TIDA-00758

Interrupt-based environmental sensor node with ambient light for Sub-1 GHz networks reference design

TIDA-00758

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Overview

This reference design demonstrates a low-power method of wireless environmental sensing enabling up to 10 years of coin-cell battery life.  The ambient-light sensor enables lighting control for applications  such as automatic window blinds or daylight harvesting. This design uses our SimpleLink™ ultra-low power sub-1 GHz wireless microcontroller (MCU) platform and ambient light, humidity and temperature sensing technologies to achieve interrupt-based sensor monitoring when running from the backup battery.

Features
  • Supports interrupt mode radio wake-up triggered by indoor LUX levels
  • Long backup battery life (up to 10 years)
  • Monitors ambient light to precisely control a building lighting system
  • Senses ambient humidity and temperature to control the building HVAC system
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A fully assembled board has been developed for testing and performance validation only, and is not available for sale.

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Design files

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TIDUAS9B.PDF (1963 K)

Reference design overview and verified performance test data

TIDRJ05A.PDF (608 K)

Detailed schematic diagram for design layout and components

TIDRJ06A.PDF (92 K)

Complete listing of design components, reference designators, and manufacturers/part numbers

TIDRJ07A.PDF (378 K)

Complete listing of design components, reference designators, and manufacturers/part numbers

TIDRJ08A.PDF (513 K)

Detailed overview of design layout for component placement

TIDRJ10A.ZIP (688 K)

Files used for 3D models or 2D drawings of IC components

TIDCBH2A.ZIP (583 K)

Design file that contains information on physical board layer of design PCB

TIDRJ09A.PDF (2104 K)

PCB layer plot file used for generating PCB design layout

Products

Includes TI products in the design and potential alternatives.

Humidity sensors

HDC1000Low Power, 3% Accuracy Digital Humidity Sensor with Integrated Temperature Sensor

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Humidity sensors

HDC1008Low Power, 4% Accuracy Digital Humidity Sensor with Integrated Temperature Sensor

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Humidity sensors

HDC1010±2% low-power digital humidity and temperature sensor in WCSP

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Light sensors

OPT3001Digital ambient light sensor (ALS) with high-precision human-eye response

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Sub-1 GHz wireless MCUs

CC1310SimpleLink™ 32-bit Arm Cortex-M3 Sub-1 GHz wireless MCU with 128kB Flash

Data sheet: PDF | HTML

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Software

Firmware

TIDCB45 TIDA-00488 Firmware

Technical documentation

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* Design guide Ambient Light and Environment Sensor Node for Sub-1GHz Networks Design Guide (Rev. B) May 20, 2016
Technical article Trends in building automation: connected sensors for energy efficiency PDF | HTML Feb. 17, 2016

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Reference designs

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TIDA-00374 Humidity & Temp Sensor Node for Star Networks Enabling 10+ Year Coin Cell Battery Life Ref Design TIDA-00484 Humidity & Temp Sensor Node for Sub-1GHz Star Networks Enabling 10+ Year Coin Cell Battery Life TIDA-00488 Energy Harvesting Ambient Light and Environment Sensor Node for Sub-1GHz Networks Reference Design

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