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# MS5611
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Arduino library for MS5611 temperature and pressure sensor.
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Arduino library for MS5611 pressure (and temperature) sensor.
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## Description
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The MS5611 is a high resolution temperature and pressure sensor a.k.a GY-63.
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The MS5611 is a high resolution pressure (and temperature) sensor a.k.a GY-63.
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The high resolution is made possible by oversampling many times.
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The device address is 0x76 or 0x77 depending on the CSB/CSO pin.
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- https://github.com/RobTillaart/MS5611_SPI
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#### Self heating
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In some configurations especially when using SPI the sensor showed a self heating.
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First this was approached as a problem, so investigations were done to understand the
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cause and how to solve it. During this process the view changed of seeing the higher
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temperature as a problem to being the solution.
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The sensor is primary a pressure sensor and if it is heated by a cause (don't care)
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it needs compensation. For that the temperature sensor is build in the device.
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Depending on the configuration self heating can be as low as 0.1°C to as high as 10++ °C.
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**WARNING** One should **NOT** use 5V to control I2C address line, SPI select, or
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the protocol select line. This causes extreme heat build up > 10°C.
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One should only use 3V3 lines for these "selection lines".
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See also - https://github.com/RobTillaart/MS5611_SPI/issues/3
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Note: the self heating offset can be compensated with **setTemperatureOffset(offset)**
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which allows you to match the temperature with the ambient temperature again.
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#### Breakout GY-63
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```cpp
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#### 2nd order pressure compensation
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- **setCompensation(bool flag = true)** to enable/desiable the 2nd order compensation.
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- **setCompensation(bool flag = true)** to enable/desirable the 2nd order compensation.
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The default = true.
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Disabling the compensation will be slightly faster but you loose precision.
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- **getCompensation()** returns flag set above.

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