Binding for the MH-Z19B NDIR infrared gas module. The gas module measures the CO2 gas concentration in the ambient air.
The binding can be instantiated using an existing serial UART stream or with the name (e.g. /dev/serial0 ) of the serial interface to be used.
If using an existing stream shouldDispose indicates whether the stream shall be disposed when the binding gets disposed.
If providing the name of the serial interface the connection gets closed and disposed when the binding is disposed.
public Mhz19b(Stream stream, bool shouldDispose)
public Mhz19b(string uartDevice)The CO2 concentration reading can be retrieved with
public VolumeConcentration GetCo2Reading()The sample application demonstrates the use of the binding API for sensor calibration.
Note: Refer to the datasheet for more details on sensor calibration before using the calibration API of the binding. You may decalibrate the sensor otherwise!
The MH-Z19B gas module provides a serial communication interface (UART) which can be directly wired to a Raspberry PI board. The module is supplied with 5V. The UART level is at 3.3V and no level shifter is required.
| Function | Raspi pin | MH-Z19 pin |
|---|---|---|
| Vcc +5V | 2 (+5V) | 6 (Vin) |
| GND | 6 (GND) | 7 (GND) |
| UART | 8 (TXD0) | 2 (RXD) |
| UART | 10 (RXD0) | 3 (TXD) |
| Table: MH-Z19B to RPi 3 connection |
The binding supports the connection through an UART interface (e.g. /dev/serial0) or (serial port) stream.
When using the UART interface the binding instantiates the port with the required UART settings and opens it.
The use of an existing stream adds flexibility to the actual interface that used with the binding.
In either case the binding supports all commands of the module.
Make sure that you read the datasheet carefully before altering the default calibration behaviour. Automatic baseline correction is enabled by default.