Arduino Project Draft

Pressure v. Temperature

Project Overview

The purpose of this project is to collect pressure and temperature measurements using a
BMP180 sensor over extended periods of time to detect a pattern or relationship, such as if
pressure changes before temperature, or vice-versa, and pressure/temperature trends
throughout the day. An Arduino was used to read and log the data. Together with the BMP,
they were placed inside a box and the temperature and pressure within the box were measured
while the box was kept in one place (e.g. inside a room) and while it was moved from place to
place (e.g. to different floors of a building).

Setup

Code

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_Sensor.h>
#include <Adafruit_BMP085_U.h>

Adafruit_BMP085_Unified bmp = Adafruit_BMP085_Unified(10085);

void setup(void)
{
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("Pressure Sensor Test"); Serial.println("");

if(!bmp.begin())
{
Serial.print("Ooops, no BMP085 detected ... Check your wiring or I2C ADDR!");
while(1);
}
 void loop(void)
{
/* Get a new sensor event */
sensors_event_t event;
bmp.getEvent(&event);

/* Display the results (barometric pressure is measure in hPa) */

if (event.pressure)
{
//Serial.print("Pressure: ");
Serial.print(event.pressure);
Serial.print(" hPa,");

float temperature;
bmp.getTemperature(&temperature);
//Serial.print("Temperature: ");
Serial.print(temperature);
Serial.println(" C");

}
else
{
Serial.println("Sensor error");
}
delay(1000);
}

Data

1. Late Morning Early Afternoon (4.75hrs, non-stationary). Temperature rises, is more or

less constant, then steadily drops. Pressure steadily rises throughout.

TEMPERATURE
22.4
22.2
22
21.8
21.6
21.4
21.2
21
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000
 PRESSURE
1002.5

1002

1001.5

1001

1000.5

1000

999.5
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000

2. Afternoon Late Evening (6.95hrs, stationary). Temperature and pressure change at

the same rate.

TEMPERATURE
24.5
24
23.5
23
22.5
22
21.5
21
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000

PRESSURE
998
997
996
995
994
993
992
991
990
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000

3. Late Evening - Early Morning (4.29hrs; stationary). Temperature initially rises slightly
while pressure drops sharply, then they both drop at a similar rate.
 TEMPERATURE
24.5
24
23.5
23
22.5
22
21.5
21
20.5
20
19.5
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000

PRESSURE
993
992
991
990
989
988
987
986
985
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000

4. Late Morning (2.55hrs, stationary). Temperature changes very slightly while pressure
drops at a steady rate.

TEMPERATURE
20.3
20.2
20.1
20
19.9
19.8
19.7
19.6
19.5
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000
 PRESSURE
987

986

985

984

983

982

981
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000

5. Afternoon (3.64hrs, non-stationary). Temperature rises sharply then evens out.

Pressure is mostly even. It dropped sharply (x = 4000-5000) just before a slight rise in
temperature (5100).

TEMPERATURE
25

24

23

22

21

20

19
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000

PRESSURE
982

981

980

979

978

977

976
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000

6. Early Evening (2.71hrs, stationary). Initial sharp rise in temperature and then constant.
Pressure rises then drops.
 TEMPERATURE
26.5
26
25.5
25
24.5
24
23.5
23
22.5
22
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000

PRESSURE
982.8
982.6
982.4
982.2
982
981.8
981.6
981.4
981.2
981
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000