主要特性
HTS221是意法半導體(STMicroelectronics)生產的小體積、數字式溫濕度傳感器IC。該IC目前在官網仍處在“評估”狀態。其主要特性:
- 工作電壓:1.7~3.6V
- 數據輸出頻率(ODR)可設:1Hz ~ 12.5Hz
- 低功耗:2μA@1Hz ODR
- 溫度精度:給出誤差典型值+/-0.5°C, 15~40°C;但注明“Typical specifications are not guaranteed.”。無誤差最大值信息。
- 濕度精度:給出誤差典型值+/-4.5%RH, 20~80%RH;同樣注明“Typical specifications are not guaranteed.”。無誤差最大值信息。
- 內置16-bit ADC
- 接口:I2C或3-wire SPI
- 出廠已校准,但需要用戶自行讀取校准信息、並計算校准后的結果
- 封裝:2 x 2 x 0.9mm HLGA-6L封裝,是已知同類傳感器中體積最小的
- 片上集成加熱器(heater)
管腳定義
和其他的溫濕度傳感器比,HTS221的芯片管腳功能更多、也略顯復雜:
- VDD:電源,支持1.7~3.6V電壓
- GND:地
- CS:I2C/3-wire SPI接口選擇,當CS=1時為I2C接口,反之為3-wire SPI接口。默認為1。
- SCL/SPC:I2C或3-wire SPI接口的時鍾線,由CS選擇。
- SDA/SDI/SDO:I2C或3-wire SPI接口的數據線,由CS選擇。
- DRDY:提供Data Ready信號輸出。當測量完成、有溫濕度數據可供讀取時,DRDY為高電平;當無溫濕度數據、或溫濕度數據已被讀取完畢后,DRDY為低電平。該功能也可以通過設置控制寄存器(CTRL_REG3)關閉。
與Arduino的連接
雖然HTS221支持I2C、3-wire SPI接口。對於3-wire SPI接口,其數據輸入/輸出(SDI/SDO)共用一條信號線,不同於Arduino的四線制SPI,有MOSI、MOSI信號線的區分。因此還是通過I2C接口連接。由於Arduino UNO正常工作在5V電壓下,因此二者的連接還需要I2C Logic Level Converter。留意Converter帶了I2C總線所需的上拉電阻。
功能調試
1. HTS221內置不少寄存器,每個寄存器都有一個8bit的子地址(sub-address)。在操作時,既可以單獨對某個地址的寄存器進行I2C讀/寫,也可以在一次I2C命令中對連續的多個地址的寄存器進行讀/寫。
2. 手冊沒有給出每次測量所需的測量時間,實測默認配置下one shot測量用時約3ms。代碼中通過讀取STATUS_REG寄存器,來判斷一次測量是否完畢。也可以通過讀取DRDY管腳信號進行判斷。
3. HTS221將出廠前的校准信息保存在內部寄存器中,溫度校准有兩對數據:t0 & t0out, t1 & t1out,濕度校准亦有兩對數據:h0 & h0t0out, h1 & h1t0out。從命名上看,濕度校准數據是在t0溫度下做的。MCU將HTS221溫濕度輸出值得到后,還需要利用這兩組校正數據進行反推(線性插值),繼而獲得所代表的溫濕度測量結果。代碼在初始化部分,讀取了四組校准數據並打印了出來。
為什么不能像其他傳感器那樣,讀出來的值就是計算好的最終結果呢?
4. Arduino庫自帶的map()只能對整型進行操作,因此將其改成了對浮點數進行操作。
5. 從測量結果上看,濕度動輒75%以上,明顯偏高不少。
6. 嘗試用中斷函數捕獲DRDY上升沿,進而在中斷函數中進行數據讀取。可是不知為何,中斷函數會卡在對I2C的操作上。
測試代碼

1 /* 2 Measurement of relative humidity and temperature using HTS221 3 */ 4 5 #include <Wire.h> 6 7 #define ADDRESS_HTS221 0x5F 8 #define CTRL_REG1 0x20 9 #define CTRL_REG2 0x21 10 #define STATUS_REG 0x27 11 #define HUMIDITY_OUT_L_REG 0x28 12 #define T0_degC_x8 0x32 13 #define T0_OUT 0x3C 14 #define H0_rH_x2 0x30 15 #define H0_T0_OUT 0x36 16 #define H1_T0_OUT 0x3A 17 18 byte buffer[] = {0, 0, 0, 0}; 19 byte status = 0; 20 21 float t0, t1, h0, h1; 22 int t0out, t1out, h0out, h1out; 23 24 int outHumi = 0; 25 int outTemp = 0; 26 float valueHumi = 0; 27 float valueTemp = 0; 28 29 void setup() 30 { 31 Wire.begin(); 32 Serial.begin(9600); 33 34 //turn on the HTS221, set the update mode to one shot 35 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 36 Wire.write(CTRL_REG1); 37 Wire.write(0x84); 38 Wire.endTransmission(); 39 40 ReadCaliData(); 41 42 //print the calibration coefficients 43 Serial.println("Calibration coefficients: "); 44 Serial.print("t0 = "); Serial.print(t0); Serial.print(" `C, t0out = "); Serial.println(t0out); 45 Serial.print("t1 = "); Serial.print(t1); Serial.print(" `C, t1out = "); Serial.println(t1out); 46 Serial.print("h0 = "); Serial.print(h0); Serial.print(" \%RH, h0out = "); Serial.println(h0out); 47 Serial.print("h1 = "); Serial.print(h1); Serial.print(" \%RH, h1out = "); Serial.println(h1out); 48 Serial.println("------------------------"); 49 } 50 51 void loop() 52 { 53 //perform a measurement 54 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 55 Wire.write(CTRL_REG2); 56 Wire.write(0x01); 57 Wire.endTransmission(); 58 59 //check the status 60 status = 0; 61 while (status != 0x03) //typical conversition time: 3ms 62 { 63 delayMicroseconds(3000); 64 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 