters, battery management systems, DC/DC converters, industrial equipment, and power utility meters. The CT455 sensor

operates in a bipolar mode, detecting both positive and negative current flows, and it offers a sensitivity of 333.3mV/mT, providing precise measurement capability. Powered by a 5V supply, the CT455 can sense magnetic fields in two standard ranges of ±6mT, translated into a linear analog output voltage. This allows the board to accurately capture current changes with less than ±1.0% error over varying temperatures and supply voltages, ensuring reliable performance across various operational conditions. The CT455's output signal can be converted to a digital value using MCP3221, a successive approximation A/D converter with a 12-bit resolution from Microchip,

using a 2-wire I2C compatible interface, or sent directly to an analog pin of the mikroBUS™ socket labeled as AN. Selection can be performed via an onboard SMD jumper labeled OUT SEL, placing it in an appropriate position marked as AN and ADC. 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.

Current 10 Click hardware overview image

Features overview

Development board

Flip&Click PIC32MZ is a compact development board designed as a complete solution that brings the flexibility of add-on Click boards™ to your favorite microcontroller, making it a perfect starter kit for implementing your ideas. It comes with an onboard 32-bit PIC32MZ microcontroller, the PIC32MZ2048EFH100 from Microchip, four mikroBUS™ sockets for Click board™ connectivity, two USB connectors, LED indicators, buttons, debugger/programmer connectors, and two headers compatible with Arduino-UNO pinout. Thanks to innovative manufacturing technology,

it allows you to build gadgets with unique functionalities and features quickly. Each part of the Flip&Click PIC32MZ development kit contains the components necessary for the most efficient operation of the same board. In addition, there is the possibility of choosing the Flip&Click PIC32MZ programming method, using the chipKIT bootloader (Arduino-style development environment) or our USB HID bootloader using mikroC, mikroBasic, and mikroPascal for PIC32. This kit includes a clean and regulated power supply block through the USB Type-C (USB-C) connector. All communication

methods that mikroBUS™ itself supports are on this board, including the well-established mikroBUS™ socket, user-configurable buttons, and LED indicators. Flip&Click PIC32MZ development kit allows you to create a new application in minutes. Natively supported by Mikroe software tools, it covers many aspects of prototyping thanks to a considerable number of different Click boards™ (over a thousand boards), the number of which is growing every day.

Flip&Click PIC32MZ double image

Microcontroller Overview

MCU Card / MCU

default

Architecture

PIC32

MCU Memory (KB)

2048

Silicon Vendor

Microchip

Pin count

100

RAM (Bytes)

524288

Used MCU Pins

mikroBUS™ mapper

Analog Output
RB11
AN
NC
NC
RST
ID COMM
RA0
CS
NC
NC
SCK
NC
NC
MISO
NC
NC
MOSI
Power Supply
3.3V
3.3V
Ground
GND
GND
NC
NC
PWM
NC
NC
INT
NC
NC
TX
NC
NC
RX
I2C Clock
RA2
SCL
I2C Data
RA3
SDA
Power Supply
5V
5V
Ground
GND
GND
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Take a closer look

Click board™ Schematic

Current 10 Click Schematic schematic

Step by step

Project assembly

Flip&Click PIC32MZ front image hardware assembly

Start by selecting your development board and Click board™. Begin with the Flip&Click PIC32MZ as your development board.

Flip&Click PIC32MZ front image hardware assembly
GNSS2 Click front image hardware assembly
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Software Support

Library Description

This library contains API for Current 10 Click driver.

Key functions:

  • current10_calib_offset - This function calibrates the zero current offset value.

  • current10_calib_resolution - This function calibrates the data resolution at the known load current.

  • current10_read_current - This function reads the input current level [A].

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 main.c
 * @brief Current 10 Click Example.
 *
 * # Description
 * This example demonstrates the use of Current 10 Click board by reading and
 * displaying the input current measurements.
 *
 * The demo application is composed of two sections :
 *
 * ## Application Init
 * Initializes the driver and calibrates the zero current offset and data resolution
 * at 3A load current.
 *
 * ## Application Task
 * Reads the input current measurements and displays the results on the USB UART
 * approximately once per second.
 *
 * @note
 * The measurement range is approximately: +/- 75A.
 *
 * @author Stefan Filipovic
 *
 */

#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "current10.h"

// Load current [A] used for the data resolution calibration process.
#define CURRENT10_CALIBRATING_CURRENT   3.0f

static current10_t current10;   /**< Current 10 Click driver object. */
static log_t logger;    /**< Logger object. */

void application_init ( void )
{
    log_cfg_t log_cfg;  /**< Logger config object. */
    current10_cfg_t current10_cfg;  /**< Click config object. */

    /** 
     * 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.
    current10_cfg_setup( &current10_cfg );
    CURRENT10_MAP_MIKROBUS( current10_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
    err_t init_flag = current10_init( &current10, &current10_cfg );
    if ( ( ADC_ERROR == init_flag ) || ( I2C_MASTER_ERROR == init_flag ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Communication init." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }

    log_printf( &logger, " Calibrating zero current offset in 5 seconds...\r\n" );
    log_printf( &logger, " Make sure no current flows through the sensor during the calibration process.\r\n" );
    for ( uint8_t cnt = 5; cnt > 0; cnt-- )
    {
        log_printf( &logger, " %u\r\n", ( uint16_t ) cnt );
        Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    }
    if ( CURRENT10_ERROR == current10_calib_offset ( &current10 ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Calibrate offset." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }
    log_printf( &logger, " Offset calibration DONE.\r\n\n" );

    log_printf( &logger, " Calibrating data resolution in 5 seconds...\r\n" );
    log_printf( &logger, " Keep the load current set at %.1fA during the calibration process.\r\n", 
                CURRENT10_CALIBRATING_CURRENT );
    for ( uint8_t cnt = 5; cnt > 0; cnt-- )
    {
        log_printf( &logger, " %u\r\n", ( uint16_t ) cnt );
        Delay_ms ( 1000 );
    }
    if ( CURRENT10_ERROR == current10_calib_resolution ( &current10, CURRENT10_CALIBRATING_CURRENT ) )
    {
        log_error( &logger, " Calibrate resolution." );
        for ( ; ; );
    }
    log_printf( &logger, " Data resolution calibration DONE.\r\n" );
    
    log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

void application_task ( void ) 
{
    float current = 0;
    if ( CURRENT10_OK == current10_read_current ( &current10, &current ) ) 
    {
        log_printf( &logger, " Current : %.1f A\r\n\n", current );
        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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