MAX31889EVSYS# Temperature Sensor Eval Board

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About

The MAX31889 evaluation system (EV system) provides a single platform to evaluate the MAX31889, a temperature sensor with ±0.3°C accuracy. The EV system consists of two boards connected through headers, a MAX32630FTHR microcontroller board, and the MAX31889 EV kit board. The MAX32630FTHR contains the firmware necessary to use the PC GUI program and also provides power to the MAX31889 EV kit board. The MAX31889 EV kit board ships with jumpers preinstalled to allow quick evaluation of the MAX31889.

 

The MAX31889 operates from a 1.7V to 3.6V supply voltage, and is a low-power, high-accuracy digital temperature sensor with ±0.25ºC accuracy from -20ºC to +105ºC and ± 0.65ºC accuracy from -40ºC to +125ºC. The MAX31889 has 16-bit resolution (0.005ºC). The device uses a standard I2C serial interface to communicate with a host controller. Two GPIO pins are available. GPIO1 can be configured to trigger a temperature converison, while GPIO0 can be configured to generate an interrupt for selectable status bits. The MAX31889 includes a 32-word FIFO for the temperature data and also includes high and low threshold digital temperature alarms. The device is available in a 2mm x 2mm x 0.8mm, 6-pin, μDFN package.

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Applications/Uses

  • Internet of Things (IoT) Sensors
  • Precision Temperature Monitoring
  • RTD Replacement

 

Additional Information

Important Dates

Enrollment Begin:July 23 2020

Enrollment Ends: August 17 2020

RoadTesters Selected: August 27 2020

Product Shipped: August 28 2020

RoadTesting Begins: Sept 4 2020

Reminder/Update Email: Oct 4 2020

Submit Reviews By: Nov 4 2020

*The element14 RoadTest Staff will send this reminder/update email.

**If a RoadTester is unable to meet the deadline, please notify the RoadTest Program Lead, , as soon as possible before the deadline.

RoadTesters

Terms and Conditions

RoadTest: Terms and Conditions

MAX31889EVSYS# Temperature Sensor Eval Board

 

These are the terms and conditions which govern the MAX31889EVSYS# Temperature Sensor Eval Board KIT contest. This Contest requires participants to submit an application indicating their previous experience with this type of equipment/component, information on what they would do to test the equipment/component, and the applicant’s desire to post a thorough review of their experience with images, photos, or other supplemental materials. Participants will be required to meet the Conditions for Participation.  The winners of this RoadTest will receive the item(s) listed below. RoadTest Reviews are due no later than 60 days after the receipt of the item(s). No other prizes are offered.

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(RoadTest or Contest)

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Applications Close: midnight (GMT) on Aug 17 2020

Announcement of Winner (estimated): Aug 18 2020

Prize: MAX31889EVSYS# Temperature Sensor Eval Board

Additional Prizes: none

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Comment List
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  • mbed told me to copy the a file Called Blinky.bin or something into the "drive". I'll try this out later, thanks for telling me this!

  • For those struggling to get the SD card to work with the MAX32630FTHR using the Arduino IDE, here is a quick fix. This will allow the Arduino SD library to be used with the MAX32630FTHR board.

     

    Step 1. You need to find the "variants.h" file for the MAX32630FTHR board.

    For Linux OS this is found here (via the hidden folder .arduino15) ~/.arduino15/packages/Maxim/hardware/arm/1.1.5/variants/max3263x_fthr/variants.h

     

    Step 2. You need to add in the following data below the SPI Interfaces / pin assignment section (this is the same implementation used for the Arduino MKR boards)

     

    // Needed for SD library

    #define SDCARD_SPI      SPI0

    #define SDCARD_MISO_PIN PIN_SPI0_MISO

    #define SDCARD_MOSI_PIN PIN_SPI0_MOSI

    #define SDCARD_SCK_PIN  PIN_SPI0_SCK

    #define SDCARD_SS_PIN   PIN_SPI0_SS

     

    Then in any of the SD examples use "SDCARD_SS_PIN" as your CS pin.

  • I suppose product support, quality of materials/documentation is a part of the RoadTest too. But having to discover things on your own and reaching out to support in case of issues is a very normal thing regardless of the "thickness of the manual". One of my RoadTest items has cost me several hundred dollars in return postage as it is undergoing repairs to fix an issue which was discovered during the RoadTest - so keep in mind that sometimes things don't go to plan and that's only natural.

     

    In fact - I'm looking at the page for the MAX31889EVSYS right now - right on the front page it says the following:

    The MAX32630FTHR contains the firmware necessary to use the PC GUI program and also provides power to the MAX31889 EV kit board.

