AM2315 Temperature & Humidity Sensor¶
The foglamp-south-am2315 is a south plugin for a temperature and humidity sensor. The sensor connects via the I2C bus and can provide temperature data in the range -40oC to +125oC with an accuracy of 0.1oC.
The plugin will produce a single asset that has two data points; temperature and humidity.
Note
The AM2315 is only available on the Raspberry Pi as it requires an I2C bus connection
To create a south service with the AM2315 plugin
Click on South in the left hand menu bar
Select am2315 from the plugin list
Name your service and click Next
Configure the plugin
Asset Name: The name of the asset that will be created. To help when multiple AM2315 sensors are used a %M may be added to the asset name. This will be replaced with the I2C address of the sensor.
I2C Address: The I2C address of the sensor, this allows multiple sensors to be added to the same I2C bus.
Click Next
Enable the service and click on Done
Wiring The Sensor¶
The following table details the four connections that must be made from the sensor to the Raspberry Pi GPIO connector.
Colour |
Name |
GPIO Pin |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Red |
VDD |
Pin 2 (5V) |
Power (3.3V - 5V) |
Yellow |
SDA |
Pin 3 (SDA) |
Serial Data |
Black |
GND |
Pin 6 (GND) |
Ground |
White |
SCL |
Pin 5 (SCL) |
Serial Clock |