BMP180 Pressure Sensor for Arduino and Raspberry Pi Boards

BMP180 Pressure Sensor

BMP180 Pressure sensor is the most used pressure sensor for DIY projects, it is High Precision Digital Barometric pressure sensor for Arduino and Raspberry Pi boards used for the development of different smart IoT solutions.

BMP180 Pressure Sensor

Application:  Measuring the absolute pressure of the environment

Output type: Digital

Measurement range: Pressure range: 300~1100hPa (elevation 9000 m ~-500 m)

(1 hPa = 100 Pascals = 1 mb.) hPa-> HectoPascal  , mb-> Millibar

Operating Voltage:  1.8 V to 3.6 V

Manufacturer:   Robert Bosch (sensor manufacturing)

Datasheet/Information document : BMP 180 by Bosch

Compatible with:    Arduino board, Raspberry Pi Board and other MCU

Seller (Buy at) :  Online store or any offline store

BMP180 Pressure sensor Description

• The BMP180 is a high precision pressure sensor, small size, low power consumption, and can be used on mobile devices such as smart phones, tablet pieces and sports devices.
• BMP180 pressure sensor follows the BMP085 and brings many improvements, like the improvement in size i.e smaller size and the expansion of digital interfaces.
• Excellent performance and lowest absolute precision can reach 0.03hPa,
• Extremely low power consumption, only 3 μA
• Temperature measurement included I2C interface Fully calibrated
• The ultra-low power consumption down to 3µA makes the BMP180 the leader in power saving for your mobile devices.
• BMP180 hosts using powerful 8-pin ceramic LCC i.e Leadless chip ultra thin package, you can via the I2C bus directly connected to the microprocessor
• Measuring the absolute pressure of the environment using a digital barometer
• By converting the pressure measured into altitude, you can determine the height of your robot, plane or projectile.
• Using a sensor as capable as the BMP180 one can achieve accuracy of 1m, with noise of only 17cm in ultra high resolution noise.
• It will operate at only 0.3uA meaning low current draw for battery powered applications.
• BMP180 is also distinguished by its very stable behavior (performance) with regard to the independency of the supply voltage.

Main features of BMP 180 Pressure sensor module

• Pressure range: 300~1100hPa (elevation 9000 m ~-500 m)

(1 hPa = 100 Pascals = 1 mb.) hPa- HectoPascal  , mb- Millibar

• Power supply voltage range: 1.8V~3.6V (VDDA), 1.62V~3.6V (VDDD)
• LCC8 package: lead-free ceramic carrier package (LCC)
• Size: 3.6mmx3.8×0.93mm
• Low power consumption: 5 µA, in standard mode
• High accuracy: low-power mode, the resolution of 0.06hPa (0.5 m)
• High linearity mode, resolution of 0.03hPa (0.25 m)
• With temperature output
• I2C interface
• Temperature compensation
• Lead-free, in line with the RoHS standard
• MSL 1-response time: 7.5ms
• Standby current: 0.1 μA
• No external clock circuit

Typical applications of BMP180 Pressure sensor module

• Precise GPS navigation (dead reckoning, upper and lower bridge detection etc.)
• Indoor and outdoor navigation
• Leisure, sport and health monitoring
• Weather forecast
• Vertical speed indicator (rising/sinking speed)
• The fan power control

Other Sensors

1. Temperature Sensors- For an Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications
2. HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Distance Measurement Sensor Module for Arduino, Raspberry Pi and other development boards
3. DHT11- The basic Temperature and Humidity Sensor
4. LM35- Precision Temperature Sensor for IoT application development

Projects

1. Arduino Smoke Detector | Using MQ-7 Smoke Sensor (CO measuremnt)
2. Arduino Traffic Light Controller || IoT Project
3. WEATHER STATION – Internet of Things Project using NodeMCU

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References:

• Bosch-sensortech
• BMP 180 digital pressure sensor datasheet