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G3/4 Water Flow sensor
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Contents
1 Introduction
2 Specification
3 Mechanic Dimensions
3.1 Sensor Components
4 Usage Example
4.1 Reading Water Flow rate with Water Flow Sensor
4.1.1 Hardware Installation
4.1.2 Programming
5 Wiring Diagram
6 Output Table
7 FAQ
8 Support
9 Version Tracker
10 Resource
11 See Also
12 Related Projects
12.1 What is Grove - Water Sensor
12.2 Arduino Plant Warden
12.3 Share Your Awesome Projects with Us
13 Licensing
14 External Links
Introduction
Water flow sensor consists of a plastic valve body, a water rotor, and a hall-effect
sensor. When water flows through the rotor, rotor rolls. Its speed changes with
different rate of flow. The hall-effect sensor outputs the corresponding pulse Signal.
Model:SEN02141B (http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/g34-water-flowsensor-p-1083.html?cPath=144_151)
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Specification
Mini. Wokring Voltage
DC 4.5V
Max. Working Current
15mA(DC 5V)
Working Voltage
5V24V
Flow Rate Range
160L/min
Load Capacity
10mA(DC 5V)
Operating Temperature
80
Liquid Temperature
120
Operating Humidity
35%90%RH
Water Pressure
2.0MPa
Storage Temperature
-25+80
Storage Humidity
25%95%RH
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Mechanic Dimensions
Sensor Components
No.
Name
Quantity
Material
Valve body
PA66+33%glass
fiber
Stainless steel
bead
Stainless steel
SUS304
Axis
Stainless steel
SUS304
Impeller
POM
Ring magnet
Ferrite
Middle ring
PA66+33%glass
fiber
O-seal ring
Rubber
Electronic seal
ring
Rubber
Cover
PA66+33%glass
fiber
10
Screw
Stainless steel
SUS304
11
Cable
1007 24AWG
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Usage Example
Note: This example is abstracted from the forum, which was done by Charles Gantt.
Thanks for his contribution.Let's see how it works.
Reading Water Flow rate with Water Flow Sensor

This is part of a project I have been working on and I thought I would share it here
since there have been a few threads on how to read water flow rate in liters per hour
using the Water Flow Sensor found in the Seeed Studio Depo. It uses a simple
rotating wheel that pulses a hall effect sensor. By reading these pulses and
implementing a little math, we can read the liquids flow rate accurate to within 3%.
The threads are simple G3/4 so finding barbed ends will not be that hard.
Hardware Installation
You will need Seeeduino / Arduino ,Water Flow Sensor,10K resistor,a breadboard
and some jumper wires.
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Wiring up the Water Flow Sensor is pretty simple. There are 3 wires: Black, Red, and
Yellow. Black to the Seeeduino's ground pin Red to Seeeduino's 5v pin The yellow
wire will need to be connected to a 10k pull up resistor.and then to pin 2 on the
Seeeduino.
Here is a fritzing diagram I made to show you how to wire it all up.
Once you have it wired up you will need to upload the following code to your
Seeeduino. Once it is uploaded and you have some fluid flowing through the Water
Flow Sensor, you can open the serial monitor and it will display the flow rate,
refreshing every second.
Programming
// reading liquid flow rate using Seeeduino and Water Flow Sensor from Seeedstudio.com
// Code adapted by Charles Gantt from PC Fan RPM code written by Crenn @thebestcasescenario.com
// http:/themakersworkbench.com http://thebestcasescenario.com http://seeedstudio.com
volatile int NbTopsFan; //measuring the rising edges of the signal
int Calc;
int hallsensor = 2;
//The pin location of the sensor
void rpm ()
{
NbTopsFan++;
//This is the function that the interupt calls

//This function measures the rising and falling edge of the
hall effect sensors signal

