Current 9 Click Board™
Product Code: MIKROE-5319
DO NOT TOUCH THE BOARD WHILE THE LOAD IS CONNECTED! Note: This Click board™ needs to be used by trained personnel only while applying high voltages. Special care should be taken when working with hazardous voltage levels. How Does The Current 9 Click Board™ Work? The Current 9 Click Board™ is based on the CT415-HSN830DR, an XtremeSense® TMR current sensor providing high-accuracy current measurements from Crocus Technology. The CT415-HSN830DR comes with an integrated current carrying conductor (CCC) that handles current from 0A up to 30A. It has high sensitivity and a wide dynamic range with excellent accuracy (low total output error) across temperature range from –40°C to +85°C making it suitable for many consumer, enterprise, and industrial applications. When current flows through the CCC, the XtremeSense® TMR sensors inside the chip sense the field, generating a differential voltage signal that goes through the analogue front-end to output a current measurement with less than ±1% full-scale total output error.
The CT415-HSN830DR is designed to enable a fast response time for the current measurement. In addition, the user is provided with the option of selecting the output voltage level of the sensor performed by the onboard SMD jumper by populating it to an appropriate position marked as 3V3 or 5V. Even with high bandwidth of 1MHz, the CT415 consumes minimal power.
The output signal of the CT415-HSN830DR can be converted to a digital value using MCP3221, a successive approximation A/D converter with a 12-bit resolution from Microchip using a 2-wire I2C compatible interface, or can be sent directly to an analogue pin of the mikroBUS™ socket labelled as AN. Selection can be performed by onboard SMD jumper labelled as ADC SEL, placing it to an appropriate position marked as EXT and INT.
Also, the Current 9 Click Board™ should be connected in series with the load. The current is measured by two onboard terminal connectors, one terminal block for the positive and the other for the negative current input.
The Current 9 Click Board™ can operate with both 3.3V and 5V logic voltage levels selected via the VCC SEL jumper. This way, it is allowed for both 3.3V and 5V capable MCUs to use the communication lines properly. However, the Click board™ comes equipped with a library containing easy-to-use functions and an example code that can be used, as a reference, for further development.
SPECIFICATIONS
Type
Measurements
Applications
Can be used for many consumer, enterprise, and industrial applications
On-board modules
CT415-HSN830DR - XtremeSense® TMR current sensor from Crocus Technology
Key Features
Low power consumption, integrated current carrying conductor, low total error output, high bandwidth, fast response time, high accuracy and precision, the possibility of signal processing in analogue and digital form, and more
Interface
Analog, I2C
Compatibility
mikroBUS
Click board size
L (57.15 x 25.4 mm)
Input Voltage
3.3V or 5V
PINOUT DIAGRAM
This table shows how the pinout of the Current 9 Click Board™ corresponds to the pinout on the mikroBUS™ socket (the latter shown in the two middle columns).
Notes
Pin
Pin
Notes
Analog Signal
AN
1
AN
PWM
16
NC
NC
2
RST
INT
15
NC
NC
3
CS
RX
14
NC
NC
4
SCK
TX
13
NC
NC
5
MISO
SCL
12
SCL
I2C Clock
NC
6
MOSI
SDA
11
SDA
I2C Data
Power Supply
3.3V
7
3.3V
5V
10
5V
Power Supply
Ground
GND
8
GND
GND
9
GND
Ground
ONBOARD SETTINGS AND INDICATORS
Label
Name
Default
Description
LD1
PWR
-
Power LED Indic
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