I've been working on a project in which I need to know my altitude. For this purpose I've been using the BMP280 sensor. But I have an issue.
I've been trying to test if the sensor works with the program "bmp280_sensortest.ino", already included in the library. When I open the serial monitor the message "BMP280 Sensor event test" is displayed, indicating that there is a valid sensor on board. Below that the temperature, pressure and altitude data should be displayed, but nothing happens.
I've added a simple Serial.print("hello") at the start of void loop(), but not even that is displayed. The program doesn't seem to enter void loop() and I don't know why.
Here is the code:
#include <Wire.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Adafruit_BMP280.h>
Adafruit_BMP280 bmp; // use I2C interface
Adafruit_Sensor *bmp_temp = bmp.getTemperatureSensor();
Adafruit_Sensor *bmp_pressure = bmp.getPressureSensor();
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println(F("BMP280 Sensor event test"));
if (!bmp.begin()) {
Serial.println(F("Could not find a valid BMP280 sensor, check wiring!"));
while (1) delay(10);
}
/* Default settings from datasheet. */
bmp.setSampling(Adafruit_BMP280::MODE_NORMAL, /* Operating Mode. */
Adafruit_BMP280::SAMPLING_X2, /* Temp. oversampling */
Adafruit_BMP280::SAMPLING_X16, /* Pressure oversampling */
Adafruit_BMP280::FILTER_X16, /* Filtering. */
Adafruit_BMP280::STANDBY_MS_500); /* Standby time. */
bmp_temp->printSensorDetails();
}
void loop() {
sensors_event_t temp_event, pressure_event;
bmp_temp->getEvent(&temp_event);
bmp_pressure->getEvent(&pressure_event);
Serial.print("hello");
Serial.print(F("Temperature = "));
Serial.print(temp_event.temperature);
Serial.println(" *C");
Serial.print(F("Pressure = "));
Serial.print(pressure_event.pressure);
Serial.println(" hPa");
Serial.println();
delay(2000);
}
Any reply is greatly appreciated. edit:
if I remove
!bmp.begin()
from the if statement and replace it with a 1 it enters the void loop but it displays 0°C and 0pa
