Gas Sensor Afe Ti (Lmp91000)
Gas Sensor Afe Ti (Lmp91000)
Gas Sensor Afe Ti (Lmp91000)
TI Designs
Gas Sensor Platform Reference Design
An IMPORTANT NOTICE at the end of this TI reference design addresses authorized use, intellectual property matters and other
important disclaimers and information.
1 Introduction
The intent of this reference guide is to describe in detail the Gas Sensor Platform with Bluetooth® Low-Energy
Reference Design from Texas Instruments. After reading this reference design, a user should better understand
the features and usage of this reference design platform.
The Gas Sensor Platform with Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) is intended as a reference design that
customers can use to develop end-products for consumer and industrial applications to monitor gases like
carbon monoxide (CO), oxygen (O2), ammonia, fluorine, chlorine dioxide and others. BLE adds a wireless
feature to the platform that enables seamless connectivity to an iPhone® or an iPad®. Customers can
easily replace the targeted gas sensor based on their application, while keeping the same analog front-
end (AFE) and BLE design. The system runs on a CR2032 coin-cell battery. AFE from TI — LMP91000 —
interfaces directly with the electrochemical cell. The LMP91000 interfaces with CC2541, which is a BLE
system on a chip from TI.
An iOS application running on an iPhone 4S® and newer generations or an iPad 3® and newer generations
lets customers interface with this reference platform. Customers can use and customize the iOS
application, the hardware files and firmware source code of CC2541, which TI provides as an open
source. The Gas Sensor Platform with BLE provides customers with a low-power, configurable AFE and
the option to integrate wireless features in gas-sensing applications. This platform helps customers access
the market faster and helps differentiate from performance, power, and feature sets.
The platform complies with the following standards:
• EN 300 328
• FCC 15.247
• IC RSS-210
• EN 301 489-17
FCC and IC Regulatory Compliance standards:
• FCC – Federal Communications Commission Part 15, Class A
• IC – Industry Canada ICES-003 Class A
The heart of this reference platform is the AFE from TI, the LMP91000. The LMP91000 is perfect for use
in micropower, electrochemical-sensing applications. The LMP91000 provides a complete signal-path
solution between a sensor and a microcontroller that generates an output voltage proportional to the cell-
current. This device provides all of the functionality for detecting changes in gas concentration based on a
delta current at the working electrode.
The LMP91000 is programmed to support multiple electrochemical sensors, such as 3-lead toxic gas
sensors (see Figure 4) and 2-lead galvanic cell sensors (see Figure 5) with a single design as opposed to
multiple discrete solutions. The AFE supports gas sensitivities over a range of 0.5 to 9500 nA/ppm. The
AFE also allows for an easy conversion of current ranges from 5 to 750 µA, full scale.
The adjustable cell-bias and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) gain are programmed through the I2C
interface. The I2C interface can also be used for sensor diagnostics. An integrated temperature sensor can
be read by the user through the VOUT pin and used to provide additional signal correction in the
microcontroller or monitored to verify temperature conditions at the sensor. The AFE is optimized for
micropower applications, and operates over a voltage range of 2.7 to 5.25 V. The total current
consumption can be less than 10 μA. Additional power-saving capabilities are possible by switching off the
TIA and shorting the reference electrode to the working electrode with an internal switch
The LMP91000 supports many different toxic gases and sensors, and is configured to address the critical
parameters of each gas.
Input — The LMP91000 provides a 3-electrode solution — counter electrode (CE), reference electrode
(RE), working electrode (WE) (see Figure 4), as well as a 2-electrode solution — short the CE and
RE (see Figure 5).
Variable Bias — Variable bias provides the amount of bias voltage required by a biased gas sensor
between RE and WE. This bias voltage can be programmed to be 1% to 24% of the supply, or it
can be VREF. The bias can also be negative or positive depending on the type of sensing element.
Vref Divider — This is the voltage at the noninverting pin at TIA. This voltage can be programmed to be
either 20%, 50%, or 67% of the supply, or it can be VREF. The Vref divider provides the best use of
the full-scale input range of the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and sufficient headroom for the
CE of the sensor to swing in case of sudden changes in the gas concentration.
• How to select the appropriate Vref divider:
– If the current at pin WE (Iwe) is flowing into the TIA, then the Vref divider should be set to 67%
of Vref.
– If Iwe is flowing out of the TIA, then the Vref divider should be set to 20% of Vref.
• Assume Vref_divider is set to 20% of Vref.
• Assume variable bias is set to 2% of Vref.
• Assume Vref = 4.1 V.
The Vref divider in that case would be 0.82 V. The noninverting input to A1 is 0.902 V,
which is 22% of Vref.
Control Amplifier A1 — A1 is a differential amplifier used to compare the potential between WE and RE.
The error signal is amplified and applied to the CE. Changes in the impedance between the WE
and RE cause a change in the voltage applied to CE in order to maintain the constant voltage
between WE and RE.
