Review the ams OSRAM Digital Temperature Sensor Kit and Companion App AS6221-DK

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The AS6221 demo kit offers an easy way to explore the capabilities of the AMS digital temperature sensor. It comes with a companion app that allows you to modify all settings of the sensor and observe the impact on power consumption and conversion rate.

The AS6221 Eval Kit is a small PCB allowing a simple and quick evaluation of the AS6221 digital temperature sensors without the need to design a custom PCB. This small form factor board is fully assembled with the AS6221 temperature sensor and its necessary external components. The kit is ideal for rapid setup of a digital temperature sensor.

About the ams AS6221 Temperature Sensor

The AS6221 is a high accurate digital temperature sensor with an accuracy of up to ±0.09°C, which is ideal for healthcare applications, wearables and devices requiring high-performance thermal information. The AS6221, is a complete digital sensor system, requires no calibration or linearization. It provides measurement outputs via a standard I²C interface. The sensor supports eight I²C addresses avoiding bus conflicts in multi-sensor use cases.

The ultra-small size of the sensor (WLCSP 1.5 mm x 1.0 mm) enables accurate body/skin temperature measurements in very small health and lifestyle monitoring products. In addition to the high accuracy and the small form factor, the AS6221 offers a very low power consumption, for example measuring with 4 samples/s, the current consumption is only 6 µA. The sensor has 4 different automatic acquisition modes and keeps the high accuracy over the full supply range from 1.71 to 3.6 V. An integrated alert functionality triggers an interrupt to the micro controller when a temperature threshold is exceeded. The temperature threshold for the alert function can be adjusted in a device register.

The AS6221 production test setup is calibrated according NIST and the verification equipment is calibrated by an ISO/IEC-17025 accredited laboratory.

Features 

• High temperature accuracy
• Ultra-low power consumption
• Small integration size (WLCSP)
• Complete sensor system with serial bus connection
• Alert functionality for exact temperature control 

Benefits 

• Enables high accurate skin temperature measurements
• Long battery life and low self heating
• 'Easy to Use' solution, i.e. no calibration or linearization needed
• Minimal board space and fast reaction time 

Applications 

• Industrial - Home & building automation
• Mobile & wearables - Body tracking; Vital sign monitoring
• Medical & health - Digital diagnostic devices

Documentation

• Product brief (sensor)
• User guide (EVK)
• General Information
• Fact sheet (sensor)
• Mfr Page
• Demo kit
• Video

Contents

• AS6221-DK

Roadtester Instructions

• Working with the documentation, open the box and test the out of the box experience of the eval kit.
• Show the reader of this review what you discovered about the eval kit through text, images, videos, and/or any other media, so the reader understands what is involved in using the product.
• Getting started experience on kit
  

About ams OSRAM

The ams OSRAM Group is a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters. By adding intelligence to light and passion to innovation, we enrich people’s lives. With over 110 years of combined history, our core is defined by imagination, deep engineering expertise and the ability to provide global industrial capacity in sensor and light technologies. We create exciting innovations that enable our customers in the automotive, industrial, medical and consumer markets to maintain their competitive edge and drive innovation that meaningfully improves the quality of life in terms of health, safety and convenience, while reducing impact on the environment.

Our around 20,000 employees worldwide focus on innovation across sensing, illumination and visualization to make journeys safer, medical diagnosis more accurate and daily moments in communication a richer experience. Our work creates technology for breakthrough applications, which is reflected in over 15,000 patents granted and applied. Find out more about us on https://ams-osram.com or click here.

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