EK-H4

Datasheet Evaluation Kit EK-H4 For SHT7x and SHT2x Humidity and Temperature Sensors      Ready to use Hard and Software Suitable for data-logging experiments Programmable Interface Dew Point and Energy Calculation Multiple Multiplexer Boxes with Sensors lockable Product Summary The evaluation kit EK-H4 is made for running Sensirion’s humidity and temperature sensors and display measured values. It is able to communicate with SHT1x, SHT7x as well as the new generation SHT2x and display the measurement values on a display on the multiplexer. The main purpose of the evaluation kit is demonstrating the unique performance of Sensirion’s humidity and temperature sensors without any own hard or software design work. In connection with a computer and specific software supplied with the evaluation kit it may also be used as a data-logger for simple experimental measurements. The multiplexer with 4 ports is connected to the computer via USB interface. The software may record and display humidity and temperature values as well as calculated values of dew point and power consumption. Various multiplexer boxes with sensors may be run by same software across various USB interfaces. Set Up Material Contents EK-H4 contains the following components, enclosed in a handy suitcase: Figure 1 Schematic of Evaluation Kit EK-H4. Multiplexer box works without connection to computer but using a power plug. Optionally, the multiplexer box may be connected to computer with data-logger software for recording and displaying data readings. www.sensirion.com  1 EK-H4 multiplexer box: Providing 4 channels for sensor cables, one port for power supply cable and one port for optional USB interface with a computer. Measured values may be read from a display on the multiplexer.  4 SHT71 sensors: Pin type sensor with version 4B sensor chip. Please refer to datasheet SHT7x for more details.  4 SHT21 sensors: SMD type, DFN 3-0 packaged sensors with version 4C sensor chip mounted to small PCB with connector. Please refer to datasheet SHT21 for more details.  4 Sensor cables with RJ45 plug for connecting sensors with multiplexer box of 3m length.  1 USB cable for connection to computer.  1 Power supply unit with US, EU, AU adapter.  1 Memory Stick with multi viewer software for running EK-H4 as a data-logger. Device Certification The Evaluation Kit EK-H4 is RoHS and WEEE compliant. Version 1.1 – May 2010 1/7 Datasheet EK-H4 Specification Electrical specification: EK-H4 Circuit Board Parameter min 8 typ 9 max Unit Input Voltage 10 V External Supply Input Voltage Ripple 0.5 V Supply Current 170 280 mA Input Voltage 4.75 5 5.25 V USB Supply Supply Current 170 280 mA Range 2.1 3.0 3.6 V 0.1 V Sensor Supply Resolution Voltage Accuracy 2 5 % Output current 40 110 1 mA Temperature Resolution 11 14 Bit Humidity Resolution 8 12 Bit Measurement interval 1 1440 s Communication USB (via Virtual Com Port (VCP)) Operating 0 – 50°C (multiplexer box) Temperature -20 – 70°C (cables, sensor) 4 sensor channels Display 2 buttons for display modes Micro Controller Unit Debug interface User field connected to MCU USB interface Reset button Power supply Power LED Default Configuration Initial configuration set for the default mode (values can be changed by using the measurement software) Parameter Sensor Supply Voltage Temperature Resolution Humidity Resolution Measurement interval Heater SHT7x OTP reload SHT2x Default value 3.0 V 12 Bit 12 Bit 1s off on off Power Supply Used Connection DC DC and USB USB EK-H4 supplied from DC (9V) DC (9V) USB (5V) The EK-H4 may be supplied by DC Power Supply Unit at 9V or USB connection at 5V. Power supply by USB is only possible if USB driver is installed correctly. + Table 1 1 EK-H4 Pin Assignment Pin Name Comment - GND Ground + Positive Voltage 9V Supply 8 1 1234 1234 RJ45 Pin 1 Sensor Pin 3 Name VSS Description Ground 3 5 7 1 2 4 SCL VDD SDA Serial clock Supply voltage Serial data Table 2 Pin Assignments: Female RJ45 pin diagram on the left – SHT21 and SHT71 sensors on the right of the upper panel. LED Functions LED Power LED RJ45 Connector DC Power Supply: Pin Diagram Green LED Orange LED Function LED off denotes low supply voltage (DC < 8V, USB < 4.75V) or not connected. Sensor detected Measurement is in progress short circuit current www.sensirion.com Version 1.1 – May 2010 2/7 