04-28-2022 11:14 PM
Hello,
I'm noticing in my bmeraw files as well as my data output from a single BME688 sensor that while running different heater profiles with a duty cycle of 1:0 that I am seeing every so often the gas resistance value: 102400000.000000 on step index zero (and sometimes index 1). I don't believe this is normal as the previous values before it are much smaller. Is there any explaination for why this might be happening?
I have tried five different 8-sensor development kits and two seperate breakout boards with the BME688 and I still see this value output in my data when running with a duty cycle of 1:0. I am assuming this might be due to the profile transitioning so quickly from the last step index temperature back to the first, but I've also tested this using the default config that comes with the dev kits and see the same thing.
All of these sensors have undergone a 72hr burn-in period, but I am still wondering, do I need to allow the sensors to run 5 minutes before I can assume I am receiving genuine data?
Any insight into this anomaly would be greatly appreciated!
Also, here is some data so you can see what I am talking about:
Sensor 0:
Time since power-on | RTC Time in Seconds | Temp | Pressure | Rel. Humidity | Gas Resistance | HP Step Index | Scanning enabled | Heater Profile | Duty Cycle |
116009 | 1.65E+09 | 29.26295 | 999.9167 | 24.46373 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
121804 | 1.65E+09 | 28.66775 | 999.906 | 24.44672 | 84074408 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
122084 | 1.65E+09 | 28.90533 | 999.8544 | 24.49614 | 4751740 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
123980 | 1.65E+09 | 29.55556 | 999.9169 | 24.54941 | 4136329.25 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
125940 | 1.65E+09 | 29.71061 | 999.9347 | 24.45399 | 3925251.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
127900 | 1.65E+09 | 29.84066 | 999.9174 | 24.44756 | 3477817.75 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
128180 | 1.65E+09 | 29.98571 | 999.8882 | 24.35675 | 383880.0313 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
130140 | 1.65E+09 | 30.48339 | 999.888 | 24.24382 | 520589.7188 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
132100 | 1.65E+09 | 30.63845 | 999.9015 | 24.10568 | 579841.4375 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
133932 | 1.65E+09 | 30.75849 | 999.9071 | 23.84773 | 614277.125 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
134382 | 1.65E+09 | 30.16327 | 999.9437 | 23.73542 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
140114 | 1.65E+09 | 29.51054 | 999.9561 | 23.76816 | 94534440 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
140394 | 1.65E+09 | 29.76313 | 999.9347 | 23.79697 | 5160315 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
142354 | 1.65E+09 | 30.40336 | 999.9016 | 23.88054 | 4527217.5 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
144314 | 1.65E+09 | 30.53841 | 999.8973 | 23.86371 | 4074608.25 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
146274 | 1.65E+09 | 30.65095 | 999.9001 | 23.67485 | 3757798.25 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
146554 | 1.65E+09 | 30.791 | 999.9001 | 23.73821 | 406268.5938 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
148374 | 1.65E+09 | 31.29619 | 999.9119 | 23.57239 | 548620.4375 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
150334 | 1.65E+09 | 31.48126 | 999.9209 | 23.38349 | 603417.8125 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
152306 | 1.65E+09 | 31.6013 | 999.9225 | 23.19007 | 642610.625 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
152750 | 1.65E+09 | 30.99358 | 999.8925 | 23.22111 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
158452 | 1.65E+09 | 30.28081 | 999.8987 | 23.10701 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
158732 | 1.65E+09 | 30.54591 | 999.8482 | 23.16282 | 5639931 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
160692 | 1.65E+09 | 31.21866 | 999.8992 | 23.25308 | 4760023 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
162652 | 1.65E+09 | 31.36121 | 999.9281 | 23.15172 | 4289005 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
164612 | 1.65E+09 | 31.44874 | 999.9263 | 23.03589 | 3902810.75 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
164892 | 1.65E+09 | 31.5888 | 999.8988 | 22.92911 | 419758.1563 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
