Adafruit Feather M0 and DPS310 barometric pressure sensor circuitpython example

In this article we connect a DPS310 barometric pressure sensor to an Adafruit Feather M0 running Circuitpython

Sensor Information

The pressure sensor element is based on a capacitive sensing principlewhich guarantees high precision during temperature changes. The small package makesthe DPS310 ideal for mobile applications and wearable devices.The internal signal processor converts the output from the pressure and temperature sensor elements to 24bit results.

Each unit is individually calibrated, the calibration coefficients calculated during this process arestored in the calibration registers. The coefficients are used in the application to convert the measurementresults to high accuracy pressure and temperature values.

The result FIFO can store up to 32 measurementresults, allowing for a reduced host processor polling rate. Sensor measurements and calibration coefficientsare available through the serial I2C or SPI interface.

The measurement status is indicated by status bits orinterrupts on the SDO pin.

Here is the sensor I purchased from the good folks at Adafruit (via Pimoroni in the UK)

Features

This is the sensor that I bought

Parts Required

The sensor you can pick up in the $6 price range – you can connect to the sensor using a standard header the classic dupont style jumper wire.

I used a Qwiic cable – since a few sensors seem to use these but this is optional

Name	Link
Adafruit Feather M0 Express	Amazon link Ebay link
DPS310	AliExpress link Amazon link
Connecting cables	Aliexpress product link Ebay link

Schematic/Connection

I used the Adafruit PCT2075 sensor and in this case used the Stemma connection

For the STEMMA QT cables, it uses the Qwiic convention:

Black for GND
Red for V+
Blue for SDA
Yellow for SCL

So color coded for ease of use, this layout shows a connection to the module

feather and DPS310

Code Example

I used Mu for development

The following is based on a library , I copied the adafruit_dps310.mpy library for this device to the lib folder on my Feather M0 Express – https://circuitpython.org/libraries

This is the basic example which comes with the library

[codesyntax lang=”python”]

import time
import board
import adafruit_dps310

i2c = board.I2C()  # uses board.SCL and board.SDA
dps310 = adafruit_dps310.DPS310(i2c)

while True:
    print("Temperature = %.2f *C" % dps310.temperature)
    print("Pressure = %.2f hPa" % dps310.pressure)
    print("")
    time.sleep(1.0)

[/codesyntax]

Output

Here is what I saw in Mu REPL window

Links

Datasheet