Temperature Sensor — An on-board temperature sensor provides a ±3˚C accuracy. The sensor can be
used by an external microcontroller to correct for performance over temperature.
Serial Interface — Calibration and programming is done through the I2C digital interface. The I2C
interface enables calibration and state-of-health monitoring. As mentioned before, health
monitoring is very important because chemical cells can degrade over time.
NOTE: LM4120 provides a fixed 2.5-V precision reference to both the LMP91000 and the
CC2541 in this reference platform. Because of this fixed precision reference, 2.5 V is
used in Equation 4 to calculate the ADC resolution inside the CC2541.
• Multiply the decimal value from Equation 3 with the ADC resolution:
840 × 0.001221 = 1.025 V (5)
(Vref_div – Vout) / (RTIA) = Iwe_fresh air
where
• Vref_div is 67% of Vref.
• RTIA is set to 7000. (6)
Thus, based on Equation 6, current at the WE pin (Iwe) flowing into the TIA is approximately 91 µA
(fresh air calibration).
• To change the O2 concentration, exhale, or breathe out, on the O2 sensor to increase VOUT. Assume
that the CC2541 transmits 03B0h in its VOUT field. 03B0h translates to 944 in decimal (see
Equation 3).
944 × 0.001221 = 1.152 V (7)
In this case, based on Equation 7, the current at the WE pin (Iwe) flowing into the TIA is (1.667– 1.152)
/ 7000 = 73.5 µA.
• In Equation 6, the calibrated fresh air WE (Iwe) value is 91 µA. For calibration, this value can be set to
correspond to 20.9%.
• Exhale, or breathe out, on the O2 sensor; the normalized O2 percentage is:
(73.5 × 20.9) / 91 = 16.88% (8)
NOTE: The LM4120 provides a fixed 2.5-V precision reference to both the LMP91000 and the
CC2541 in this reference platform. Because of this fixed precision reference, 2.5 V is
used in Equation 10 to calculate the ADC resolution inside the CC2541.
• Multiply the decimal value from Equation 3 with the ADC resolution:
415 × 0.001221 = 0.506 V (11)
(Vref_div –Vout) / (RTIA) = – Iwe_fresh air
where
• The Vref divider is set to 20% of Vref as Iwe is flowing out of the TIA (in the case of a CO sensor).
• RTIA is set to 7000. (12)
Thus, based on Equation 12, the current at the WE pin (Iwe) flowing out of the TIA is approximately 857
nA (fresh air calibration).
• Based on the CO-AF specification, the sensitivity of the sensor is 55 to 90 nA/ppm. In the iOS
software, the sensitivity is set to 70 nA/ppm, which is the approximate average of the range.
857 nA × 70 nA/ppm = approximately 12 ppm (13)
NOTE: The RTIA for the CO-AF sensor is set to 7000, which ensures that the full range of the CO-
AF sensor (0 to 5000 ppm) can be used without clipping.
CE VE-
RE RE
RE NC
TEMP DGND TEMP DGND
SENSOR SENSOR
WE VE+
WE + VOUT WE + VOUT
TIA TIA
- -
RLoad RLoad
RTIA RTIA
C1 C2 AGND C1 C2 AGND
NOTE: The default firmware and the iOS software in the Gas Sensor Platform from TI are designed
to support the CO-AF from Alphasense (http://www.alphasense.com/industrial-
sensors/alphasense_sensors.html) as well as the O2-A2 from Alphasense. Customers can
easily update the firmware and the iOS software to support additional sensor types. For
firmware updates, see Section 7.2.
Figure 6. WEBENCH CO
Figure 7. WEBENCH O2
2 Features
3 Hardware Description
NOTE: Use a UL-compliant CR2032 coin-cell battery with nominal voltage 3 V, nominal capacity 225
mAh, and nominal continuous standard load 0.2 mA.
• An iOS device: iPhone 4S and newer generations; iPad 3 and newer generations; fifth generation iPod
(www.Apple.com)
Download the TI Gas Sensor application from the Apple App Store™ at iTunes.Apple.com/us/app/TI-
Gas-Sensor/id663441630.
NOTE: CC-DEBUGGER is the debug tool to load the firmware to the CC2541 (ti.com/tool/cc-
debugger). The debug tool is needed only if changes to the firmware are required.
By default the Gas Sensor Platform supports the 3-lead amperometric cell (R43 not installed, see
Section 1.4). By default, the firmware and iOS software support the Alphasense CO-AF sensor. TI
recommends installing the CO-AF sensor (not included) from Alphasense into the socket on the SAT0010
board (see Figure 10).
