SENSIRION EK-H2 Manual

Evaluation Kit EK-H2
For Humidity & Temperature Sensors
Introduction
The evaluation kit EK-H2 provides an easy-to-use,
plug-and-play system – including hard and soft-
ware – for evaluating and demonstrating SHTxx
humidity and temperature sensors. All types of
SHTxx sensors can be applied by the system,
even SMD type sensors have been mounted to
PCBs with pins for easy evaluation. The only pre-
requisite for applying EK-H2 is a computer.
It must be emphasized that EK-H2 has been de-
veloped for demonstration and evaluation pur-
poses. It has not been certified for calibration or
measurement purposes. In extreme environments,
failures may occur that would happen to mere
sensors. For precise measurements please apply
the evaluation kit EK-H3 – please refer to the data-
sheet on www.sensirion.com/humidity.
SHTxx humidity sensors provided by Sensirion are
fully integrated relative humidity and temperature
sensors with calibrated digital output. The integra-
Figure 1: Evaluation Kit EK-H2 with contents
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tion of sensor and readout circuitry on a single chip
leads to an excellent price to performance ratio
and high reliability. Additionally, the sensor system
combines relative humidity and temperature meas-
urement which allows for precise dew point deter-
mination. The linear output signal is fully calibrated
and allows sensor components to be exchanged
without additional calibration. Moreover, its digital
output provides simple access to the sensor signal.
For further information on the SHTxx humidity
sensors please refer to the datasheet available on
www.sensirion.com/humidity.
In addition to the SHTxx humidity sensors the
evaluation kit EK-H2 further contains filter caps
SF1, useful for mounting onto SHT1x sensors.
SF1 filter caps protect the sensor against dust and
other contaminants and may be mounted into a
wall of a device housing. For further information
and technical details on the filter cap SF1 please
refer to the respective datasheet.
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