166712 | 1.65E+09 | 32.07648 | 999.9006 | 22.92118 | 566841.9375 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
168672 | 1.65E+09 | 32.25155 | 999.8891 | 22.74788 | 629572.6875 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
170726 | 1.65E+09 | 32.3966 | 999.9071 | 22.66266 | 661926.3125 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
171028 | 1.65E+09 | 31.73385 | 999.9297 | 22.46285 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
176824 | 1.65E+09 | 31.04359 | 999.8773 | 22.51532 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
177106 | 1.65E+09 | 31.31369 | 999.9058 | 22.5552 | 5734686.5 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
179077 | 1.65E+09 | 31.97894 | 999.9767 | 22.62806 | 4870392.5 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
180910 | 1.65E+09 | 32.124 | 999.9371 | 22.56409 | 4367902 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
182870 | 1.65E+09 | 32.23154 | 999.9473 | 22.45517 | 3991230.25 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
183150 | 1.65E+09 | 32.37159 | 999.9283 | 22.44376 | 428451.875 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
185111 | 1.65E+09 | 32.86929 | 999.9265 | 22.35142 | 576901.4375 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
187106 | 1.65E+09 | 33.02935 | 999.9626 | 22.16148 | 641403.0625 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
189092 | 1.65E+09 | 33.14439 | 999.9391 | 21.9686 | 678370.3125 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
189546 | 1.65E+09 | 32.40911 | 999.9216 | 21.95513 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
195227 | 1.65E+09 | 31.80138 | 999.9281 | 21.9716 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
195368 | 1.65E+09 | 32.07148 | 999.9323 | 21.92154 | 5734686.5 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
197328 | 1.65E+09 | 32.72173 | 999.9356 | 22.0874 | 4879094.5 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
199300 | 1.65E+09 | 32.84678 | 999.9012 | 22.00623 | 4396029 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
201261 | 1.65E+09 | 32.95432 | 999.931 | 21.87639 | 4245659.5 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
201541 | 1.65E+09 | 33.09938 | 999.9231 | 21.87577 | 426844.5313 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
203563 | 1.65E+09 | 33.60708 | 999.9446 | 21.76272 | 578367.6875 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
205387 | 1.65E+09 | 33.76964 | 999.9698 | 21.67355 | 652437.0625 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
207372 | 1.65E+09 | 33.88219 | 999.9709 | 21.45971 | 690026.9375 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
207812 | 1.65E+09 | 33.25694 | 999.9443 | 21.34916 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
213453 | 1.65E+09 | 32.50665 | 999.9229 | 21.4565 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
213757 | 1.65E+09 | 32.77175 | 999.8948 | 21.40598 | 5914801.5 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
215717 | 1.65E+09 | 33.44952 | 999.9363 | 21.6043 | 5018070.5 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
217677 | 1.65E+09 | 33.56956 | 999.9498 | 21.49652 | 4542279 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
219640 | 1.65E+09 | 33.6621 | 999.9875 | 21.39219 | 4142604.25 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
219960 | 1.65E+09 | 33.80966 | 999.9814 | 21.4074 | 435559.3438 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
221781 | 1.65E+09 | 34.29736 | 999.9784 | 21.32441 | 590371.875 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
223744 | 1.65E+09 | 34.46743 | 999.9862 | 21.11467 | 660006.4375 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
225728 | 1.65E+09 | 34.59248 | 999.9598 | 20.94943 | 702091.1875 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
226154 | 1.65E+09 | 33.97222 | 999.983 | 20.84532 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
231801 | 1.65E+09 | 33.1744 | 999.906 | 20.96571 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
232081 | 1.65E+09 | 33.43201 | 999.9029 | 21.0142 | 6056931.5 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
234041 | 1.65E+09 | 34.12228 | 999.95 | 21.08634 | 5107232 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
236001 | 1.65E+09 | 34.26734 | 999.9576 | 21.01716 | 4611314.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
