Power Pins

The sensor on the breakout requires between a 2.7V and 5.5V, and can be easily used with most microcontrollers from an Arduino to a Feather or something else.

  • VIN - This is the power pin. To power the board, give it the same power as the logic level of your microcontroller - e.g. for a 5V micro like Arduino, use 5V, or for a Feather use 3.3V.
  • GND - This is common ground for power and logic.

I2C Pins

Default address is 0x40.

  • SCL - This is the I2C clock pin, connect to your microcontroller's I2C clock line. There's a 10K pullup on this pin.
  • SDA - This is the I2C data pin, connect to your microcontroller's I2C data line. There's a 10K pullup on this pin.
  • STEMMA QT - These connectors allow you to connect to development boards with STEMMA QT connectors, or to other things, with various associated accessories.

Other Pins

  • Vin+ is the positive input pin. Connect to supply for high side current sensing or to load ground for low side sensing.
  • Vin- is the negative input pin. Connect to load for high side current sensing or to board ground for low side sensing
  • A0 and A1 solder jumpers - These can be bridged with solder to pull the address pin up to VIN to change the I2C address according to the list below.

I2C Addresses Based on Jumpers

  • Default = 0x40
  • A0 soldered = 0x41
  • A1 soldered = 0x44
  • A0 and A1 soldered = 0x45

This guide was first published on Oct 26, 2012. It was last updated on Mar 28, 2024.

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