[solved]I2C sensor (Sensirion STS30) working fine w/ UNO - not working on MICRO


post-suffering update:
Thanks to everyone who read this! I'm sorry to say that I wasted your time. The reason was a faulty soldering on the 5V pin, so the sensor never booted. No wonder it worked with other Arduinos that I connected via breadboards.
Lesson learned: Don't try to troubleshoot after a 60h workweek. Go have a beer and see things with a fresh pair of eyes and a bit of hangover that prevents you from doing any fast decisions to begin with.


Hei all,

Forum-beginner here, so please don't grill me too hard :slight_smile:

Here's the thing:

I have a micro OLED communicating via SPI and a Sensirion STS 30 temperature sensor communicating via i2c. It all works fine when I have them connected to an Arduino Uno, but when I connect it to an Arduino Micro, the temperature sensor is not working.

SDA / SCL is connected to D2 / D3 on the micro.
I'm using 10kOhm Pull-Up resistors for the sensor.

Is there any basic I2C difference between the two chips, apart from the pins? Do I need to set a pinmode different? Anything..?

If you have any idea what to look for, please let me know.. any advice is very helpful at this stage! :slight_smile:

thanks!

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#include <SFE_MicroOLED.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <PID_v1.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Wire.h> // Used for I2C
#include <Adafruit_SHT31.h>

//-----------------------------
//STH30 Thermometer Definitions
Adafruit_SHT31 sts30 = Adafruit_SHT31();
int addrpin = 7;
double Tout = 0;
//STH30 Thermometer Definitions
//-----------------------------

//-----------------------------
//OLED Defintions
#define PIN_RESET 9  // Connect RST to pin 9
#define PIN_DC    8  // Connect DC to pin 8
#define PIN_CS    10 // Connect CS to pin 10
//D1 / MOSI ----------------- D11 (don't change, for Uno etc. only, for Arduino Micro use MOSI Pin)
//D0/SCK ------------------ D13 (don't change for Uno etc. only, for Arduino Micro use SCK Pin)
MicroOLED oled(PIN_RESET, PIN_DC, PIN_CS); // SPI declaration
int i = 0; //use for blink
//OLED Definitions
//-----------------------------

//-----------------------------
//Controller Defintions
#define cPin 5
int power = 0; //power level variable, 0-255
double dpower = 0;
//Define Variables we'll be connecting to
double targetT = 37.5;
//Specify the links and initial tuning parameters
//original values: double Kp = 15, Ki = 0.3, Kd = 3;
double Kp = 15, Ki = 0.3, Kd = 4;
PID myPID(&Tout, &dpower, &targetT, Kp, Ki, Kd, DIRECT);
//Controller Definitions
//-----------------------------

//-----------------------------
//other variables
int flowrate = 5;
//other variables
//-----------------------------


void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  //while (!Serial);
  pinMode(A0, INPUT_PULLUP); //initialize buttons
 
  //-----------------------------
  //Controller Setup
  pinMode(cPin, OUTPUT);
  //turn the PID on
  myPID.SetMode(AUTOMATIC);
  //Controller Setup
  //-----------------------------

  //-----------------------------
  //STH30 Thermometer Setup
  pinMode(addrpin, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(addrpin, LOW); 
  Serial.println("STS30 test");
  if (!sts30.begin(0x4A)) {   // Set to 0x45 for alternate i2c addr
    Serial.println("Couldn't find STS30");
    while (1) delay(1);
  }
  //STH30 Thermometer Setup
  //-----------------------------

  //-----------------------------
  //OLED Setup
  oled.begin();    // Initialize the OLED
  oled.clear(ALL); // Clear the display's internal memory
  oled.clear(PAGE); // Clear the buffer.
  oled.setCursor(7, 15);
  oled.setFontType(1);
  oled.print("something");
  oled.display();
  delay(1500);
  //OLED Setup
  //-----------------------------

  //-----------------------------
  //Get Flow Rate
  get_flowrate();
  //Get Flow Rate
  //-----------------------------

  //-----------------------------
  //Set Ki
  Ki = setKi(flowrate);
  myPID.SetTunings(Kp, Ki, Kd);
  //Set Ki
  //-----------------------------