1. Install the sensor onto the platform (see Figure 9).
2. Load the CR2032 (not included in the kit) into the coin-cell holder on the SAT0009 board.
3. Turn the On/Off switch to the right (with respect to the orientation shown in Figure 11).
In addition to transmitting, there are other factors to consider when calculating battery life. A BLE device
can go through several other modes, such as receiving, sleeping, and waking up from sleep. Even if the
current consumption of a device in each different mode is known, there is not enough information to
determine the total power consumed by the device. Each layer of the BLE stack requires a certain amount
of processing to remain connected and to comply with the specifications of the protocol. The MCU takes
time to perform this processing, and during this time, current is consumed by the device. In addition, some
power might be consumed while the device switches between modes (see Figure 13). All of this must be
considered to get an accurate measurement of the total current consumed.
4 Antenna Simulations
The following data was simulated using the High-Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) from ANSYS
(www.ansys.com/hfss).
The Gas Sensor Platform with BLE platform is a stack of two 1-inch diameter boards (see Figure 14).
The goals of the antenna simulations include the following:
• Validate that the 2.45-GHz antenna performs as expected.
• Estimate the influence of the battery board, by running simulations with and without the battery board.
Figure 17. Antenna Simulations Electrical Field Propagation With Power Board
The power board (SAT0009) was used in the next simulation to determine if the BLE antenna resulted in
an improvement to the performance of SAT0010 (see Figure 18, Figure 19, and Figure 20).
Antenna matching was improved by increasing the inductor from 3 to 5 nH (see Figure 21). The increase
resulted in a better return loss value of 10 dB.
4.3 Conclusion
• Overall board size is very small.
– Reduces the antenna efficiency from an estimated 70% to 54%.
– Influences the match of the antenna to become only 6 dB.
• By increasing the last inductor from 3 to 5 nH, the match is improved.
1
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C1 C2 VIN
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2
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GN D GN D 200 kohm GN D
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GN D GN D GN D GN D GN D GN D GN D GN D ANTENNA IIFA BLE
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GN D P2_1/DD R1 36
35 P2_0 1pF 50V 1.0nH 5.1nH
1
0 ohm P2_1
P2_2/DC R2 34 L3
1
P2_2
GN D 0 ohm 2.0nH C10
1pF 50V
2
P1_0 11
2
R3 P1_0
9
P1_1
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P1_2 R F_P
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6 P1_3 26 18pF 50V GN D
5 P1_4 R F_N C12
P1_5 L4
38 32 2 1 2 1
P1_6 P2_4
37 33 X1
VOUT_P0_0 R4 P1_7 P2_3 18pF 50V 2.0nH
19 22 1 2
1
R5 0 ohm P0_0 XO SC _Q 1
C2_P0_1 18 23 X2 C13
P0_1 XO SC _Q 2
0 ohm 17 4 3 1pF 50V
2
P0_2
16 P0_3 32.768kHz
15 P0_4 1 2 535-9544-2-ND
14 40
P0_5 D C O U PL
VD D _FILT 13
P0_6
C14 GN D
S oC Debug/ Fl ash
1
12 P0_7 R BIAS 30 1 2
1 2 C15
P2_2/DC 3 4 P2_1/DD 20 41 1uF 6.3V 15pF 50V
2
1
CC2541
2
2
P0_4/SSN
1 2 BLUE
P0_3/ MI SO
RESET_N
GN D
1nF 50V GN D
GN D
R15
VR EF
1M
DNP
D N P = D O N OT POPU LATE AT A SSEMB LY
GN D
VD D
LM4120AIM5-2.5CT-ND
2
C24 U4
4
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IN
2
GN D
GN D VR EF
RE F
O UT
GN D
5
1
1
C25 C26
0.022uF 16V 0.1uF 16V
1
2
2
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1
GN D
GN D C28
0.022uF 16V
2
LMP91000SDE/NOPBTR-ND
LMP91000SD R19 R20
11 10.0 kohm 10.0 kohm
6
U5 GN D
TEMP
GN D
RE SENSOR
RE 13
2 CE 12
WE TIA
Ve-
3
1
1 WE C29
1
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RLOAD
C30 1uF 6.3V
2
0.1uF 10V DNP
2
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GN D
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C31 GN D
1 2
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1
C32
1uF 6.3V
2
DNP
GN D
NOTE: Capacitors C29 and C32 on SAT0010 provide low-pass filtering to the analog output signals
(VOUT and C2) from LMP91000. In the schematic, they are placed as placeholders and
shown as DNP (do not populate). During testing of this platform it was noted that a value of
.01 µF was most optimized for C29 and C32 for this particular platform. Customers can fine-
tune this selection based on their system design.
6 Layout
7 Practical Applications
Ensure that you are using the version used in Figure 36 or a newer version.
The number of times the Bluetooth radio communicates with the iOS application can be easily changed by
using the highlighted variable shown in Figure 38.
The firmware has a case statement to easily change from a CO sensor to an O2 sensor, as shown in
Figure 39. Note the x in front of the CO option.
All the key configuration settings for LMP91000 have been co-located for easy update to the firmware (see
Figure 40).
New sensor services can be added to the firmware, as shown in Figure 41.
See SNVC100 for the Altium Project files of the SAT0010 AFE and BLE board (see Figure 43).
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