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Sensirion SFM3000 I2C problem

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:18 pm
by Mustafa
Hi All,
I'm trying to connect flow sensor model SFM3000 to ESP32 using I2C.
I tried to do it using Arduino and everything was OK.
but the problem with micropython that I'm receiving error bytes from the sensor.
This is the datasheet for sensor and I2C description
https://www.sensirion.com/en/download-c ... low-meter/
and this is my micropython code:
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from machine import Pin, I2C
from time import sleep

# construct spi
i2c = I2C(scl=Pin(32),sda=Pin(33),freq=400000)
sleep(1)
# send 0x2000 to soft reset sensor and wait 3 sec
re = bytearray([0x20,0x00])
i2c.writeto(0x40,re)
sleep(3)
#scan for the sensor address
print(i2c.scan())

#Initialize Sensor send 0x1000 to sensor to start continuous measurement
start = bytearray([0x10,0x00])
print(i2c.writeto(64,start))
sleep(2)
#start measurements
while True:
buf=bytearray(3)
i2c.readfrom_into(0x40,buf)
print(buf)
sleep(1)
"
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the output is sometimes 2 bytes or 3 bytes and it's incorrect
"
bytearray(b'}\x04\xbf')
bytearray(b'|\xf8\xb4')
bytearray(b'}\x04\xbf')
bytearray(b'}\x108')
bytearray(b'}\x00{')
bytearray(b'}\x00{')
bytearray(b'|\xfcp')
bytearray(b'}\x08\xc2')
bytearray(b'}\x04\xbf')
bytearray(b'}\x00{')
bytearray(b'}\x00{')
bytearray(b'}\x08\xc2')
bytearray(b'|\xf8\xb4')
bytearray(b'|\xf8\xb4')
bytearray(b'}\x00{')
bytearray(b'}\x00{')
bytearray(b'|\xf8\xb4')
"
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for arduino I used this code
"

#include <Wire.h>


void setup()
{
Wire.begin();
Serial.begin(9600);
int a = 0;
int b = 0;
int c = 0;

delay(1000);

Wire.beginTransmission(byte(0x40)); // transmit to device #064 (0x40)
Wire.write(byte(0x10)); //
Wire.write(byte(0x00)); //
Wire.endTransmission();

delay(5);
// the first two measurements are always wrong print just to debug
Wire.requestFrom(0x40, 3); //
a = Wire.read(); // first received byte stored here
b = Wire.read(); // second received byte stored here
c = Wire.read(); // third received byte stored here
Wire.endTransmission();
Serial.println(a);
Serial.println(b);
Serial.println(c);

delay(5);

Wire.requestFrom(0x40, 3); //
a = Wire.read(); // first received byte stored here
b = Wire.read(); // second received byte stored here
c = Wire.read(); // third received byte stored here
Wire.endTransmission();
Serial.print(a);
Serial.print(b);
Serial.println(c);

delay(5);
}

uint8_t crc8(const uint8_t data, uint8_t crc) {
crc ^= data;

for ( uint8_t i = 8; i; --i ) {
crc = ( crc & 0x80 )
? (crc << 1) ^ 0x31
: (crc << 1);
}
return crc;
}

void loop() {

int offset = 32000; // Offset for the sensor
float scale = 140.0; // Scale factor for Air and N2 is 140.0, O2 is 142.8


Wire.requestFrom(0x40, 3); // read 3 bytes from device with address 0x40
uint16_t a = Wire.read(); // first received byte stored here. The variable "uint16_t" can hold 2 bytes, this will be relevant later
Serial.println(a);
uint8_t b = Wire.read(); // second received byte stored here
Serial.println(b);
uint8_t crc = Wire.read(); // crc value stored here
Serial.println(crc);
uint8_t mycrc = 0xFF; // initialize crc variable
mycrc = crc8(a, mycrc); // let first byte through CRC calculation
mycrc = crc8(b, mycrc); // and the second byte too
if (mycrc != crc) { // check if the calculated and the received CRC byte matches
}
a = (a << 8) | b; // combine the two received bytes to a 16bit integer value

float Flow = ((float)a - offset) / scale;
Serial.println(a); // print the raw data from the sensor to the serial interface
Serial.println(Flow); // print the calculated flow to the serial interface

delay(25);
}

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sorry I don't know how to add code to the post

Re: Sensirion SFM3000 I2C problem

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 3:14 pm
by Mustafa
I think the problem with the printing function!
because when I make the equation to calculate the flow using this code
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offset = 32000 # Offset for the sensor
scale = 140.0 # Scale factor for Air
while True:
#read bytes from sensor to buffer
buf = i2c.readfrom(0x40,3)
#take the first 2 bytes of measurements
fd = int.from_bytes(buf[0:2], 'big')
#calculate flow
flow = (fd - offset) / scale
print(flow)
sleep(0.5)
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it gives me different value than the printed using the first code
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i2c.readfrom_into(0x40,buf)
print(buf)
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now it gives me same results as arduino code results

Re: Sensirion SFM3000 I2C problem

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:53 pm
by zaord
Hi !

Did you solved your problem ?

I try to do the same, maybe we could help each other !