EK-H4 Users Guide 1 3 Evaluation Kit Features The Evaluation Kit EK-H4 may be used as a stand-alone device, displaying measured values on the screen on the multiplexer box or – connected to a computer – as a datalogger run by multi-viewer software. The stand-alone device displays temperature and humidity values of each connected sensor plus dew-point derived from the two measured values. Besides the above mentioned values the data-logger software displays calculated absolute humidity and power consumption. Furthermore, supply voltage, sensor resolution and measurement frequency can be chosen in a certain range and the on-chip heater may be plugged on and off. Eventually measured data can be exported for data processing. 2 Stand-Alone Evaluation Kit 3.1 Getting Started Set up and application of the stand-alone device is straight forward: 1. Select multiplexer box, power supply cable, sensors with sensor cables as many as needed. 2. Connect sensors via sensor cables to the multiplexer box. 3. Connect multiplexer box via power supply cable to power (voltage supply also may occur via USB cable from a computer). Please note: The specific plug needs to be connected to the power supply cable – the plastic protection cap on cable side must be removed before connecting the plug. 4. As soon as the green LED light is shining, the measurement starts automatically. EK-H4 Suitcase 4 Sensor cables USB cable Empty MS SHT MS Adapter plugs for power supply cable Figure 3 Stand-Alone Evaluation Kit. Voltage supply to be set in the range of AC 80 … 250V. Multiplexer box 3.2 Display Information After powering the EK-H4 as standalone measurement tool the screen shows following information: Power supply cable Sensirion Evaluation Kit for SHTxx EKH4 V1.0 Figure 2 Contents of EK-H4 suitcase: Respective adapter plug needs to be mounted to power side of power supply cable. Make sure protective plastic cap on power supply cable is removed before doing this. MS = Memory Stick with EK-H4 software and datasheets. SHT = humidity and temperature sensors, SHT71 and SHT21. Sensors are connected to sensor cables and those to the multiplexer box. USB cable is needed to connect the multiplexer box to a computer for data-logging function. One cavity remains empty. www.sensirion.com The first screen shows an overview over the connected sensors. In the first row the sensor number, which can be matched with the printed number on the cover, is visible. In the second column the temperature is displayed in °C. The third column shows the relative humidity. Not connected sensor ports are displayed with “--.-- ” . Version 1.1 – May 2010 1 2 3 4 25.45°C --.--°C 24.98°C 25.71°C 45.32%RH --.--%RH 46.27%RH 45.46%RH 3/7 Datasheet EK-H4 By pressing the buttons the displayed information can be switched from all sensors to the respective single sensors: Right button: Sensor 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → all → 1 Left button: Sensor 4 → 3 → 2 → 1 → all → 4 The displayed information by choosing only one sensor is as following: Sensor 1: Temperature: Humidity RH: Dew Point: SHT7x 25.45°C 45.32% 16.76°C If no sensor is connected to the chosen port sensor designation is replaced with “no sens”. To execute a self test for testing the sensor ports and voltage supply both buttons must be pressed for longer than one second. For a successful self test each port requires a sensor to be connected. If no sensor is connected the corresponding port will show an error. Sens 1: OK Sens 2: OK Sensor Supply EKH4 Supply 3: 4: : : OK OK OK OK By pressing one of the buttons the display information will switch back to the measurement. 4 Data-Logger with Software Figure 4 EK-H4 configuration with connection to read-out software on computer. No additional power supply is needed. 4.3 Starting a Measurement Connect the EK-H4 multiplexer box with a USB cable to the computer and then start the software by doubleclicking on EKH4Viewer.exe. The connect dialog displays the COM ports to which EK-H4 multiplexer boxes are connected – see Figure 5. After clicking OK, a connection to the multiplexer box is established and the sensors are listed in the Sensor Select and Measurement Data sections – see Figure 6. Using the EK-H4 system as a data-logger requires the installation of the read-out software on a computer and connecting multiplexer box and computer via USB cable. Prior to this a driver installation may be necessary. 