    There are gerbers available, as well as the application itself. The datasheet linked in the RoadTest is for the chip and not the Evaluation Kit, the actual datasheet for the evaluation board is here: https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX31889EVSYS.pdf

     

    Looking at the download of the MAX31889 Evaluation Kit Tool zip file, it seems that the file FTHR_Interrupt.MAX32630FTHR.bin is a firmware file for reprogramming the microcontroller and is included. As for what tool you might use to download this to the board, I'm not sure - if it's Mbed, then it might appear in your computer as a removable disk drive. Copying the BIN file into the removable disk drive and then safely removing it should cause it to be programmed onto the board (based on my experience with a Freescale Freedom board I previously tried).

     

    - Gough

     

    EDIT: Almost midnight here in Sydney, so I might have to leave it there. Hopefully you manage to get the firmware file programmed up and back on track. Good luck!

  • Actually getting samples of chips are pretty easy, I've managed to get some I needed from Maxim, Analog, and Microchip.

     

    I guess it's true EV kits are produced in low quantities, but this EV kit only has one doc: the data sheet.

     

    I'm probably going to comb through that as well.

     

    And the data sheet is for the chip.

     

    You were correct.

     

    The MAX32630FTHR contains the firmware necessary to use the PC GUI program and also provides power to the MAX31889 EV kit board. The MAX31889 EV kit board ships with jumpers preinstalled to allow quick evaluation of the MAX31889.

     

    *sighs*

     

    I'll try to find this firmware I guess.

  • It's common for many evaluation boards to hit the $100-150 mark even, although the parts on the board may cost only a few dollars. I'm looking at one right now on a RoadTest.

     

    This is mainly because the products themselves are not mass market - they are often done as small batches (or even hand built in some cases) which increases cost. The product often comes with extra documentation, design recommendations, actual design gerbers, bill of materials for you to "short-cut" the design processes by basing your design off their (usually optimised) reference design. Other times, they provide source code as well which can be a reference point for developing your own.

     

    Overall, the value of the kits is not the sum of the parts, but in the time saved for an engineer who is deciding whether to integrate the part or not into their design and the reduction in effort required to do. Sometimes these kits are subsidised by the manufacturer to encourage adoption of their parts, but this seems to be rather rare nowadays as is getting free samples of chips as well.

     

    - Gough

  • Or I'll call them in the afternoon if they aren't busy.

     

    lesson learned for road testing: if they don't come with 600 page user manuals like that Eaton thing don't' apply unless if you're willing to run in circles and call support 10 times.

  • Well... I guess that was stupid thinking on my part.

     

    I guess I'll not do everything on the mbed page in the future, I guess.

     

    I opened a case with Maxim Support, hopefully I can convince them to send me a copy of the demo code.

     

    Also, I'm curious. This EV kit is just a PCB, a 2 dollar chip, a cap, and some jumpers, test probes, and headers. And terminal blocks. I don't understand why this is at the 56 dollar price mark. Seems overly expensive for a simple breakout board and software.

  • I'm not sure but my previous experience with other Maxim EVSYS products seem to suggest that the boards may come pre-programmed with the code necessary to make them function with the demo app. If you've tried reprogramming the microcontroller, you might have replaced the original program with your own, which may explain why the demo app isn't picking it up. Whether Maxim provides the code for the microcontroller to restore the original program, I'm not sure, but that's my best guess. Maybe someone else with this exact kit can comment.

     

    - Gough

  • I think it is pretty good and the Arduino IDE compatibility better. I managed to make it blink the LED red over and over.

     

    The application is still not being nice, so I'm hoping another one of the other 3 roadtesters are smarter than me and managed to work around this or just solve it.

     

    I guess I'll reach out to Maxim Support in the meantime.

     

    Once I get to the board testing part I'll have a 99% chance of asking you for help.

     

    Thanks!

  • Someone sent me a MAX32630FTHR board the other day and I've been learning what works and what doesn't. The best way I can describe this board is that it reminds me of that well known "spaghetti western" film, titled "The Good, the bad and the ugly". At face value it's a dev board in the Adafruit Feather form factor with a Cortex M4 processor and some nice sensors and peripherals included. Dig deeper and you'll find the software libraries limited and the documentation woeful.

     

    Anyway, if you have problems with the board, let me know and will try and help. Note, I found the Bluetooth module to me particularly problematic (takes over 5 minutes before it starts advertising when running the Mbed example) and the SD card reader is temperamental. Other than that it's a pretty good board. Did you know you can develop code with the Arduino IDE too.