BME280

Humidity sensor measuring relative humidity, barometric pressure and ambient temperature

• Datasheet

The sensor is available as a module for DIY projects from various manufacturers, such as Adafruit and SparkFun. It boasts high accuracy, a compact size, and the flexibility to connect via both I2C and SPI interfaces.

The BME280 driver enables the following functionalities:

• Detect the presence of the sensor.
• Perform a reset operation.
• Configure the parameters of the IRR filter and oversampling for each channel.
• Read calibration coefficients.
• Conduct measurements and calibrate the obtained values.
• Calculate the time required for measurements.

Install

Add bme280 as a dependency to your crate with Alire:

alr with bme280

Usage

The driver implements two usage models: the generic package, which is more convenient when dealing with a single sensor, and the tagged type, which allows easy creation of objects for any number of sensors and uniform handling.

Generic instantiation looks like this:

declare
   package BME280_I2C is new BME280.I2C
     (I2C_Port    => STM32.Device.I2C_1'Access,
      I2C_Address => 16#76#);

begin
   if BME280_I2C.Check_Chip_Id then
      BME280_I2C.Reset (Ravenscar_Time.Delays, Ok);
      ...

While declaring object of the tagged type looks like this:

declare
   Sensor : BME280.I2C_Sensors.BME280_I2C_Sensor :=
     (I2C_Port    => STM32.Device.I2C_1'Access,
      I2C_Address => 16#76#,
      Calibration => <>);
begin
   if Sensor.Check_Chip_Id then
      Sensor.Reset (Ravenscar_Time.Delays, Ok);
      ...

Examples

You need Ada_Drivers_Library in adl directory. Clone it then run Alire to build:

git clone https://github.com/AdaCore/Ada_Drivers_Library.git adl
cd examples
alr build

GNAT Studio

Launch GNAT Studio with Alire:

cd examples; alr exec gnatstudio -- -P bme280_put/bme280_put.gpr

VS Code

Make sure alr in the PATH. Open the examples folder in VS Code. Use pre-configured tasks to build projects and flash (openocd or st-util). Install Cortex Debug extension to launch pre-configured debugger targets.

• Simple example for STM32 F4VE board - complete example for the generic instantiation.
• Advanced example for STM32 F4VE board and LCD & touch panel - complete example of the tagged type usage.