4.1 EK-H4 Driver Installation Connect the EK-H4 multiplexer box to the computer via USB cable. EK-H4 uses a Silicon Laboratories CP210x USB to UART bridge controller. If a driver for this controller is not installed yet, a dialog pops up which helps you to search for a driver on the internet. Alternatively, the driver software may be installed from the EK-H4 memory stick. 4.2 Read-Out Software Installation EK-H4 read-out software requires the .NET framework 2.0 or later. If it is not already installed on the computer, it may be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/. To install the EK-H4 software, simply copy the EK-H4 folder from the memory stick to the hard drive of the computer. www.sensirion.com Figure 5 Connect dialog of read-out software. Window in the center displays COM ports with multiplexer boxes connected. 4.4 Multiple EK-H4 Devices EK-H4 read-out software is able to read sensors from various EK-H4 multiplexers. The different systems are selected via connect dialog at start-up or using the menu item File/Connect. To disconnect EK-H4 systems use the menu item File/Disconnect. Version 1.1 – May 2010 4/7 Datasheet EK-H4 4.6 Calculated Values Relative humidity and temperature data are measured by the sensors. From this data dew point and absolute humidity values are derived. Power consumption values are calculated based on sensor type and setting parameters. All these entities may be displayed in the graphs – to be selected by the menus at the bottom of the window. Please note: These data are not measured but simulated. 4.7 Settings Figure 6 EK-H4 software window before measurement starts. Sensors are displayed in different colors. 4.5 Temperature and Humidity Measurement Measurements are started and stopped by the Start/Stop button. The measured data are displayed in the Measurement Data table. The measurements which are displayed in this table can be selected in the context menu which appears when the right mouse button is clicked on the table. Two plots are available, which display the progress of a measurement over time. The measurement can be selected in the list below the plot. The scale of the axes can be altered by pressing the left mouse button on the axis and moving the mouse. The plot can be dragged using the left mouse button. The right mouse button can be used to display a context menu, which offers functions to print or copy the plot, or to set auto-scale options for the axes. The Data Handling section contains controls for settings which affect all connected sensors. If SHT7x and SHT2x sensors are connected simultaneously only features from SHT7x sensors apply. By using only SHT2x sensors the full range of settings can be used. After disconnection default configuration is put in place. Sensor Voltage Temp. resolution Humidity resolution Heater Measurement interval Table 3 SHT2x 2.1…3.6 V 11, 12, 13, 14 Bit 8, 10, 11, 12 Bit On, Off 1 … 1440 s SHT7x 2.1…3.6 V 12, 14 Bit 8, 12 Bit On, Off 1 … 1440 s Parameter ranges for the different sensor types. 4.8 Data Logging and Data Export The data displayed in the measurement plots is kept in memory. The measured values can be exported to a CSV file using the menu item File/Export Data. The measurement data can be cleared with the Clear Data button. Because the data memory is limited, long-running measurements should be logged directly to disk. Logging can be started and stopped using the menu item File/Log to File. 4.9 Sensor and EK-H4 Properties Information about the sensors and evaluation kits can be displayed with the Properties command in the context menu of the cells in the Sensor Select table. Figure 7 Software surface during measurement. Displayed values may be selected via menus at the bottom of the window. www.sensirion.com Version 1.1 – May 2010 5/7 Datasheet EK-H4 4.10 License Information The EK-H4 viewer software uses the NPlot charting library, to which the following license applies: ************************************************************************* NPlot - A charting library for .NET Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Matt Howlett and others. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. 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