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SparkFun Atmospheric Sensor Breakout - BME280 (with Headers)
The SparkFun BME280 Atmospheric Sensor Breakout measures barometric pressure, relative humidity, and temperature in a compact package. This version comes wit...
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The SparkFun BME280 Atmospheric Sensor Breakout measures barometric pressure, relative humidity, and temperature in a compact package. This version comes with headers pre-soldered for easy breadboard use or direct wiring.
The breakout supports both I²C (5 V tolerant with on-board pull-up resistors to 3.3 V) and SPI (3.3 V) interfaces. It draws less than 1 mA during measurements and idles below 5 µA, making it well suited for battery-powered weather stations and environmental monitoring.
Key Features
- Three-in-One Sensor – Pressure, humidity, and temperature on a single breakout
- I²C and SPI Interfaces – I²C is 5 V tolerant; SPI operates at 3.3 V
- Pre-Soldered Headers – Ready for breadboard or direct connection
- Ultra-Low Power – Less than 1 mA active, below 5 µA idle
Specifications
- Operating Voltage – 3.3 V
- Pressure Range – 30–110 kPa (relative accuracy ±12 Pa, absolute accuracy ±100 Pa)
- Humidity Range – 0–100% RH (±3% accuracy from 20–80% RH)
- Temperature Range – −40 °C to +85 °C
- Altitude Range – 0–9.2 km (relative accuracy ~1 m at sea level)
Ideal For
- Weather stations and environmental monitoring
- Indoor/outdoor navigation and altitude estimation
- Home automation and HVAC systems
- Personal health and wellness monitoring
Package Contents
- 1× SparkFun BME280 Atmospheric Sensor Breakout (with headers)
Resources
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- breakout
- A breakout board carries a small or fine-pitched component and brings its connections out to standard, breadboard- and header-friendly pins. Describing a part as a breakout means it can be wired into a project without soldering directly to the component's tiny contacts.
- Headers
- Rows of connector contacts on a fixed pitch (commonly 2.54 mm) used to link a board to a breadboard, jumper wires, or another board. They come as male pin headers and female socket headers; when a module ships with pre-soldered headers it can be used straight away, whereas bare pads require soldering the pins yourself.
- SPI
- A fast serial communication bus often used for displays, memory cards, and sensors. It matters because SPI devices need specific pins for clock and data, plus a separate chip-select line for each device.
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SparkFun BME280 Breakout Schematic
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BME280 Sensor Datasheet
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Supplier page — sparkfun.com
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BME280 Datasheet
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Resources & Downloads
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Source Code
Open-source libraries, firmware & example projects for this product
91f0c75
over 6 years ago
· 26 commits
- Documentation pushing final changes for review over 10 years ago
- Hardware Renamed boardfiles almost 11 years ago
- Production created panel v10 almost 11 years ago
- .gitattributes initial commit about 11 years ago
- .gitignore initial commit about 11 years ago
- LICENSE.md initial commit about 11 years ago
- README.md Update README over 6 years ago
- readme_picture.jpg Updated readme and directories over 10 years ago
An Arduino library to control the BME280 humidity and pressure sensor.
870c17d
9 months ago
· 77 commits
- .github Create add_issue_to_project.yml almost 3 years ago
- examples Change examples to 115200bps to match style guide over 5 years ago
- src Number of changes along with an accidental format changes, rolls version 9 months ago
- keywords.txt Comment changes to examples over 8 years ago
- library.properties Number of changes along with an accidental format changes, rolls version 9 months ago
- LICENSE.md initial commit and beta release almost 11 years ago
- README.md Update README.md over 5 years ago
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