Obtain environmental data with Digilent Pmod Sensor Modules and Arduino

Digilent Pmod is an established add-on board standard offering an ideal way to bridge system boards to the physical world. Users can easily augment the capabilities of system boards by adding Pmods. The Pmod modules are ideal for rapid prototyping. Pmods communicate with system boards using 6, 8 or 12-pin connectors and standard interfaces including SPI, I²C, UART, GPIO, H-bridge and I²S.

With Pmod Sensor Modules, engineers and developers can measure physical inputs from the environment and pass these data to systems or host boards. For example, Arduino users can plug in Digilent Pmod Ambient Light Sensor to detect the light intensity and possibly build a robot navigating the room based on the ambient light. Apart from Pmod Ambient Light Sensor, Digilent has offered a range of Sensor Pmods including temperature sensor, humidity sensor, accelerometer.

It is our goal to get users up and running with useful data in just a matter of minutes. To better serve the Arduino community, we have created application notes. Each includes Arduino sketch and Fritzing schematics.

Pmods	Arduino Application Notes
Pmod NAV IMU + barometer	The X, Y and Z components of the angular velocity, of the acceleration and of the magnetic field are measured and displayed on the Serial monitor. Download the project files HERE
Pmod TC1 Thermocouple	The temperature of the air is measured and displayed on the Serial monitor. Download the project file HERE
Pmod GYRO Gyroscope	3 components (X, Y, Z) of the gyroscope are displayed in the serial monitor Download the project file HERE
Pmod MIC3 microphone	Sound is captured. Download the project file HERE
Pmod HYGRO humidity sensor	The relative humidity and the temperature of the air is measured and displayed on the Serial monitor. Download the project file HERE
Pmod ACL accelerometer	X, Y and Z components of the acceleration are measured and displayed on the Serial monitor. Download the project file HERE
Pmod ALS Ambient light sensor	The ambient light intensity is measured, converted to an 8-bit number and displayed on the Serial monitor. Download the project file HERE
Pmod CMPS Digital Compass	X, Y and Z components of Earth’s magnetic field are measured, converted in mG (milliGauss) and displayed on the Serial monitor. Download the project file HERE

 

Digilent Pmods are available in Elfa Distrelec