I2C current sensor

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I2C current sensor

#1 Post by mackowiakp » 15 Jun 2021, 03:37

Does anybody knows I2C Hall effect current sensor (10A DC) ? If so, is it supported by ESP Easy?
And second question. Is there any optoisolated extender of I2C bus ?
I want to measure DC current over cable appx 5 m long. So using ordinary connection can disturb normal ESP work and/or cause distortions of the measured current value.

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Re: I2C current sensor

#2 Post by TD-er » 15 Jun 2021, 08:50

For fast isolated switching, you can use iCoupler chips.
Those are in several versions available and Analog Devices even has them specifically for I2C: https://www.analog.com/en/products/inte ... ators.html#

A Hall Effect sensor is merely an analog sensor value (not sure about its linearity), so I guess you should be able to measure it with just about any A/D converter.

But in my experience measuring DC-current with a Hall effect sensor is rather tricky.
Expect a low accuracy.

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Re: I2C current sensor

#3 Post by mackowiakp » 15 Jun 2021, 15:27

OK, THX for advice !

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