smôl Environmental Peripheral Board
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Our RedBoards are great. But don't they sometimes seem a little BIG?!
Enter smôl, a new range of boards which are both small in size and small on current draw. It's a smôl world!
The smôl Environmental Peripheral Board brings three versatile, low-power sensors to your smôl ecosystem:
- BME280 - Pressure, Humidity and Temperature sensor
- SGP40 - VOC Air Quality sensor
- VEML7700 - Ambient Light (Lux) sensor
smôl is an ecosystem of miniature processor boards, peripheral boards, power boards and accessories. Designed to be both physically small and to have the smallest possible current draw, smôl is the perfect choice for applications like wildlife tracking or discrete long-term monitoring. smôl boards are designed to stack one on top of the other, using 16-way 0.5mm-pitch Flexible Printed Circuits (FPCs) to provide the interconnect from one board to the next. Looking for a really compact solution for your next project? This is it!
We will be adding new smôl boards over the coming months. Don't see the board you need for your application? Reach out to us via the SparkX Forum and tell us which board(s) Sparkfun should add next!
Get started with the smôl Hookup Guide Experimental Product: SparkX products are rapidly produced to bring you the most cutting edge technology as it becomes available. These products are tested but come with no guarantees. Live technical support is not available for SparkX products. Head on over to our forum for support or to ask a question.BME280 Pressure, Humidity and Temperature sensor:
- Typical current consumption:
- Humidity measurement: 340µA (Typ)
- Pressure measurement: 714µA (Typ)
- Temperature measurement: 350µA (Typ)
- Standby: 0.2µA (Typ)
- Sleep: 0.1µA (Typ)
- Temperature Range:
- Full Accuracy: 0°C-65°C (32°F-149°F)
- Operational: -40°C-85°C (-40°F-185°F)
- Humidity Range: 0-100% RH
- Pressure Range: 300-1100 hPa (30,000-110,000 Pa or approx. 4.35-15.95 PSI)
SGP40 Air Quality sensor:
- Typical current consumption:
- 2.6mA during continuous operation (at 3.3V)
- 34µA when idle (heater off)
- Output signal:
- Digital raw value (SRAW): 0 - 65535 ticks
- Digital processed value (VOC Index): 0 - 500 VOC Index points
- Switch-on behavior:
- Time until reliably detecting VOC events: <60s
- Time until specifications are met: <1h
- Recommended sampling interval:
- VOC Index: 1s
- SRAW: 0.5s - 10s (Typ. 1s)
VEML7700 Ambient Light sensor:
- Typical current consumption:
- Operation: 45µA (Typ) (100ms refresh time)
- Shutdown: 0.5µA (Typ)
- High accuracy ambient light sensor:
- High sensitivity photodiode
- Low noise amplifier
- 16-bit A/D converter
- I2C bus communication interface
- Measurement range:
- 0.01 lux to 167000 lux
- Resolution:
- 0.005 lx/ct,
smôl Specifics:
- Interface: I2C
- BME280 Address: 0x76
- SGP40 Address: 0x59
- VEML7700 Address: 0x10
- GPIO:
- None
Properties:
- Length: 1.60" (40.6mm)
- Width: 0.42" (10.7mm)
- Height: 0." (mm) max.
- Weight: g (0.0oz)
- PCB thickness: 0.8mm
smôl Environmental Peripheral Board Documentation:
BME280 Documentation:
SGP40 Documentation:
- Sensirion SGP40 Datasheet
- Sensirion VOC Index for Experts
- Sensirion SGP40 Design In Guide
- SGP40 Quick Testing Guide
- SparkFun SGP40 Arduino Library
VEML7700 Documentation:
smôl Documentation:
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- $3+ for Stamped Mail (typically 10+ business days, not tracked, only available on selected small items)
- $7+ for Standard Post (typically 6+ business days, tracked)
- $11+ for Express Post (typically 2+ business days, tracked)
- Pickup - Free! Only available to customers who live in the Newcastle region (must order online and only pickup after we email to notify you the order is ready). Orders placed after 2PM may not be ready until the following business day.
Non-metro addresses in WA, NT, SA & TAS can take 2+ days in addition to the above information.
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International Orders - the following rates are for New Zealand and will vary for other countries:
- $12+ for Pack and Track (3+ days, tracked)
- $16+ for Express International (2-5 days, tracked)
If you order lots of gear, the postage amount will increase based on the weight of your order.
Our physical address (here's a PDF which includes other key business details):
40 Aruma Place
Cardiff
NSW, 2285
Australia
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