Grove Digital Infrared Temperature Sensor
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The Digital Infrared temperature sensor is a non-contact temperature measurement module which bases on MLX90615.Both the IR sensitive thermopile detector chip and the signal conditioning chip are integrated in the same package.This module communicates with Arduino using SMBus,up to 127 sensors can be read via common 2 wires.Thanks to the module's low noise amplifier, 16-bit ADC and powerful DSP unit, it can achieved a high accuracy of 1℃ over wide temperature rage and a high measurement resolution of 0.02℃.
Item
Min
Typical
Max
Unit
Voltage
2.6
3
3.4
V
Current
1.4
1.5
mA
Ambient Temperature Range
-40 - 85
℃
Object Temperature Range
-40 - 115
℃
Dimension
20x40x9.6
mm
Pin Number
Name
Type
Function Description
1
GND
-
Signal ground
2
VCC
in
Positive Power Supply Input Terminal(3.3V or 5V)
3
SDA
in/out
I2C data input/output
4
SCL
in
I2C CLK
We will provide an example here to show you how to use this sensor to measure the temperature of the target which is in front of the sensor,and print the result on the serial monitor.
Connect this module to seeeduino using Grove - Base Shield port D2.
Download the library and demo code Digital_Infrared_Temperature_Sensor_MLX90615.
Unzip it into the libraries file of Arduino IDE by the path: ..\arduino-1.0.5\libraries.
Open the demo code directly by the path:File -> Examples ->Digital_Infrared_Temperature_Sensor_MLX90615->MLX90615Soft.
You can see :
Since the sensor is factory calibrated with the digital SMBus compatible interface enabled,but the library is based on a soft i2c library,so you can use any digital pins on any AVR chip to drive the SDA and SCL lines.We use D2 as the SCL pin and D3 as the SDA pin in this demo code.
Upload the code into Arduino.
Start up the Serial Monitor.
You can see :
Now, you can measure the temperature with this sensor.Ambient temperature is the MLX90615 package temperature and Object temperature is the object target temperature.According to our experiment,when you place the sensor in the normal indoor temperature,and ensure that there is nothing source of heat in front of the sensor's 1M scope.The Object temperature will approximately equal to Ambient temperature.When measuring the Object temperature,you should ensure the object is as close as possible whit the sensor,but do not touch the surface of the sensor,we recommend the distance is less than 3cm. Wish you have a fun try.
!!!Tip More details about Grove modules please refer to Grove System
