bluehash 1,581 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 The 430BOOST-TMP006 is a BoosterPack for the MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) and communicates with the MSP430 microcontroller over I2C. This BoosterPack features 2 sockets that enable 2x TMP006EVM modules to plug into the MSP430. 1x TMP006EVM module is included in the kit. 430BOOST-TMP006 BoosterPack Features: Based on the TMP006 Infrared MEMS temperature sensor from Texas Instruments TMP006 BoosterPack capable of connecting to 2x TMP006EVM circuit boards Includes 1x TMP006EVM circuit boards Ribbon type extension cable Software CDROM with GUI Download the TMP006 Booster Pack GUI, Firmware and MD5 Checksum Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Looks nice! So all one need for this pack to work is a launchpad? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 Looks nice! So all one need for this pack to work is a launchpad? Yes. pine 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Thanks bluehash! I got confused at the estore page for the descriptions like evm, pcb boards etc, and wondered if this is only sort of "adaptor" board for another product.. I think I will get one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kylej1050 27 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 So, how far/close does this sensor have to be to read temperature? I must be blind today since I can't find it. Also, if you want two of the sensors, buy two of the booster-packs, it's half the price of a single sensor EVM module for some reason. pine and bluehash 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juani_c 66 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 A while ago I made some tests with this sensor: bluehash 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 Awesome video. I'll add it to the blog post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GastonP 17 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 So, how far/close does this sensor have to be to read temperature? I must be blind today since I can't find it. According to the docs, half of the radius of the area to be measured. So to measure a frying pan's oil temperature and if the pan is 20 cm diameter (8" for those metric-challenged ) you should measure it from 5 cm (2") away. One needs to be brave to give this a try . Gaston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 So given a fixed measuring distance, i wondered what is the reason for the kit to be able to accomodate two measuring devices? Take an average value? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomKraut 17 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I expect to have one of these by the end of next week (depending on our shopping department...). After some tests with a LaunchPad I plan to hook it up to a BeagleBoard. A Linux driver for the TMP006 shouldn't be too hard to write... ;-) Cheers TomKraut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Beagleboard is ARM. This will be a good addition to the new ARM forum, being discussed here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GastonP 17 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 So given a fixed measuring distance, i wondered what is the reason for the kit to be able to accomodate two measuring devices? Take an average value? IMO you can use that to compare some filters, the effect of a given filter material / lens over read values.... Or also do simultaneous measurements on different surfaces... You know... if you build it, they will come Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 So given a fixed measuring distance, i wondered what is the reason for the kit to be able to accomodate two measuring devices? Take an average value? IMO you can use that to compare some filters, the effect of a given filter material / lens over read values.... Or also do simultaneous measurements on different surfaces... You know... if you build it, they will come Ahhh I see, that make sense now :thumbup: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Arrived today! The booster pack came with a pre-programmed G2553 for the demo software - to work with the GUI downloadable from TI. Also come with a ribbon cable around 20cm for connecting the TMP006EVM with the adaptor board, making the sensor part more mobile. GastonP, bluehash and GeekDoc 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pine 140 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Not doing something scientific but simply out of curiosity, did a comparison with the new TMP006 booster pack with the internal temperature sensor in an G2231. The goal is to measure the temperature at my PC fan exhaust. The picture below is the setup, and span a duration of 60 seconds. The TMP006 was set to measure 1 conversion / second. The G2231 measured 48 data points. The distance between the TMP006 and the 2231 is around 3cm and the TMP006 sensor is pointing to the surface of the G2231. The formula used for the G2231 is ((long) (temp - 673) * 423) / 1024 and no decimal places since I recorded it visually from the 7-segment display. The data for the TMP006 is captured from copying from the accompanying TI GUI program for the booster pack (and must use Ctrl-C to copy.. the copy function from the context menu somehow copied a screenie when pasting in Excel ). The values from TMP006 GUI is in F, while the forumla for the G2231 is in C. Convert function in Excel from C to F or vice versa is used. Here is the result: TMP006 mean = 43.84722222 C / 110.925 F sd = 3.21176016 C / 5.781168288 F MSP430G2231 mean = 42.22916667 C / 108.0125 F sd = 0.472187455 C / 0.849937419 F The mean shown that TMP006 measured 1.62 C / 2.9125 F higher than G2231, much better than my guess before the experiment which is around +/- 3 C bluehash 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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