  //-----------------------------
  //Get Target Temperature
  get_temp();
  //Get Target Temperature
  //-----------------------------

  //-----------------------------
  //Set Running Screen
  runningScreen();
  //Set Running Screen
  //-----------------------------
}

void loop() {

  //-----------------------------
  //OLED loop
  if (i == 17) {
    oled.rectFill(23, 31, 8, 16, BLACK, NORM);
    oled.display();
  }
  if (i == 20) {
    oled.setCursor(-1, 31);
    oled.setFontType(2);
    if (Tout <= 9)oled.print("0");
    oled.print(Tout);
    oled.setFontType(0);
    oled.print("C");
    oled.display();
    i = 0;
  }
  i = i + 1;
  //OLED loop
  //-----------------------------

  //-----------------------------
  //STS30 loop
  Tout = sts30.readTemperature();
  if (! isnan(Tout)) {  // check if 'is not a number'
    Serial.print("Temp *C = "); Serial.println(Tout); //Serial.print("\t Time: "); Serial.println(ti);
  } else {
    Serial.println("Failed to read temperature");
  }
  //STS30 loop
  //-----------------------------

  //-----------------------------
  //PID Loop
  myPID.Compute();
  power = dpower;
  analogWrite(cPin, power);
  //PID Loop
  //-----------------------------

}

Here you go. the get_temp / get_flowrate are calling other functions that get a user input through some buttons. that's all working fine.

I'm using the Adafruit sht31 library, since the temperature sensor is the same but without the humidity sensor.

I might have changed the default address in the library (correct though, taken from the sensirion datasheet sts30, 0x4A).

thanks

.. the problem was a bad 5V solder so the sensor never booted. Everything is running fine now, which gives me a very deep sensation of joy.

@moderators
I guess the topic could be deleted, however it might be beneficial for someone who is trying to hook up an STS30 sensor (like I did), since there are no libraries for that sensor. I did a lot of trial and error until I figured out that the SHT31 uses the same logic -> the same library can be used.
Here's the changes I did to it:

Old Adafruit_SHT31.cpp:

boolean Adafruit_SHT31::readTempHum(void) {
  uint8_t readbuffer[6];

  writeCommand(SHT31_MEAS_HIGHREP);
  
  delay(500);
  Wire.requestFrom(_i2caddr, (uint8_t)6);
  if (Wire.available() != 3)
    return false;
  for (uint8_t i=0; i<6; i++) {
    readbuffer[i] = Wire.read();
  //  Serial.print("0x"); Serial.println(readbuffer[i], HEX);
  }
  uint16_t ST, SRH;
  ST = readbuffer[0];
  ST <<= 8;
  ST |= readbuffer[1];

  if (readbuffer[2] != crc8(readbuffer, 2)) return false;

  SRH = readbuffer[3];
  SRH <<= 8;
  SRH |= readbuffer[4];

  if (readbuffer[5] != crc8(readbuffer+3, 2)) return false;

  Serial.print("ST = "); Serial.println(ST);
  double stemp = ST;
  stemp *= 175;
  stemp /= 0xffff;
  stemp = -45 + stemp;
  temp = stemp;
  
  Serial.print("SRH = "); Serial.println(SRH);
  double shum = SRH;
  shum *= 100;
  shum /= 0xFFFF;
  
  humidity = shum;
  
  return true;
}

New:

boolean Adafruit_SHT31::readTempHum(void) {
  uint8_t readbuffer[3];

  writeCommand(SHT31_MEAS_HIGHREP);
  
  delay(50);
  Wire.requestFrom(_i2caddr, (uint8_t)3);
  if (Wire.available() != 3)
    return false;
  for (uint8_t i=0; i<3; i++) {
    readbuffer[i] = Wire.read();
  //  Serial.print("0x"); Serial.println(readbuffer[i], HEX);
  }
  uint16_t ST, SRH;
  ST = readbuffer[0];
  ST <<= 8;
  ST |= readbuffer[1];

  if (readbuffer[2] != crc8(readbuffer, 2)) return false;

  double stemp = ST;
  stemp *= 175;
  stemp /= 0xffff;
  stemp = -45 + stemp;
  temp = stemp;
  

  
  return true;
}