237903 | 1.65E+09 | 34.35738 | 999.9641 | 20.91805 | 4136329.25 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
238184 | 1.65E+09 | 34.50244 | 999.921 | 20.9014 | 437233.125 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
240144 | 1.65E+09 | 34.99014 | 999.9292 | 20.81813 | 600762.6875 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
242103 | 1.65E+09 | 35.1427 | 999.9446 | 20.63906 | 673684.1875 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
244088 | 1.65E+09 | 35.25275 | 999.9229 | 20.48881 | 709386.9375 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
244532 | 1.65E+09 | 34.61999 | 999.9406 | 20.38989 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
250151 | 1.65E+09 | 33.84967 | 999.9334 | 20.55437 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
250445 | 1.65E+09 | 34.11728 | 999.9347 | 20.58229 | 6114573.5 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
252433 | 1.65E+09 | 34.77505 | 999.9386 | 20.71984 | 5184810 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
254436 | 1.65E+09 | 34.9051 | 999.9671 | 20.59194 | 4588070.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
256257 | 1.65E+09 | 35.00264 | 999.9599 | 20.48818 | 4174267.5 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
256537 | 1.65E+09 | 35.1452 | 999.9069 | 20.49226 | 437513.3438 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
258496 | 1.65E+09 | 35.65041 | 999.9525 | 20.36266 | 604486.4375 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
260457 | 1.65E+09 | 35.79798 | 999.9559 | 20.22542 | 669718.75 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
262449 | 1.65E+09 | 35.90052 | 999.9582 | 20.05914 | 708650.5 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
262886 | 1.65E+09 | 35.27526 | 999.9644 | 19.97709 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
268544 | 1.65E+09 | 34.45492 | 999.9391 | 20.12302 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
268823 | 1.65E+09 | 34.71753 | 999.9226 | 20.13989 | 6121427 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
270810 | 1.65E+09 | 35.42782 | 999.9488 | 20.20665 | 5116802 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
272770 | 1.65E+09 | 35.54537 | 999.968 | 20.10953 | 4706693.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
274729 | 1.65E+09 | 35.6179 | 999.9858 | 19.96768 | 4152052.75 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
275010 | 1.65E+09 | 35.76296 | 999.9381 | 20.03456 | 437793.9375 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
276969 | 1.65E+09 | 36.25067 | 999.9799 | 19.90888 | 595521.9375 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
278790 | 1.65E+09 | 36.41824 | 999.9913 | 19.74168 | 667753.5 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
280775 | 1.65E+09 | 36.53079 | 999.982 | 19.57631 | 718344.4375 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
281202 | 1.65E+09 | 35.88802 | 999.9655 | 19.4731 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
286911 | 1.65E+09 | 35.05517 | 999.9478 | 19.65521 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
287190 | 1.65E+09 | 35.31527 | 999.8976 | 19.70814 | 6152459.5 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
289151 | 1.65E+09 | 36.01057 | 999.9725 | 19.76274 | 5112012.5 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
291111 | 1.65E+09 | 36.13062 | 999.968 | 19.68154 | 4580374.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
293072 | 1.65E+09 | 36.22316 | 999.9904 | 19.59339 | 4111417.75 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
293351 | 1.65E+09 | 36.36572 | 999.9728 | 19.59197 | 438637.8125 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
295311 | 1.65E+09 | 36.85343 | 999.9716 | 19.49745 | 589861.75 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
297271 | 1.65E+09 | 36.98349 | 999.9554 | 19.32804 | 670376.4375 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
299117 | 1.65E+09 | 37.09353 | 999.958 | 19.19403 | 715333.5625 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
299623 | 1.65E+09 | 36.45826 | 1000.01 | 19.09717 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
305223 | 1.65E+09 | 35.44783 | 999.9228 | 18.43421 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
305503 | 1.65E+09 | 35.71544 | 999.913 | 18.42436 | 6135180.5 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
