Module/TronSens HTM B71

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TronSens HTM 71

Overview

The TronSens HTM B71 (now sold as IST HYT-271?) is a relative humidity and digital temperature sensor. Early versions seemed to have issues with other devices on the same I2C bus.

Module name meteo/humid_htm_b71
Sensor type humidity, temperature
Range (humidity) 0 .. 100 %RH
Range (temperature) -40°C .. +125°C
Resolution (humidity) ? %RH
Resolution (temperature) 0.01°C
Refresh rate 4Hz
I2C address 0x28

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Product data sheet

Hardware

The sensor board can be directly interfaced to the autopilots I2C 3.3V interface

Wiring

Autopilot I2C pin Autopilot I2C HTM B71 HTM B71 pin
1 GND GND 2
2
3 +3.3V Vdd 3
4 SDA SDA 1
5 SCL SCL 4


Usage

To use the humidity sensor add:

File: conf/airframes/myplane.xml
  <modules>
    <load name="humid_htm_b71.xml"/>
  </modules>


Result message

The raw data (ihumid/itemp) and the converted result (humid/temp) is written to the log file. The message is automatically sent when new data is received, it does not have to be added to the telemetry file.

File: conf/messages.xml
  <message name="HTM_STATUS" id="115">
    <field name="ihumid" type="uint16"/>
    <field name="itemp" type="uint16"/>
    <field name="humid" type="float" unit="rel_hum" format="%.2f"/>
    <field name="temp" type="float" unit="deg_celsius" format="%.2f"/>
  </message>


Sample log file lines

15.891 123 HTM_STATUS 4807 5920 29.35 19.2
16.143 123 HTM_STATUS 4807 5917 29.34 19.17
16.391 123 HTM_STATUS 4807 5917 29.34 19.17
15.643 123 HTM_STATUS 4809 5917 29.35 19.2