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SparkFun Current Sensor Breakout - ACS723
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The SparkFun Current Sensor Breakout is a high accuracy board that utilizes
the ACS723 for moderate AC and DC current sensing applications. The
ACS723 sensor uses a Hall effect sensor to output a voltage relative to the
current flowing through the IP+ and IP- pins on the board. The advantage of
using a Hall effect sensor, specifically, is that the circuit being sensed and the
circuit reading the sensor are electrically isolated meaning that, although your
Arduino is running on 5V, the sensed circuit can be operating at higher DC or
AC voltages!
The SparkFun Current Sensor Breakout measures both DC and AC currents all
the way up to 5A, has full electrical isolation of measured and sensed circuits,
and has a base sensitivity of 400mV/A. Although the analog output is adjustable
to 80kHz, the bandwidth on the ACS723 Sensor Breakout width filter has been
set to 20kHz to reduce noise when using at high gains. The full 80KHz
bandwidth that the sensor is capable of can be recovered by closing the JP1
(Bandwidth Select) jumper on the back of the board.
Note: Although the chip itself is rated for up to 2.4kV (RMS) of isolation, the
board has not been designed for such high voltage applications.
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BREAKOUT GUIDE
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ACS723 BREAKOUT CURRENT CURRENT SENSOR SENSOR
SparkFun Current Sensor Breakout - ACS723 Product Help and Resources
TUTORIALS SKILLS NEEDED
Current Sensor Breakout
(ACS723) Hookup Guide
JUNE 21, 2018
Learn how to measure the
current consumption of your
project using the ACS723 Current
Sensor.
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