Connecting grid-eye sensor



  • I accidently ordered the wrong kind of sensor and got Grid-eye one wire instead of Grid-eye usb. The one I got have two RJ11-connectors and from what I understand uses onewire for communication. alt text
    Schematic

    Datasheet

    I tried to understand the schematic to determine if I could use the TPx connectors at the top to connect and found that TP6 is 1-wire out and TP1 looks like GND, but I do not understand where VCC should go.

    So my questions is
    1: can I connect it to arduino using onewire and the TPx connections, and how would I connect it in that case.
    2: Can I use a FTDI-adapter in some way to be able to connect it to a PC to use the windows-demo-software?

    It looks like you're supposed to use some kind of additional hardware or shield between the sensor and the arduino but is there some way to connect it directly?



  • I managed to connect the sensor using the SDA and SCL and found some example code. I have only connected SDA,SCL, GND, and VCC. There where some more pins mentioned in the info but I guess they where not needed.
    I tried some software and it showed all temeratures correctly in a graphical gui but when I tried the arduino code the serial monitor wass willed with "garbage" even tho I used the the specified baudrate in the serial monitor.

    But I clearly see that the serial monitor reacts to my hand and other warm objects. Can I change anything in the code to have a clearer output?

    #include <Wire.h>       /*** including the Wire libary needed for the I2C communication ***/
    
    #include <Arduino.h>    /*** including the standard Arduino libary ***/
    
    
    #define AD_SELECT 19    /*** Define the address select pin ***/
    #define INT 18          /*** Define the interrupt pin ***/
    #define Hz10  85        /*** Define the delay time [ms] for the 10Hz mode ***/
    #define Hz1   985       /*** Define the delay time [ms] for the 1Hz mode ***/
    #define ADDR  0x68      /*** Define the I2C address for the Grid-EYE ***/
    
    
    void setup()
    {
      /*** join the I2C bus as master ***/
      Wire.begin();
      
      /*** start the serial Communication with 57600 Bauts ***/
      Serial.begin(57600);
    
    
      /*** Set the address pin as an output and set the Grid-EYE ***/
      /*** Slave address to 0x68 (0110 1000) ***/
      pinMode(AD_SELECT, OUTPUT);
      digitalWrite(AD_SELECT,LOW);
    
      /*** Set interrupt pin as an input pin ***/
      pinMode(INT, INPUT);
    
    }
    
    void loop()
    {
      /*** Variable declaration ***/
      byte pixelAddL;
      byte lowerLevel[64];
      byte upperLevel[64];
      byte lowerLevelTherm;
      byte upperLevelTherm;
      short Maindelay = Hz10;
    
      while(1)
      {
        /*** read out the Thermister tremperature ***/
        Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
        Wire.write(0x0E);
        Wire.endTransmission();
        Wire.requestFrom(ADDR, 2);
        lowerLevelTherm = Wire.read();
        upperLevelTherm = Wire.read();
        
        /*** set pixel address on the first Pixel (low) address ***/
        pixelAddL = 0x80;
    
        /*** read out the temperature of all 64 Pixel ***/
        for (int pixel = 0; pixel < 64; pixel++)
        {
          Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
          Wire.write(pixelAddL);
          Wire.endTransmission();
          Wire.requestFrom(ADDR, 2);
          lowerLevel[pixel] = Wire.read();
          upperLevel[pixel] = Wire.read();
          pixelAddL = pixelAddL + 2;
        }
        /*** end of read out ***/
    
        /*** Start Serial communication the temperature readout ***/
    
        /*** header ***/
        Serial.print('*');
        Serial.print('*');
        Serial.print('*');
        /*** send the thermistor temerature ***/
        Serial.print((char)lowerLevelTherm);
        Serial.print((char)upperLevelTherm);
    
        /*** send the temperature of the Pixel array ***/
        for (int pixel = 0; pixel < 64; pixel++)
        {
          Serial.print((char)lowerLevel[pixel]);
          Serial.print((char)upperLevel[pixel]);
        }
    
        /*** check if data was send to the EVB ***/
        if(Serial.available() > 0)
        {
          int command = Serial.read();
          int freq = Serial.read();
          
          if(freq == 10)  //Set the Grid-EYE to the 10 Hz mode
          {
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x02);
            Wire.write(0x00);
            Wire.endTransmission();
            Maindelay = Hz10;
            
          }
          else if(freq == 1) //Set the Grid-EYE to the 1 Hz mode
          {
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x02);
            Wire.write(0x01);
            Wire.endTransmission();
            Maindelay = Hz1;
            
          }
          else if(freq == 2) //Set the output Mode of the Grid-EYE to normal
          {
          
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x1F);
            Wire.write(0x50);
            Wire.endTransmission();
          
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x1F);
            Wire.write(0x45);
            Wire.endTransmission();
          
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x1F);
            Wire.write(0x57);
            Wire.endTransmission();
          
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x07);
            Wire.write(0x00);
            Wire.endTransmission();
          
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x1F);
            Wire.write(0x00);
            Wire.endTransmission();
          }
          else if(freq == 3)  //Set the output Mode of the Grid-EYE to moving average
          {
          
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x1F);
            Wire.write(0x50);
            Wire.endTransmission();
          
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x1F);
            Wire.write(0x45);
            Wire.endTransmission();
          
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x1F);
            Wire.write(0x57);
            Wire.endTransmission();
            
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x07);
            Wire.write(0x20);
            Wire.endTransmission();
      
            Wire.beginTransmission(ADDR);
            Wire.write(0x1F);
            Wire.write(0x00);
            Wire.endTransmission();
          }
        }
        /*** termination of Serial ***/
        Serial.print("\r");
        Serial.print("\n");
    
        /*** delay for refresh of Grid-EYE data ***/
        delay(Maindelay);
      }
    
    }
    
    

  • Mod

    @Cliff-Karlsson Very interested to see what you'll be building with this sensor! (http://www.pureengineering.com/projects/grid-eye-breakout)

    Maybe this sketch can help? https://github.com/kriswiner/AMG8833


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