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Force 5 click

Force 5 Click is a compact add-on board that contains a stable and flexible compensated/amplified micro force sensor. This board features the FMAMSDXX025WC2C3, a piezoresistive-based force sensors offering a digital output for reading force over the specified full-scale force span and a temperature range from Honeywell Sensing and Productivity Solutions.

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Click library

  • Author : Stefan Ilic
  • Date : Jul 2021.
  • Type : I2C type

Software Support

We provide a library for the Force5 Click as well as a demo application (example), developed using MikroElektronika compilers. The demo can run on all the main MikroElektronika development boards.

Package can be downloaded/installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Library Description

This library contains API for Force5 Click driver.

Standard key functions :

Example key functions :

Example Description

This is an example that demonstrates the use of the Force 5 Click board.

The demo application is composed of two sections :

Application Init

Initialization driver enables - I2C, calibration the device, display diagnostic states and temperature.

void application_init ( void ) {
log_cfg_t log_cfg;
force5_cfg_t force5_cfg;
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, " Application Init " );
// Click initialization.
force5_cfg_setup( &force5_cfg );
FORCE5_MAP_MIKROBUS( force5_cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
err_t init_flag = force5_init( &force5, &force5_cfg );
if ( I2C_MASTER_ERROR == init_flag ) {
log_error( &logger, " Application Init Error. " );
log_info( &logger, " Please, run program again... " );
for ( ; ; );
}
log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------\r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, " Calibration... \r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------\r\n" );
Delay_ms( 100 );
log_printf( &logger, " Completed \r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------\r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, " Diagnostic States: \r\n" );
log_printf( &logger, " Normal Operation \r\n" );
}
log_printf( &logger, " Command Mode \r\n" );
}
log_printf( &logger, " Stale Data \r\n" );
}
log_printf( &logger, " Diagnostic Condition \r\n" );
}
log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------\r\n" );
Delay_ms( 100 );
log_printf( &logger, " Temperature : %.2f C \r\n", temperature );
log_printf( &logger, "-------------------------\r\n" );
log_info( &logger, " Application Task " );
}

Application Task

Force 5 Click board is measuring force ( N ). All data logs write on USB uart changes every 500 milliseconds.

void application_task ( void ) {
log_printf( &logger, " Force : %.4f N \r\n", force_n );
log_printf( &logger, "------------------\r\n" );
Delay_ms( 500 );
}

The full application code, and ready to use projects can be installed directly from NECTO Studio Package Manager(recommended way), downloaded from our LibStock™ or found on Mikroe github account.

Other Mikroe Libraries used in the example:

  • MikroSDK.Board
  • MikroSDK.Log
  • Click.Force5

Additional notes and informations

Depending on the development board you are using, you may need USB UART click, USB UART 2 Click or RS232 Click to connect to your PC, for development systems with no UART to USB interface available on the board. UART terminal is available in all MikroElektronika compilers.


force5_get_temperature
float force5_get_temperature(force5_t *ctx)
Get temperature function.
status
uint8_t status
Definition: main.c:30
FORCE5_STATES_STALE_DATA
#define FORCE5_STATES_STALE_DATA
Definition: force5.h:61
force_n
float force_n
Definition: main.c:31
FORCE5_STATES_COMMAND_MODE
#define FORCE5_STATES_COMMAND_MODE
Definition: force5.h:60
FORCE5_STATES_NORMAL_OPERATION
#define FORCE5_STATES_NORMAL_OPERATION
Definition: force5.h:59
force5_cfg_t
Force 5 Click configuration object.
Definition: force5.h:121
application_task
void application_task(void)
Definition: main.c:96
force5_init
err_t force5_init(force5_t *ctx, force5_cfg_t *cfg)
Force 5 initialization function.
force5_t
Force 5 Click context object.
Definition: force5.h:107
temperature
float temperature
Definition: main.c:32
force5_get_force
float force5_get_force(force5_t *ctx, force5_calibration_t calib_data)
Get force function.
application_init
void application_init(void)
Definition: main.c:34
force5_calibration
uint8_t force5_calibration(force5_t *ctx, force5_calibration_t *calib_data)
Calibration the sensor function.
FORCE5_STATES_DIAGNOSTIC_CONDITION
#define FORCE5_STATES_DIAGNOSTIC_CONDITION
Definition: force5.h:62
FORCE5_MAP_MIKROBUS
#define FORCE5_MAP_MIKROBUS(cfg, mikrobus)
MikroBUS pin mapping.
Definition: force5.h:96
calib_data
force5_calibration_t calib_data
Definition: main.c:29
force5_calibration_t
Force 5 Click calibration object.
Definition: force5.h:146
force5_cfg_setup
void force5_cfg_setup(force5_cfg_t *cfg)
Force 5 configuration object setup function.