Analog Devices, known for their reliable and well-documented sensor chips - has a high precision and high resolution temperature sensor on the market, and we've got a breakout to make it easy to use! The Analog Devices ADT7410 gets straight to the point - it's an I2C temperature sensor, with 16-bit 0.0078°C temperature resolution and 0.5°C temperature tolerance. Wire it up to your microcontroller or single-board computer to get reliable temperature readings with ease

This sensor can be put online using a Raspberry Pi, Python, and Adafruit IO. You'll be up and running in under 15 minutes!

If you're looking for a way to precisely monitor and log temperature data to the cloud, follow along!

Thanks to Digi-Key and Analog Devices for sponsoring the development of this guide - Adafruit has made the ADT7410 PCB "Digi-Key red" in their honor!

Parts

ADT7410 High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor Breakout Board
Analog Devices, known for their reliable and well-documented sensor chips - has a high precision and high resolution temperature sensor on the market, and we've got a breakout to...
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Materials

You'll need the materials below to complete this project. If you do not have them, pick them up from the Adafruit Store.

1 x Breadboard
Half-size breadboard
1 x Adafruit Pi Dish
Adafruit Pi Dish for Raspberry Pi - Includes Breadboard
1 x Wire Bundle
Breadboarding wire bundle
1 x 16GB MicroSD Card
16GB Card with NOOBS 2.9
1 x MicroUSB 5V 2.5A Power Supply
5V 2.5A Switching Power Supply with 20AWG MicroUSB Cable

Feed Setup

If you do not already have an Adafruit IO account set up, head over to io.adafruit.com to link your Adafruit.com account to Adafruit IO.

The first step is to create a new Adafruit IO feed to hold the AD7410's temperature. Navigate to the feeds page on Adafruit IO. Then click Actions -> Create New Feed, and name this feed temperature

Dashboard Setup 

Next, step is to create a dashboard to display the value read by the ADT7410 sensor.

Select the Gauge block. 

Select the temperature feed created earlier.

In the Block Settings step, set the Block Title to Temperature, set the Gauge Min/Max Values to the upper and lower temperature thresholds you want to measure.

You can label the gauge by setting the Gauge Label - this example assumes temperature is to be measured in Degrees C.

Uncomfortably hot/cold? You can optionally set the gauge change color to warn you if the temperature goes above (or below) a certain value.

After adding the gauge element, your dashboard will look like the following:

You are also going to need your Adafruit IO username and secret API key.

Navigate to your profile and click the View AIO Key button to retrieve them. Write them down in a safe place, you'll need them for later.

Need a way to connect your Raspberry Pi to a breadboard? Check out the T-Cobbler Plus - this add-on prototyping board lets you easily connect a Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi Model Zero, A+, B+, Pi 2,Pi 3) to a solderless breadboard:

Angled shot of Assembled Pi T-Cobbler Plus next to GPIO ribbon cable
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The ADT7410 and the 128x32 OLED each have a unique address and can be connected together as i2c devices, using the Raspberry Pi as a i2c controller (For more information about i2c addressing, check out the guide here...)

Make the following connections between the Pi and the ADT7410:

  • Pi 3.3V to ADT7410 VIN
  • Pi GND to ADT7410 GND
  • Pi SCL to ADT7410 SCL
  • Pi SDA to ADT7410 SDA

Make the following connections between the Pi and the OLED Display:

  • Pi SCL to Display SCL
  • Pi SDA to Display SDA
  • Pi GPIO #21 to Display RST
  • Pi 3.3V to Display VIN
  • Pi GND to Display GND

This guide assumes that you've gotten your Raspberry Pi up and running, and have CircuitPython installed.

Installing Fonts

This project uses a Microsoft TrueType Font. To install it, enter the following into the terminal on your Raspberry Pi:

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Installing CircuitPython Libraries

Since CircuitPython is running on the Raspberry Pi - installing the libraries for this guide is quick and easy.

To install the library for the displayenter the following into the terminal

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ssd1306

You'll also need to install the CircuitPython library to read data from the Analog Devices ADT7410

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-adt7410

The code for this project is below. Save it to the Raspberry Pi as adafruit_io_adt7410.py

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Brent Rubell for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

"""
'adafruit_io_adt7410.py'
==================================
Example of sending temperature
values to an Adafruit IO feed using
an ADT7410 breakout.

