Datasheet

BMP280 Digital Pressure Sensor

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BST-BMP280-DS001-19 | Revision 1.19 | January 2018

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The variable t_fine (signed 32 bit) carries a fine resolution temperature value over to the pressure

compensation formula and could be implemented as a global variable.

The data type “BMP280_S32_t” should define a 32 bit signed integer variable type and can

usually be defined as “long signed int”.

The data type “BMP280_U32_t” should define a 32 bit unsigned integer variable type and can

usually be defined as “long unsigned int”.

For best possible calculation accuracy, 64 bit integer support is needed. If this is not possible on

your platform, please see appendix 8.2 for a 32 bit alternative.

The data type “BMP280_S64_t” should define a 64 bit signed integer variable type, which on most

supporting platforms can be defined as “long long signed int”. The revision of the code is rev.1.1.

// Returns temperature in DegC, resolution is 0.01 DegC. Output value of “5123” equals 51.23 DegC.

// t_fine carries fine temperature as global value

{

var1

var2

t_fine = var1 + var2;

T

= (t_fine * 5 + 128) >> 8;

}

// Returns pressure in Pa as unsigned 32 bit integer in Q24.8 format (24 integer bits and 8 fractional bits).

// Output value of “24674867” represents 24674867/256 = 96386.2 Pa = 963.862 hPa

{

{

}

p = 1048576-adc_P;

p = (((p<<31)-var2)*3125)/var1;

3.12 Calculating pressure and temperature

The following figure shows the detailed algorithm for pressure and temperature measurement.

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