BMP581 Adafruit Temperature and Pressure Sensor Module

The Adafruit BMP581 sensor module is I2C compatible temperature and pressure monitor, used in many new generation electronic projects and robotics and drone projects. This article shares a brief all in one information’s about this BMP581 module.

What is BMP581 Adafruit Sensor Module?

BMP581 Adafruit Temperature and Pressure Sensor Module
Figure 1: Adafruit temperature and pressure sensor module

The BMP581 is a new technology-based barometric pressure and temperature sensor module. This module works based on the Bosch Sensortec BMP581 capacitive sensor. The accuracy of this sensor is very high in both temperature and vertical altitude measurement. This is the best choice and an alternative way to upgrade your old sensors, such as the BMP280 or BMP388.

Technical Specifications and Features

  • Operating voltage is 3V or 5V 3.3 V is recommended.
  • Pressure Range is 300 to 1250 hPa and measures absolute barometric pressure.
  • Relative Accuracy is ยฑ0.4 Pa (approx. ยฑ3.3 cm altitude)
  • Absolute Accuracy is ยฑ30 Pa (approx. ยฑ2.5 m)
  • Altitude Noise is Approx. 1 cm (0.08 Pa)
  • Temperature Accuracy is ยฑ0.5ยฐCOperating Voltage: 3.3V or 5V (on-board regulator)
  • Current Draw is 1.3 ยตA to 260 ยตA
  • Interfaces option is I2C (up to 1 MHz) and SPI (up to 12 MHz)
  • Connectors are used which are Dual STEMMA QT / Qwiic portsI2C Address: 0x47 (default)

BMP581 Adafruit Pinout and Pin configurations

BMP581 Pinout
Figure 2: BMP581 Adafruit module pinout diagram
Pin LabelFunctionDescription
3Vo (3.3V)Power Output3.3V regulated output from the onboard regulator or power input when using 3.3V boards, depending on board configuration.
GNDGroundCommon ground supply.
SCLIยฒC ClockClock line for IยฒC communication.
SDO / CSAddress Select / Chip SelectIn IยฒC mode, selects the sensor address. In SPI mode, functions as the Chip Select (CS) pin.
SDAIยฒC DataData line for IยฒC communication.
INTInterrupt OutputOptional interrupt pin for events such as data-ready or threshold alerts.
STEMMA QT ConnectorsIยฒC InterfaceJST-SH connectors carrying power and IยฒC signals for plug-and-play connections.