65 Wire.write(STATUS_REG); 66 Wire.endTransmission(); 67 68 Wire.requestFrom(ADDRESS_HTS221, 1); 69 if(Wire.available() >= 1) 70 { 71 status = Wire.read(); 72 } 73 delayMicroseconds(500); 74 // Serial.println(status, HEX); 75 } 76 77 //read multiple bytes incrementing the register address 78 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 79 Wire.write(HUMIDITY_OUT_L_REG | 0x80); 80 Wire.endTransmission(); 81 82 Wire.requestFrom(ADDRESS_HTS221, 4); 83 if (Wire.available() >= 4) 84 { 85 for (byte i = 0; i < 4; i++) 86 { 87 buffer[i] = Wire.read(); 88 } 89 } 90 91 outHumi = (buffer[1] << 8) | buffer[0]; 92 outTemp = (buffer[3] << 8) | buffer[2]; 93 94 valueTemp = mapFloat(outTemp, t0out, t1out, t0, t1); 95 valueHumi = mapFloat(outHumi, h0out, h1out, h0, h1); 96 Serial.print(valueTemp); Serial.print(" `C, "); 97 Serial.print(valueHumi); Serial.println(" \%RH"); 98 99 delay(4000); 100 } 101 102 void ReadCaliData() 103 { 104 //read out t0degCx8, t1degCx8 105 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 106 Wire.write(T0_degC_x8 | 0x80); 107 Wire.endTransmission(); 108 Wire.requestFrom(ADDRESS_HTS221, 4); 109 if (Wire.available() >= 4) 110 { 111 for (byte i = 0; i < 4; i++) 112 { 113 buffer[i] = Wire.read(); 114 } 115 } 116 word t0degCx8 = ((buffer[3] & 0b00000011) << 8) | buffer[0]; 117 word t1degCx8 = ((buffer[3] & 0b00001100) << 6) | buffer[1]; 118 t0 = t0degCx8/8.0; 119 t1 = t1degCx8/8.0; 120 121 //read out t0out, t1out 122 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 123 Wire.write(T0_OUT | 0x80); 124 Wire.endTransmission(); 125 Wire.requestFrom(ADDRESS_HTS221, 4); 126 if (Wire.available() >= 4) 127 { 128 for (byte i = 0; i < 4; i++) 129 { 130 buffer[i] = Wire.read(); 131 } 132 } 133 t0out = (buffer[1] << 8) | buffer[0]; 134 t1out = (buffer[3] << 8) | buffer[2]; 135 136 //read out h0RHx2, h1RHx2 137 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 138 Wire.write(H0_rH_x2 | 0x80); 139 Wire.endTransmission(); 140 141 Wire.requestFrom(ADDRESS_HTS221, 2); 142 if (Wire.available() >= 2) 143 { 144 for (byte i = 0; i < 2; i++) 145 { 146 buffer[i] = Wire.read(); 147 } 148 } 149 byte h0RHx2 = buffer[0]; 150 byte h1RHx2 = buffer[1]; 151 h0 = h0RHx2/2.0; 152 h1 = h1RHx2/2.0; 153 154 //read out h0t0Out 155 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 156 Wire.write(H0_T0_OUT | 0x80); 157 Wire.endTransmission(); 158 Wire.requestFrom(ADDRESS_HTS221, 2); 159 if (Wire.available() >= 2) 160 { 161 for (byte i = 0; i < 2; i++) 162 { 163 buffer[i] = Wire.read(); 164 } 165 } 166 h0out = (buffer[1] << 8) | buffer[0]; 167 168 //read out h1t0Out 169 Wire.beginTransmission(ADDRESS_HTS221); 170 Wire.write(H1_T0_OUT | 0x80); 171 Wire.endTransmission(); 172 Wire.requestFrom(ADDRESS_HTS221, 2); 173 if (Wire.available() >= 2) 174 { 175 for (byte i = 0; i < 2; i++) 176 { 177 buffer[i] = Wire.read(); 178 } 179 } 180 h1out = (buffer[1] << 8) | buffer[0]; 181 } 182 183 float mapFloat(int x, int in_min, int in_max, float out_min, float out_max) 184 { 185 return (x - in_min) * (out_max - out_min) / (in_max - in_min) + out_min; 186 }
首先打印HTS221保存的校准信息,之后會每隔4秒觸發一次測量並打印結果:
結論
與Si7021比,HTS221(under evaluation)的體積更小、接口更豐富,使用更靈活,但在硬件接口和軟件操作上都略顯復雜。精度上,datasheet也並未給出已驗證的典型誤差和最大誤差,實測濕度誤差較大。
參考資料
HTS221 Capacitive digital sensor for relative humidity and temperature