SNAS778D June 2021 – July 2024 HDC3020 , HDC3021 , HDC3022
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One common application which requires a relative humidity and temperature sensor is a HVAC system thermostat control. This application is based on environmental sensors and a microcontroller. The microcontroller acquires data from humidity and temperature sensors and controls the heating and cooling system. The collected data are then shown on a display that can be easily controlled by the microcontroller. Based on data from the humidity and temperature sensor, the heating and cooling system then maintains the environment at the customer-defined preferred conditions.
Though a HVAC system thermostat is often line powered, low power is important in component selection, for energy star rating. The HDC302x, with 700 nA of current consumption (the average consumption over 1 second for RH and Temperature measurements), in conjunction with a MSP430, represents one way an engineer can obtain low power consumption. Figure 8-1 shows a system block diagram of a thermostat.