Lesson 32: MCP9808 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Custom Code | Arduino Step by Step Course
Related or required files and link to this lesson
- Adafruit MCP9808 Library (from Robojax.com) (zip)
- Adafruit MCP9808 Library (from GetHub)
- Download MCP9808 Datasheet (PDF)
Part 3: Temperature Sensors
In this lesson we learn how to use MCP9808 Temperature sensor to measure and display it on Arduino IDE serial monitor and take action based on value of temperature. There are two other videos and code for LCD and LED display.
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* Robojax Arduino Step By Step Course
* Part 3: Temperature Sensors
* Lesson 32 MCP9808 Custom function
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* Feb 23, 2019 in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
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/*!
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#include <Wire.h>
#include "Adafruit_MCP9808.h"
// Create the MCP9808 temperature sensor object
Adafruit_MCP9808 tempsensor = Adafruit_MCP9808();
void setup() {
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Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("MCP9808 demo by Robojax");
// Make sure the sensor is found, you can also pass in a different i2c
// address with tempsensor.begin(0x19) for example
if (!tempsensor.begin()) {
Serial.println("Couldn't find MCP9808!");
while (1);
}
}
void loop() {
//Serial.println("wake up MCP9808.... "); // wake up MCP9808 - power consumption ~200 mikro Ampere
//tempsensor.wake(); // wake up, ready to read!
// Robojax example
Serial.print(getTemp('C'));// print Temperature in Celsius
Serial.println(" C");// print C
Serial.print(getTemp('F'));// print Temperature in Celsius
Serial.println(" F");// print F
Serial.print(getTemp('K'));// print Temperature in Kelvin
Serial.println(" K");// print K
Serial.println();
//Serial.println("Shutdown MCP9808.... ");
//tempsensor.shutdown(); // shutdown MCP9808 - power consumption ~0.1 micro Ampere
delay(1000);
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}
/*
* Written by Ahmad Shamshiri for Robojax.com
* Jan 22, 2019 in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
*
* getTemp(char type)
* returns temperature in either C, F or K
* @param type is character of upper case
* C is used to get Celsius
* F is used to get fahrenheit
* K is used for Kelvin
*/
float getTemp(char type) {
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float c = tempsensor.readTempC();//get main temperature in C
float f = c * 9.0 / 5.0 + 32;// convert to fahrenheit
if(type =='F')
{
return f;// fahrenheit
}else if(type =='K')
{
return c + 274.15;// return Kelvin
}else{
return c; //return Celsius
}
}//getTemp ends