New Sensor Board from Parametric Circuits provides a whole new level of Integration

Sensor boards are manufactured to provide engineers with the ideal platform for developing projects and designs that detect or measure temperature, pressure, humidity, color, motion, and even physical location. They offer necessary support circuitry that allows for the full utilization of sensors for demonstration and evaluation.

While there’s been a wide range of available sensor development boards from different integrated circuit device manufacturers, the new customizable sensor board by the Bellingham-based company was designed to reduce cost with only desired specifications to be built in at the time of its manufacture. The sensor board integrates a variety of sensors and memory directly onto the board instead of simply breaking out the processor’s pins, thus providing an extremely compact platform to work with. It is cost-effective compared with mass-manufactured breakout boards as it allows you to use a single PCB for every sub-system.

The compatible sensor board is fully compatible with Arduino IDE and comes flashed with Arduino Pro / Pro mini bootloader.

Features and specifications include:

• An ATmega328p microcontroller clocked at 16MHz by an external crystal and runs at 5V (standard).
• A 16 MB SPI flash chip for storing a moderately large number of sensor readings (optional). The chip memory might be smaller than the usual microSD card, but sufficient for many applications. The flash chip also offers lower power consumption as well as lower code overhead than a memory card.
• A USB type-C for USB programming (standard).
• A MicroSD card socket for storing large amounts of data that can easily be read off the board (optional).
• Serial WS2812B RGB LED (optional)
• An HP203b barometer can directly measure both the temperature and pressure of the working environment and calculate the altitudes based on the readings obtained. (optional)
• An MMA845Q accelerometer that communicates over 12C (optional).
• A temperature sensor that outputs analog voltage depending on the temperature (optional).
• A Visible light phototransistor sensor for measuring ambient light (optional)
• Up to 6 GPIO pins for expansion along with 5V and ground (optional)
• Board’s Dimension: 28 mm x 48 mm (1.1 x 1.8 inch)

The project’s GitHub page has more information on the sensor board including a list of tested and recommended libraries, schematics, and datasheets for each component. Further details can also be found on tindie where the board is currently being sold for $17.99.

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