Arduino-Altimeter

Read Pressure and Temperature on Arduino from MS5607 device to get Altitude. Information can be read via serial to PC or on an Android device using an HC-05 Bluetooth module.

This example code uses the I2C bus, but SPI can also be used with the MS5607.

NOTE: This device is 3.3V ONLY. Do NOT use with a 5v Arduino!

Also note: This is for informational use only, and not to be used in safety critical applications.

DEPENDENCIES:

arduino-ms5xxx Library: https://github.com/Schm1tz1/arduino-ms5xxx

Usage:

• Connect the 3.3V power, GND, SDA and SCL to the MS5607 module (Again, note that it is 3.3V and not 5V!)
• Set the address if I2C address is not the default 0x76 (ie: #define MS5607_ADDRESS 0x77)
• Set output type as per below, then upload the sketch

To use in human-readable serial mode, in Arduino-Altimeter.ino set: #define USE_BLUETOOTH false To use with an HC-05 (or other) serial Bluetooth transceiver set to true

Example with #define USE_BLUETOOTH true (true uses JSON output, false produces human-readable output) Temperature is in °C, Barometric Pressure in Pa and Altitude is in meters

Android App:

The supplied app is very basic but handy for simple usage and testing. To use:

• Install the BT_Alt.apk
• Ensure that Arduino-Altimeter is compiled and installed with #define USE_BLUETOOTH true
• Pair the HC-05
• Start the App
• Press "Connect" and select your BT device (normally HC-05)
• To get relevant altitude information, simply press "Set" to set current altitude as reference, or alternately enter a reference barometric pressure in kPa

Note: The Android app does some smoothing on the altitude figure, thus the altitude figure is likely to fluctuate much more on the serial console than the value displayed on the Android app.