BMP085 Barometric Pressure Sensor Breakout

Introduction

This is a breakout board for BOSCH BMP085 digital barometric pressure sensor.This breadboard-friendly board break out all pins of BMP085 to 6-pin pitch header.BMP085 offers a meauring range of 300 - 1100hPa with an absolute accuracy of 2.5hPa and a noise of down to 0.03hPa.At the same time,the BMP085 features low power consumption of down to 3uA.The sensors supports a voltage between 1.8 and 3.6V. It's designed to be connected directly to microcontroller via I2C bus. The very small and ultra-thin package make the BMP085 the sensor of choice for any mobile application requiring precise barametric pressure meaurement.

Features

• Digital two wire (I2C) interface
• Wide barometric pressure range
• Flexible supply voltage range
• Ultra-low power consumption
• Low noise measurement
• Fully calibrated
• Temperature measurement included
• Ultra-flat, small footprint

Document

BMP085 Datasheet

Usage

Here is the guide illustrates how to connect an Arduino to the BMP085 breakout board.

Example code

For Arduino 1.0+

1. include <Wire.h>
2. define BMP085_ADDRESS 0x77 // I2C address of BMP085

const unsigned char OSS = 0; // Oversampling Setting // Calibration values int ac1; int ac2; int ac3; unsigned int ac4; unsigned int ac5; unsigned int ac6; int b1; int b2; int mb; int mc; int md; // b5 is calculated in bmp085GetTemperature(...), this variable is also used in bmp085GetPressure(...) // so ...Temperature(...) must be called before ...Pressure(...). long b5; short temperature; long pressure; void setup() {

Serial.begin(9600);
Wire.begin();
bmp085Calibration();

} void loop() {

temperature = bmp085GetTemperature(bmp085ReadUT());
pressure = bmp085GetPressure(bmp085ReadUP());
Serial.print("Temperature: ");
Serial.print(temperature, DEC);
Serial.println(" *0.1 deg C");
Serial.print("Pressure: ");
Serial.print(pressure, DEC);
Serial.println(" Pa");
Serial.println();
delay(1000);

} // Stores all of the bmp085's calibration values into global variables // Calibration values are required to calculate temp and pressure // This function should be called at the beginning of the program void bmp085Calibration() {

ac1 = bmp085ReadInt(0xAA);
ac2 = bmp085ReadInt(0xAC);
ac3 = bmp085ReadInt(0xAE);
ac4 = bmp085ReadInt(0xB0);
ac5 = bmp085ReadInt(0xB2);
ac6 = bmp085ReadInt(0xB4);
b1 = bmp085ReadInt(0xB6);
b2 = bmp085ReadInt(0xB8);
mb = bmp085ReadInt(0xBA);
mc = bmp085ReadInt(0xBC);
md = bmp085ReadInt(0xBE);

} // Calculate temperature given ut. // Value returned will be in units of 0.1 deg C short bmp085GetTemperature(unsigned int ut) {

long x1, x2;
x1 = (((long)ut - (long)ac6)*(long)ac5) >> 15;
x2 = ((long)mc << 11)/(x1 + md);
b5 = x1 + x2;
return ((b5 + 8)>>4);  

} // Calculate pressure given up // calibration values must be known // b5 is also required so bmp085GetTemperature(...) must be called first. // Value returned will be pressure in units of Pa. long bmp085GetPressure(unsigned long up) {

long x1, x2, x3, b3, b6, p;
unsigned long b4, b7;
b6 = b5 - 4000;
// Calculate B3
x1 = (b2 * (b6 * b6)>>12)>>11;
x2 = (ac2 * b6)>>11;
x3 = x1 + x2;
b3 = (((((long)ac1)*4 + x3)<<OSS) + 2)>>2;
// Calculate B4
x1 = (ac3 * b6)>>13;
x2 = (b1 * ((b6 * b6)>>12))>>16;
x3 = ((x1 + x2) + 2)>>2;
b4 = (ac4 * (unsigned long)(x3 + 32768))>>15;
b7 = ((unsigned long)(up - b3) * (50000>>OSS));
if (b7 < 0x80000000)
  p = (b7<<1)/b4;
else
  p = (b7/b4)<<1;
x1 = (p>>8) * (p>>8);
x1 = (x1 * 3038)>>16;
x2 = (-7357 * p)>>16;
p += (x1 + x2 + 3791)>>4;
return p;

} // Read 1 byte from the BMP085 at 'address' char bmp085Read(unsigned char address) {

unsigned char data;
Wire.beginTransmission(BMP085_ADDRESS);
Wire.write(address);
Wire.endTransmission();
Wire.requestFrom(BMP085_ADDRESS, 1);
while(!Wire.available());
return Wire.read();

} // Read 2 bytes from the BMP085 // First byte will be from 'address' // Second byte will be from 'address'+1 int bmp085ReadInt(unsigned char address) {

unsigned char msb, lsb;
Wire.beginTransmission(BMP085_ADDRESS);
Wire.write(address);
Wire.endTransmission();
Wire.requestFrom(BMP085_ADDRESS, 2);
while(Wire.available()<2);
msb = Wire.read();
lsb = Wire.read();
return (int) msb<<8 | lsb;

} // Read the uncompensated temperature value unsigned int bmp085ReadUT() {

unsigned int ut;
// Write 0x2E into Register 0xF4
// This requests a temperature reading
Wire.beginTransmission(BMP085_ADDRESS);
Wire.write(0xF4);
Wire.write(0x2E);
Wire.endTransmission();
// Wait at least 4.5ms
delay(5);
// Read two bytes from registers 0xF6 and 0xF7
ut = bmp085ReadInt(0xF6);
return ut;

} // Read the uncompensated pressure value unsigned long bmp085ReadUP() {

unsigned char msb, lsb, xlsb;
unsigned long up = 0;
// Write 0x34+(OSS<<6) into register 0xF4
// Request a pressure reading w/ oversampling setting
Wire.beginTransmission(BMP085_ADDRESS);
Wire.write(0xF4);
Wire.write(0x34 + (OSS<<6));
Wire.endTransmission();
// Wait for conversion, delay time dependent on OSS
delay(2 + (3<<OSS));
// Read register 0xF6 (MSB), 0xF7 (LSB), and 0xF8 (XLSB)
Wire.beginTransmission(BMP085_ADDRESS);
Wire.write(0xF6);
Wire.endTransmission();
Wire.requestFrom(BMP085_ADDRESS, 3);
// Wait for data to become available
while(Wire.available() < 3);
msb = Wire.read();
lsb = Wire.read();
xlsb = Wire.read();
up = (((unsigned long) msb << 16) | ((unsigned long) lsb << 8) | (unsigned long) xlsb) >> (8-OSS);
return up;

}

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