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Company	BlueDot
Description	BME680
Bill of material	BlueDotBME680BoardV1v13v4
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ASSEMBLY assembly	The first step with the BME680 Weather Station is to solder the 6 pin header that comes along with the board. The easiest way to solder the board is to insert the header into a breadboard (long pins down) and solder the short pins to the board.
CONNECTING_TO_ESP8266_VIA_I2C connecting to esp8266 via i2c	Connecting the BME680 to an ESP8266 WiFi microcontroller allows you to measure the IAQ-index with the BSEC library.
CONNECTING_VIA_HARDWARE_SPI connecting via hardware-spi	We can also communicate with the BME680 sensor using the SPI protocol. Just like before, the first step is to connect the board to a power supply. VCC Pin. Connect the VCC pin from the board to either 5V or 3.3V output from your Arduino. GND Pin. Connect the GND pin from the board to the GND from the Arduino. Unlike the I2C protocol, the SPI communication uses 4 different lines. All data from the sensor is transferred back to the Arduino through the SDO line (Serial Data Output), while all commands from the Arduino are transferred through the SDI (Serial Data Input) line. The clock signal is generated from the Arduino and sent through the SCK line (Serial Clock). Finally, the CS or Chip Select line is used to tell the sensor when the communication is starting or ending. SDI Pin. Connect the SDI pin from the board to the MOSI pin on the Arduino. The MOSI pin (Master Out Slave In) is located on the ICSP header. SCK Pin. Connect the SCK pin from the board to the SCK pin on your Arduino. You will also find the SCK pin on the ICSP header. SDO Pin. Connect the SDO pin from the board to the MISO pin on the Arduino. The MISO pin (Master In Slave Out) is also located on the ICSP header. CS Pin. Connect the CS pin from the board to the digital pin 10 on the Arduino. If you like, you can use any other digital pin, just remember to change the program as well.
CONNECTING_VIA_I2C connecting via i2c	Connecting the BME680 on the I2C bus is very easy and is identical to the connection of the BME280 sensor. The first step is to connect the board to the power supply. VCC Pin. Connect the VCC pin from the board to either 5V or 3.3V output from your Arduino. GND Pin. Connect the GND pin from the board to the GND from the Arduino. Great! Now we need to connect the sensor to the I2C bus. The I2C communication uses basically two wires. The clock signal is generated by the Arduino and transferred to the sensor through the SCL line. The Arduino can send commands to the sensor using the SDA line. Just as well, all data from the sensor goes back to the Arduino through the SDA line. Because of that, the SDA line is bidirectional. SDI Pin. Connect the SDI pin from the board to the SDA line on the Arduino. This corresponds to the pin A4 on the Arduino Uno. SCK Pin. Connect the SCK pin from the board to the SCL line on your Arduino. This corresponds to the pin A5 on the Arduino Uno. SDO Pin. Here we have two options. Leave the SDO pin unconnected to use the default I2C address (0x77). Instead we can connect the SDO pin to GND in order to use the alternative I2C address (0x76). CS Pin. Leave it unconnected.
CONNECTING_VIA_SOFTWARE_SPI connecting via software-spi	We can also use the SPI communication without using the ICSP header, using regular digital pins instead. In this case, the communication is called Software-SPI. VCC Pin. Connect the VCC pin from the board to either 5V or 3.3V output from your Arduino. GND Pin. Connect the GND pin from the board to the GND from the Arduino. SDI Pin. Connect the SDI pin from the board to the digital pin 13 on the Arduino. SCK Pin. Connect the SCK pin from the board to the digital pin 12 on the Arduino. SDO Pin. Connect the SDO pin from the board to the digital pin 11 on the Arduino. CS Pin. Connect the CS pin from the board to the digital pin 10 on the Arduino.
DESCRIPTION description	The BlueDot BME680 Environmental and Gas Sensor not only allows you measure temperature, humidity, pressure and altitude with an Arduino, but with the integrated Metal Oxide (MOX) Gas Sensor you can measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air. The Metal Oxide-based sensor detects VOCs by adsorption on its sensitive layer and its resistance changes with the VOC concentration (the higher the VOC concentration, the lower the output resistance and vice-versa). The raw-signal is therefore a resistance value in ohms. Volatile organic compounds are typically found in building materials, printers, solvents, paints, gasoline and many household products. The long-term exposure to VOCs can be harmful to our health and since we spend so much time indoors (homes and offices), it is important to find the source and reduce the concentration of VOCs in indoor environments. The BME680 sensor is the most recent development from Bosch Sensortec, the world's leading manufacturer of MEMS (Micro Electromechanical Systems). Here are 5 features that make the BlueDot BME680 Environmental and Gas Sensor very easy to use: Temperature, Humidity, Pressure and Altitude Measurements. You can measure temperature, relative humidity and air pressure with high precision. Besides, the pressure measurements allows you to calculate your altitude with a precision of ± 1.0 meters. Measurement of VOC Concentration. You can detect high concentrations of VOCs in the surrounding air. The raw signal is a resistance value in ohms, which goes down with increasing VOC concentration. 3.3V and 5V Power Supply. The on-board voltage regulator accepts anything from 2.6V to 5.5V to supply the BME680 sensor. SPI and I2C Communication. Depending on your project, you may choose between SPI and I2C protocols to communicate with the sensor. Data Transfer with both 5V and 3.3V devices. While devices like the Arduino Uno interpret a 5V signal as a logic HIGH, the BME680 uses 3.3V as a logic HIGH. The on-board logic level converter translates the 5V signals into 3.3V signals and vice-versa.
NAME name	BlueDotBME680BoardV1v13v4