The 3D magnetic sensor TLV493D-A1B6 offers accurate three-dimensional sensing with extremely low power consumption in a small 6-pin package. With its magnetic field detection in x, y, and z-direction the sensor reliably measures three-dimensional, linear and rotation movements. Applications include joysticks, control elements (white goods, multifunction knops), or electric meters (anti tampering) and any other application that requires accurate angular measurements or low power consumptions. The integrated temperature sensor can furthermore be used for plausibility checks.
Key features are 3D magnetic sensing with a very low power consumption during operations. The sensor has a digital output via 2-wire based standard I2C interface up to 1 MBit/sec and 12 bit data resolution for each measurement direction (Bx, By and Bz linear field measurement up to +-130mT).
- Integrated temperature sensing
- Low current consumption of 0.007 µA in power down mode and 10 µA in ultra low power mode
- 2.7 to 3.5 V operating supply voltage
- Digital output via 2-wire standard I2C interface
- Bx, By and Bz linear field measurement up to ±130 mT
- 12-bit data resolution for each measurement direction
- Resolution 98 µT/LSB
- Operating temperature range from -40 °C to 125 °C
- GUI for free download as well as integration in Arduino IDE with this repository
Please see the example sketches in the repository Arduino Library in this library to learn more about the usage of the sensor.
The Electronic Cats TLV493D-A1B6 3DMagnetic is a standalone break out board. You can connect it easily to any microcontroller of your choice which is Arduino compatible and has 3.3V logic level (please note that the Arduino UNO has 5V logic level and cannot be used without level shifting).
- Link to the wiki with more information
This library supports the open-source software Processing for creating GUIs. It allows you to connect your evaluation board to a PC over serial communication and visualisation of the embedded system. Find out more on the Arduino homepage here. The respective files are stored in the /processing folder of this repository.
The TLx493D 3D magnetic sensor family has additional tools which can be directly mounted on top of the evaluation boards. The 3D print data of the joystick, the rotate knob and the linear slider can be found in the folder printables.
The datasheet for the TLV493D-A1B6 can be found here TLV493D-A1B6 Datasheet while respective application notes are located here Application Notes.
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Hardware released under an CERN Open Hardware Licence v1.2. See the LICENSE_HARDWARE file for more information.
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28 August 2019