Lesson 34: Using MCP9808 High Accuracy I2C Temperature with TM1637 LED Display| Arduino Step by Step Course

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Part 3: Temperature Sensors

In this lesson we learn how to use MCP9808 Temperature sensor to measure and display it on TM1637 LED Display. We have no decimal point with this display. There are two other video lectures for this sensor 1-Introduction to MCP9808 and 1-Using MCP9808 with LCD screen.

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 * Robojax Arduino Step By Step Course
 * Part 3: Temperature Sensors
 * Lesson 34: MCP9808 with TM1637 LED Display
 


 * Updated by Ahmad Shamshiri for Robojax Robojax.com
 * on Mar 23, 2019 in Ajax, Ontario, Canada

 
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/**************************************************************************/
/*!
This is a demo for the Adafruit MCP9808 breakout
----> http://www.adafruit.com/products/1782
Adafruit invests time and resources providing this open source code,
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*/
/**************************************************************************/
#include <math.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include "Adafruit_MCP9808.h"

// Create the MCP9808 temperature sensor object
Adafruit_MCP9808 tempsensor = Adafruit_MCP9808();

// start of settings of TM1637 display
#include <Arduino.h>
#include <TM1637Display.h>

// Module connection pins (Digital Pins)
#define CLK 5
#define DIO 6
TM1637Display display(CLK, DIO);
// start of settings of TM1637 display

uint8_t blank[] = { 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 };// blank value for all digits

void setup() {
	//YouTube Watch it here http://robojax.com/L/?id=338	
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("MCP9808 demo by Robojax");
   display.setBrightness(0x0f);  
  // 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(); 

  display.setSegments(blank);
  display.showNumberDec(round(getTemp('C')));
  delay(3000);

  display.setSegments(blank);
  display.showNumberDec(round(getTemp('F')));  
   
  //Serial.println("Shutdown MCP9808.... ");
  //tempsensor.shutdown(); // shutdown MCP9808 - power consumption ~0.1 micro Ampere
  
  delay(1000);
	//YouTube Watch it here http://robojax.com/L/?id=338  
}



/*
 * Written by Ahmad Shamshiri 
 * 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) {
	//YouTube Watch it here http://robojax.com/L/?id=338	
  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