INA219 DC Current Monitor is a digital sensor for measuring the consumed current, voltage and power based on the INA219B microcircuit. The output interface of the module is the I2C bus, which is very convenient when working with devices based on Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Orange PI, Banana Pi, etc.
The module has high accuracy in measuring current and voltage, zero drift, while having a compact size and does not require additional strapping. Also, an important advantage of the INA219 sensor is that the measuring shunt is installed in the "+" supply break, and not "-", since in this case there is no unwanted potential shift in electronics between the "ground" of several devices combined into a common circuit.
The I2C address of the INA219 microcircuit can be changed by sealing the A0 and A1 jumpers. Four different combinations of setting address jumpers are possible, respectively, up to 4 such modules can be connected to one I2C bus. To increase the measurement accuracy, a calibration register is provided. The voltage in the microcircuit is measured by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and can operate in 9, 10, 11, 12-bit modes. The operating mode of the microcircuit is configured by changing the configuration register.
The module can be used in systems that control the process of charging / discharging batteries, power supplies with voltage control and current consumption of the load.
INA219 specifications
- Supply voltage : 3.0 to 5.5 V;
- ADC capacity : 12 bits;
- Output interface : I2C;
- Interface speed : 3.4 MHz;
- Measured voltage range : from 0 to 26 V;
- Maximum measurable current : -3.2 A to 3.2 A;
- Discreteness when measuring current : 0.8 mA;
- Accuracy of current and voltage measurements : 1%;
- Operating temperature range : -40 to +125 ° C;
- Drive in the operating temperature range : 100 μV;
- Calibration : calibration register;
- Internal data : measured current and power;
- Filtration : x128 samples.
Zero CJMCU-219 module based on INA219
Zero CJMCU-219 module is a complete module that can be connected to various devices, not only to the Arduino platform, but also to Raspberry Pi, Orange PI, Banana Pi, etc. The main element on the board is the INA219 microcircuit. Despite its small size and small pin count, the INA219 has great capabilities. The microcircuit measures the voltage drop across the shunt (a low-resistance resistor across Vin + and Vin-). A shunt with a resistance of 0.1 Ohm is installed on the board.
Zero CJMCU-219 / INA219 schematic diagram
The Zero CJMCU-219 module has a minimum set of components for proper operation of the INA219 sensor.
Zero CJMCU-219 / INA219 pinout
The board has 6 + 2 pins, 2 of 6 duplicate Vin + and Vin-.
| Conclusion | Description |
|---|---|
| Vcc | Module power supply from 3.0 to 5.5 V |
| Gnd | Land |
| Scl | Serial CLock |
| Sda | Serial Data Line |
| Wine- | Output voltage from the power supply through a shunt. Voltage is measured from this pin to ground. |
| Wine + | Voltage input from power supply |
| A0 | Selecting an I2C address |
| A1 | Selecting an I2C address |
System for setting I2C address on INA219
If more than one INA219 board is used, each board must be assigned a unique address. This is done using address jumpers on the right edge of the board. The base I2C address for each board is 0x40. The binary address that you program with the address jumpers is added to the I2C base address.
| A1 | A0 | Address (bin) | Address (hex) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GND | GND | 1000000 | 0x40 |
| GND | VS+ | 1000001 | 0x41 |
| GND | SDA | 1000010 | 0x42 |
| GND | SCL | 1000011 | 0x43 |
| VS+ | GND | 1000100 | 0x44 |
| VS+ | VS+ | 1000101 | 0x45 |
| VS+ | SDA | 1000110 | 0x46 |
| VS+ | SCL | 1000111 | 0x47 |
| SDA | GND | 1001000 | 0x48 |
| SDA | VS+ | 1001001 | 0x49 |
| SDA | SDA | 1001010 | 0x4A |
| SDA | SCL | 1001011 | 0x4B |
| SCL | GND | 1001100 | 0x4C |
| SCL | VS+ | 1001101 | 0x4D |
| SCL | SDA | 1001110 | 0x4E |
| SCL | SCL | 1001111 | 0x4F |
To change the address of the I2C bus of the INA219 chip board, you need to solder / unsolder the jumpers on A0 and A1. You can determine the current address using Arduino's I2cScanner .
Description of registers INA219
The INA219 uses 5 registers to store configuration settings, measurement results, maximum / minimum limits and status information. The table below shows the INA219 registers.
The contents of the register are updated 4 µs after the completion of the write command. Therefore, a 4 µs delay is required between the completion of a write to the specified register and the subsequent reading of that register (without changing the pointer) when using SCL frequencies in excess of 1 MHz.
| THE ADDRESS | REGISTER NAME | FUNCTION | RESET | A TYPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEX | HEX | |||
| 0x00 | Configurations | Reset all registers, adjust bus voltage range, PGA gain, ADC resolution / averaging. | 0x399F | R/W |
| 0x01 | Shunt voltage | Shunt voltage measurement data. | — | R |
| 0x02 | Bus voltage | Bus voltage measurement data. | — | R |
| 0x03 | Power | Power measurement data. | 0x0000 | R |
| 0x04 | Current | Contains the value of the current flowing through the shunt resistor. | 0x0000 | R |
| 0x05 | Calibration | Calibration register. Complete system calibration. | 0x0000 | R/W |
Block diagram of the INA219 chip
Materials (edit)
Download datasheet_ina219.pdf
adafruit_ina219-current-sensor-breakout.pdf
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