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SparkFun Air Quality Breakout - CCS811
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DESCRIPTION FEATURES DOCUMENTS
The CCS811 Air Quality Breakout is a digital gas sensor solution that senses a
wide range of Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOCs), including equivalent
carbon dioxide (eCO ) and metal oxide (MOX) levels. VOCs are often
categorized as pollutants and/or sensory irritants and can come from a variety
of sources like construction materials (paint, carpet, etc.), machines (copiers,
processors, etc.) and even people (breathing, smoking, etc.). This breakout is
intended for indoor air quality monitoring in personal devices such as watches
and phones, but we’ve put it on a breakout board so you can use it as a regular
IC device.
The onboard CCS811 supports multiple measurement modes that have been
optimized for low-power consumption during an active sensor measurement and
idle mode extending battery life in portable applications. We have broken out
each necessary pin on the CCS811 as well as additional pins to add your own
NTC Thermistor to determine the temperature of the CCS811’s surroundings,
which can be used to help compensate the readings.
Note: Please be aware that the CCS811 datasheet recommends a burn-in of 48
hours and a run-in of 20 minutes (you must allow 20 minutes for the sensor to
warm up and output valid data).
GET STARTED WITH THE CCS811 BREAKOUT GUIDE
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SparkFun Air Quality Breakout - CCS811 Product Help and Resources
TUTORIALS VIDEOS SKILLS NEEDED
CCS811 Air Quality
Breakout Hookup Guide
APRIL 27, 2017
This tutorial shows you how to get
data from a CCS811 breakout
board with the I2C interface.
CCS811/BME280 (Qwiic)
Environmental Combo
Breakout Hookup Guide
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Sense various environmental
conditions such as temperature,
humidity, barometric pressure,
eCO2 and tVOCs with the
CCS811 and BME280 combo
breakout board.
Customer Reviews
COMMENTS 5REVIEWS 4
4.3 out of 5
Based on 4 ratings:
Fantastic board
about 7 months ago by Member #570629 verified purchaser
Really simple to use, remarkably accurate, and surprisingly sophisticated. Just what this project needed!
very usefull
about 6 months ago by Member #881539 verified purchaser
I had to unsolder the pull up resistors to make it working on an AT91 Sam9G25 plateform. No works flawlessly
M-Short replied on November 7, 2017:
For future reference most of our boards (including this one) have the pullup resistors soldered on so
that they can be used as is, but also have jumpers on the board where you can cut the trace to
disconnect them which should be easier than desoldering.
Very good for proof of concept demo
about a month ago by Member #1239279 verified purchaser
This product is easy to use, has great docs, and is very reliable. Great for student projects
Easy to implement but values go out of control on continuous use
about a month ago by dafoink verified purchaser
Ok. it is pretty easy to use. and the library is very easy. But, after a few hours of continuous use, the values go
crazy. I also added temp/humidity compensation. but still, after an hour or two, the results go off the charts.
Anyone else have an idea on how to handle this? Or is there a problem with the actual device?
CF replied on January 2, 2018:
It sounds like you may have a connection issue or a bad unit. Please contact our tech support
department for assistance. You can reach them at techsupport (at) sparkfun (dot) com.
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