307464 | 1.65E+09 | 36.37322 | 999.994 | 18.11216 | 5259711 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
309446 | 1.65E+09 | 36.47076 | 999.9824 | 17.71054 | 4670467.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
311413 | 1.65E+09 | 36.5483 | 1000.021 | 17.37048 | 4242361.5 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
311694 | 1.65E+09 | 36.68086 | 999.9979 | 17.33181 | 451101.3125 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
313665 | 1.65E+09 | 37.16607 | 999.9792 | 17.04103 | 627835.6875 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
315588 | 1.65E+09 | 37.27361 | 999.9926 | 16.84199 | 711605.3125 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
317574 | 1.65E+09 | 37.35365 | 1000.007 | 16.48828 | 759643.9375 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
318013 | 1.65E+09 | 36.69086 | 1000.027 | 16.30949 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
323650 | 1.65E+09 | 35.84049 | 999.9459 | 16.20797 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
323930 | 1.65E+09 | 36.12061 | 999.9647 | 16.23817 | 6757682 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
325916 | 1.65E+09 | 36.7784 | 999.9827 | 16.24799 | 5675095.5 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
327770 | 1.65E+09 | 36.87844 | 999.9496 | 16.13119 | 5145728.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
329730 | 1.65E+09 | 36.94597 | 999.9828 | 16.00764 | 4607424 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
330010 | 1.65E+09 | 37.08853 | 999.9702 | 16.06607 | 469401.7813 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
331944 | 1.65E+09 | 37.57124 | 999.9794 | 15.91363 | 646873 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
333904 | 1.65E+09 | 37.6988 | 999.9933 | 15.73728 | 736161.0625 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
335890 | 1.65E+09 | 37.78634 | 999.9817 | 15.57422 | 777820 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
336327 | 1.65E+09 | 37.14856 | 1000.011 | 15.48542 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
341946 | 1.65E+09 | 36.26318 | 999.9908 | 15.57136 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
342226 | 1.65E+09 | 36.54079 | 999.9926 | 15.45417 | 7000213.5 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
344210 | 1.65E+09 | 37.20608 | 999.9939 | 15.63031 | 5795543 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
346182 | 1.65E+09 | 37.31113 | 1000.012 | 15.53942 | 5204574.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
348182 | 1.65E+09 | 37.37366 | 1000.006 | 15.46156 | 4710753.5 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
348462 | 1.65E+09 | 37.51622 | 999.9717 | 15.33719 | 471346.375 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
350282 | 1.65E+09 | 37.97892 | 999.9919 | 15.35586 | 651192.375 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
352243 | 1.65E+09 | 38.10148 | 1000.005 | 15.22529 | 741760.25 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
354228 | 1.65E+09 | 38.19152 | 1000.017 | 15.10326 | 784975.0625 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
354683 | 1.65E+09 | 37.55124 | 1000.006 | 15.02543 | 102400000 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
360427 | 1.65E+09 | 36.66085 | 1000.008 | 15.12701 | 102400000 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
360706 | 1.65E+09 | 36.94347 | 999.9789 | 15.16144 | 7004703 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
362565 | 1.65E+09 | 37.59876 | 1000.027 | 15.24017 | 5870297.5 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
364538 | 1.65E+09 | 37.70631 | 1000.032 | 15.18492 | 5150581.5 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
366526 | 1.65E+09 | 37.77884 | 1000.048 | 15.11778 | 4282279 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
366805 | 1.65E+09 | 37.9239 | 1000.033 | 15.21624 | 428990.375 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
368766 | 1.65E+09 | 38.39161 | 1000.064 | 15.04251 | 463978.25 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
370725 | 1.65E+09 | 38.50916 | 1000.091 | 14.91179 | 445507.9375 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
372571 | 1.65E+09 | 38.5892 | 1000.1 | 14.78432 | 422878.375 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
373010 | 1.65E+09 | 37.94641 | 1000.082 | 14.69186 | 66483388 | 0 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
