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ST X-NUCLEO-IKS01A3

Sensor Expansion Board

The Helium Developer Kit comes with the ST X-NUCLEO-IKS01A3, a sensor packed expansion board for environmental and motion sensing, that fits on top of the ST B-L072Z-LRWAN1. This enables you to measure the following:

  • Temperature (-40 C to +125 C) - STTS751
  • Pressure (260-1260 hPa) - LPS22HH
  • Relative Humidity & Temperature - HTS221
  • Magnetism (+/-50 gauss) - LIS2MDL
  • 3D Acceleration (±2/±4/±8/±16 g) - LSM6DSO
  • 3D Orientation (±125/±250/±500/±1000/±2000 dps) - LSM6DSO

Resources

Quickstart - Reading Sensor Values

One of the quickest ways to start experimenting with the data from the sensors is to try one of the examples provided in the Arduino library for the X-NUCLEO-IKS01A3. If you haven't setup your Arduino environment to support the ST B-L072Z-LRWAN1 development board yet, which is what we'll actually be programming here, please visit the quickstart guide first.

To install the example sketch for the Sensor Expansion Board, open your Arduino IDE:

  1. Navigate to Library Manager (Sketch > Include Library > Manage Libraries).
  2. In the search box, type ST X-NUCLEO-IKS01A3 into the search, select the version shown below, and click Install.
  3. You will be prompted by a second window, click Install all.

Selecting Board

Next, we need to select the correct board to build for in the Arduino IDE. Navigate to (Select Tools > Board: > Discovery) and then once more (Select Tools > Board part number: > Discovery L072Z-LRWAN1) .

Programming Example Sketch

Now that we have the required Arduino library installed, lets program the board with the provided example sketch. In your Arduino IDE, (File > Examples > STM32duino X-NUCLEO-IKS01A3 > X_NUCLEO_IKS01A3_HelloWorld).

Selecting Port

We're almost ready to upload our sketch, the very last step is to select the correct Serial port in the Arduino IDE. Navigate to (Tools > Port: COM# or /dev/ttyACM#). You will also see either COM# or /dev/ttyACM# depending on whether you are on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

Upload Sketch

We're finally ready to upload our sketch to the board. In the Arduino IDE, click the right arrow button, or navigate to (Sketch > Upload), to build and upload your new firmware to the board. You should see something similar to the image below at the bottom of your Arduino IDE, when the upload is successful.

Viewing Serial Output

Let's use the Serial Monitor in the Arduino IDE to view the output from the board. Navigate to (Tools > Serial Monitor), you should begin to see output similar to below.