4-20 mA Unit with wemos S2 mini ESP32
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it seems that I still have a problem....
I have a current reading but the value is wrong,
I get soemthing around 7.2 mA instead of 4 mA.
I can measure the 4 mA with a multimeter in the circuit and the sensor should send 4 mA, so this is ok, but the M5Stack unit shows 7.2 mA and I don't understand why ? Any ideas ?
My sensor is passive, I connected 24 V to the 4-20mA unit and all three jumpers are installed
What is the meaning of the function "getCalCurrent" ? It is neessary for the current measurement ? It is necessary to set a "ref current" ?Thank you!
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@obstbauer try calibration function based on what you see with multimeter
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@robski thanks for the answer
so you mean if I measure with multimter 4.0 mA (which is true for the sensor) and the unit shows me 7.2 mA I should set the calibrated value to 4.0 ?
Because this is not mentioned anywhere in a readme file or manual or in the description of the device, and it is not made in the example file at github
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@obstbauer thats what i did with mine initially, calibrate with known current value
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@obstbauer yeah thats the registers table, I used Uiflow2 with calibration block but you are using not M5Stack controller I see
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@robski what value do you take for "index" in the function
void MODULE_4_20MA::setCalCurrent(uint8_t index, uint16_t value) -
@obstbauer haven't used index value
in uiflow2 ..ain4_20ma_0.set_cal_current(10) to set 10mA
ain4_20ma_0.set_cal_current(20) to set 20mA -
@robski yes maybe in uiflow2 but the function for the c program asks for an index and a value
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I see really strange behaviour and I don't know the reason and I get no answers from the support.....
The example code from M5Stack say that the currentvalue should be divided by 100:canvas.printf("Current:%.2fmA", (float)(meter.getCurrentValue(0)) / 100.0);The values I get I have to divide by 10 to get the right current in mA.... and the other issue is that I can only use half of the measurement range, at 12.5 mA the ADC sends 65520...
maybe someone has an idea ?
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change to a raspberry PI4 seems to be no solution too.....
it woud be nice if there would be a better documentation for people who want to use the units outside the m5stack universum.... -
@obstbauer this is uiflow example with raw value and float too
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thank you, but I am still not able to read out or to set the cal current
M5Stack support doesn`t answer my mails... and it seems that there is nobody from the company around here, I think I will change to another board with better support -
@obstbauer TBH if you are using M5Stack modules/units with not M5Stack controllers maybe its worth to have at least one M5Controller (atom?stick? )to be able to check module functionality