378779 | 1.65E+09 | 37.07352 | 1000.035 | 14.78982 | 46761328 | 1 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
378963 | 1.65E+09 | 37.32864 | 1000.013 | 14.80244 | 2718884.75 | 2 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
380935 | 1.65E+09 | 37.99143 | 1000.053 | 14.87576 | 1854652.5 | 3 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
382909 | 1.65E+09 | 38.09398 | 1000.062 | 14.79503 | 1472322.125 | 4 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
384898 | 1.65E+09 | 38.1465 | 1000.069 | 14.6513 | 1217598.125 | 5 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
385179 | 1.65E+09 | 38.29407 | 1000.06 | 14.69895 | 195121.9531 | 6 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
387139 | 1.65E+09 | 38.77929 | 1000.091 | 14.57652 | 263713.625 | 7 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
389098 | 1.65E+09 | 38.90434 | 1000.087 | 14.45144 | 271258.2813 | 8 | 1 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
390943 | 1.65E+09 | 38.97688 | 1000.086 | 14.28858 | 272557.9063 | 9 | 0 | heater_301 | duty_1 |
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06-24-2022 04:57 PM
06-24-2022 05:07 PM
Hi ilcnet,
From my understanding of your problem it sounds like you are describing how the sensor should actually be working. The values should go down as you expose the sensor to different gases. This is essentially a resistance operated sensor. As the sensor reacts to different substances the gas resistance values should drop, and as it is unreactive to the background air the resistance values should rise.
Have a look at my picture below, as I finally believe I have figured out why my values are saturated:
The saturated values of 1.024e+08 represent unreactive background air at heater profile step index 0, and then as I introduce my substance the gas reacts at this step index creating drops in resistance. This in turn creates the "fingerprint" for this substance which I can then use to further train my algo.
Hope this helps you to better understand as I am also learning how this works myself. 🙂
06-24-2022 07:33 PM
06-24-2022 10:32 PM
Ah, I read your post wrong, I thought you were referring to the gas resistance values. You are correct there.
I believe I have seen a similar problem at the early stages of my testing with the IAQ and CO2 values. Did you allow the sensor 72 hours to burn-in? Also, do you have the state saving periodically? Could just be that your sensor needs more time to calibrate.I'd output the stabilization and run-in values as Robin suggested for my problem as well.
Also, allowing the sensor to warm-up for 5 minutes after startup also seems to help a lot too.
I'm also using the Adafruit breakout board as well as the devkits, however I've built off the sample Arduino code for the BSEC2 library to fit my needs so I no longer collect the IAQ, CO2, or Breathe-VOC. It wasn't necessary for what I'm using it for, but I do recall facing a lot of issues with static values for those outputs in the beginning and they were more or less remedied by calibrating the sensor longer and ensuring the state is saved off to the EEPROM of my ESP8266.
When you flash your module I've noticed it does wipe the part of the EEPROM that saves the state, so you will have to re-calibrate each time you flash (at least that is how it has been in my case).
06-24-2022 10:41 PM
Hi Robin,
It appears everything is alright after further testing. If you look at the picture I provided to ilcnet on page 3 you can see where those saturated resistance values begin to drop when my substance is added to my test setup.
I believe the heater profile used (322) is just finally "acclimated" to my environment and so there is nothing for the sensor to react to at this heater profile step. I have performed another test in a different environment to prove this hypothesis and it does appear that when in a completely different environment these saturated values no longer appear (likely due to different gas compositions in the environment, and the need for the sensor to re-stabilize).
So for now I'd say everything is working as it should, and I am back on track to collect more data.
Should anything else come up, I'll be sure to reach out. Thanks again for your support!
Also, it would be nice if there was some kind of video or addition to the documentation that illustrates what a sensor(s) should see when properly stabilized and calibrated to an environment.