Dependencies:
    - Adafruit_Blinka
        (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka)
    - Adafruit_CircuitPython_SSD1306
        (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_SSD1306)
    - Adafruit_CircuitPython_ADT7410
        (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ADT7410)
"""
# Import standard python modules
import time

# import Adafruit SSD1306 OLED
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
import adafruit_ssd1306

# import Adafruit IO REST client
from Adafruit_IO import Client

# import Adafruit CircuitPython adafruit_adt7410 library
import adafruit_adt7410

# import Adafruit Blinka
import board
import busio
import digitalio

# Delay between sensor reads, in seconds
DELAY_SECONDS = 30

# Set to your Adafruit IO key.
# Remember, your key is a secret,
# so make sure not to publish it when you publish this code!
ADAFRUIT_IO_KEY = 'ADAFRUIT_IO_KEY'

# Set to your Adafruit IO username.
# (go to https://accounts.adafruit.com to find your username)
ADAFRUIT_IO_USERNAME = 'ADAFRUIT_IO_USERNAME'

# Create an instance of the REST client
aio = Client(ADAFRUIT_IO_USERNAME, ADAFRUIT_IO_KEY)

# Set up `temperature` feed
pi_temperature = aio.feeds('temperature')

# Set up OLED
i2c_bus = busio.I2C(board.SCL, board.SDA)
oled_reset = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D21)
disp = adafruit_ssd1306.SSD1306_I2C(128, 32, i2c_bus, reset=oled_reset)
# Clear display.
disp.fill(0)
disp.show()

# Create blank image for drawing.
# Make sure to create image with mode '1' for 1-bit color.
width = disp.width
height = disp.height
image = Image.new('1', (width, height))
# Get drawing object to draw on image.
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
# `sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer` to get these fonts
font_big = ImageFont.truetype('/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Bold.ttf', 16)
font_small = ImageFont.truetype('/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial_Bold.ttf', 12)

adt = adafruit_adt7410.ADT7410(i2c_bus, address=0x48)
adt.high_resolution = True
time.sleep(0.25)  # wait for sensor to boot up and get first reading

while True:
    # clear screen
    draw.rectangle((0, 0, width, height), outline=0, fill=0)

    # Read the temperature sensor
    tempC = adt.temperature
    tempC = round(tempC, 2)

    # display the temperature on the OLED
    draw.text((0, 0), "Temp: %0.2F *C" % tempC, font=font_big, fill=255)

    # Send temperature to Adafruit IO
    print('Sending temperature {0} C to Adafruit IO'.format(tempC))
    draw.text((0, 16), "Sending...", font=font_small, fill=255)
    disp.image(image)
    disp.show()

    aio.send(pi_temperature.key, tempC)
    draw.text((0, 16), "Sending...Done!", font=font_small, fill=255)
    disp.image(image)
    disp.show()

    # Delay for DELAY_SECONDS seconds to avoid timeout from adafruit io
    time.sleep(DELAY_SECONDS)

Before running the code, you'll need to set the ADAFRUIT_IO_KEY to the Adafruit IO Key we saved earlier and set the ADAFRUIT_IO_USERNAME to your Adafruit IO Username.

When both of these variables are changed, save the file. You can run the program by entering the following in your terminal:

python adafruit_io_adt7410.py

and Press the Enter Key.

You should see the following print out in your terminal

Sending temperature 22.26 C to Adafruit IO
Sending temperature 22.27 C to Adafruit IO
Sending temperature 22.25 C to Adafruit IO
Sending temperature 22.27 C to Adafruit IO
Sending temperature 22.28 C to Adafruit IO

The display should display the temperature read from the ADT7410 along with the status of the data being sent to Adafruit IO.

Next, we're going to check that the data has been received by Adafruit IO. We can do this by visiting the Adafruit IO Monitor page. Every 30 seconds, the page will refresh with the latest values from the ADT7410.

 

If you want to change the delay, change the variable DELAY_SECONDS to the desired delay between sensor reads. 

Navigate to the dashboard you created earlier to view the temperature gauge we added. Every 30 seconds, it'll update and display a new value.

For more information about the ADT7410 CircuitPython library, check out the latest docs!

This guide was first published on Feb 11, 2019. It was last updated on Mar 29, 2024.