Hello, I've started using the BME688 sensor on a custom hardware platform. The sensor is connected to a small, memory limited MCU, collecting BME688 data at a configurable rate ranging from 1 to 100 seconds in forced mode. Data collection is controlled by a timer in the small MCU which is set at a fixed rate, but can be modified for different applications. Due to the memory limitation, only the BME6xx API is running on the MCU. The BSEC library, used to calculate more advanced metrics such as IAQ and eCO2, is performed on a larger MCU. Essentially, the smaller MCU connected to the BME688 collects and processes the temperature, humidity, pressure and gas measurements. Then, the measurements are transferred to the larger MCU to perform the additional BSEC calculations. My solution is loosely based on the information found on your forum here. At the moment, I'm using BSEC and not BSEC2, but I will most likely change in the future, but for simplicity, I'm sticking with BSEC. Now that I have a prototype, I have several questions which I hope someone can answer to ensure that I'm using the BME688 and software correctly. Question 1: I'm still unclear what is happening when loading the binary blob into the BSEC driver using the "bsec_set_configuration" function. Because my BME688 is powered on 3.3V and my sample rate can vary between 1 and 100 seconds, I decided to use the `generic_33v_300s_4d` configuration for my application. Is this correct, particularly regarding the sample rate? I'm still unclear what the 4 day / 28 day configuration actually does. I don't understand the documentation when is states the following: "4days/28days, means BSEC will consider the last 4days/28days of operation for the automatic background calibration." WHat is actually happening in the background and what are the pros/cons in both configurations? Question 2: Out of curiosity, I've downloaded BSEC2 and I see that it also includes a binary blob similar to "generic_33v_300s_4d" under the "bme688_sel_33v_300s_4d" folder. Further inspection shows that these files are not the same. Will this be a problem if I'm using the BME688 and not the BME680 with BSEC? Question 3: Nowing that I'm using a backend configuration, how can I configure BSEC to use the same settings applied to my BME688 configured by my small MCU such as heater_temperature, heating_duration, humidity_oversampling, etc.? Is this part of the binary blob data, as discussed in question 1, or is it something else? I can easily extract the BSEC settings using "bsec_sensor_control" but I don't see any way to set these configurations. Question 4: Every time the large MCU, running BSEC, receives BME688 measurements from the smaller MCU, it provides a time stamp (in nanoseconds) to BSEC. Because this sample rate can vary from 1 to 100 seconds, should I configure the virtual sensor time in BSEC for “BSEC_SAMPLE_RATE_ULP”? Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
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