}
// The setup() method runs once, when the sketch starts
void setup() //
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{
pinMode(hallsensor, INPUT); //initializes digital pin 2 as an input
Serial.begin(9600); //This is the setup function where the serial port is

initialised,
attachInterrupt(0, rpm, RISING); //and the interrupt is attached
}
// the loop() method runs over and over again,
// as long as the Arduino has power
void loop ()
{
NbTopsFan = 0;
//Set NbTops to 0 ready for calculations
sei();
//Enables interrupts
delay (1000);
//Wait 1 second
cli();
//Disable interrupts
Calc = (NbTopsFan * 60 / 5.5); //(Pulse frequency x 60) / 5.5Q, = flow rate
in L/hour
Serial.print (Calc, DEC); //Prints the number calculated above
Serial.print (" L/hour\r\n"); //Prints "L/hour" and returns a new line
}
You can refer our forum for more details about Reading Water Flow rate with Water
Flow Sensor (http://www.seeedstudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?
f=4&t=989&p=3632#p3632) .
Wiring Diagram
The external diameter of thread the connections use is 1.4mm.
Output Table
Pulse frequency (Hz) in Horizontal Test= 5.5Q, Q is flow rate in L/min. (Results in +/3% range)
Output pulse high level
Signal voltage >4.5 V( input DC 5 V)
Output pulse low level
Signal voltage <0.5V( input DC 5V)
Precision
3% (Flow rate from 1L/min to 10L/min)
Output signal duty cycle
40%60%
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FAQ
HereistheSensorsFAQ,peoplecangoheretofindquestionsandanswersforthis
kindofproducts.
What materials is water flow sensor made of?
Nylonwithfiber,avoidingstrongacidandstrongbase.
Is the water flow sensor safe for drinking water?
Yeah,ithasbeenusedondrinkingmachine.
Support
Ifyouhavequestionsorotherbetterdesignideas,youcangotoourforum
(http://www.seeedstudio.com/forum)orwish(http://wish.seeedstudio.com)to
discuss.
Version Tracker
Revision
Descriptions
Release
v1.0
Initialpublicrelease
Feb14,2012
Resource
ReadingWaterFlowratewithWaterFlowSensor
(http://www.seeedstudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?
f=4&t=989&p=3632#p3632)
WaterFlowratedisplayonLCD
(http://www.practicalarduino.com/projects/water-flow-gauge)
datasheetforthematerial
(http://garden.seeedstudio.com/images/4/4e/YEE70G30HSLNC..pdf)
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See Also
Otherrelatedproductsandresources.
Related Projects
It'sapitythatwedon'thaveanydemoaboutG3/4WaterFlowSensorintheRecipe
(http://www.seeedstudio.com/recipe/)yet.
PostyourawesomeprojectaboutG3/4WaterFlowSensortowin$100Coupon!.
Pleasefeelfreetocontactus:[email protected](mailto:[email protected])
HereweintroducesomeprojectsaboutGrove-WaterSensor
(http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/Grove-Water-Sensor-p-748.html).
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What is Grove - Water Sensor
ThiswatersensormoduleispartoftheTwigsystem.Youcanuseitwiththeanalog
pinstodetecttheamountofwaterinducedcontactbetweenthegroundedand
sensortraces.
Itworksbyhavingaseriesofexposedtracesconnectedtogroundandinterlaced
betweenthegroundedtracesarethesenstraces.
Thesensortraceshaveaweakpull-upresistorof1M.Theresistorwillpullthe
sensortracevaluehighuntiladropofwatershortsthesensortracetothegrounded
trace.
ThiscircuitwillworkwiththedigitalI/OpinsofyourArduino.
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Arduino Plant Warden
ThisprojectusesGrove-WaterSensortocreateasimplebuteffectivesolutionto
wateringplants.
Howitworks:
DisplayreadoutsofwatersensorandtemperaturesensoronOLEDscreen
Sendalertandactivateapumpdriverwhenwaterisunderthreshold.
Supplythevariationincolorby10RGBLEDs.
I want to make it.(http://www.seeedstudio.com/recipe/102-arduino-plantwarden.html)
More Awesome Projects by Water Sensor
(http://www.seeedstudio.com/recipe/index.php?query=water+sensor)
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engineers.
Aslongasyoustartsharingyourworkswithothers,youarebeingpartoftheopen
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Licensing
ThisdocumentationislicensedundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution-ShareAlike
License3.0(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)Sourcecodeand
librariesarelicensedunderGPL/LGPL(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html),see
sourcecodefilesfordetails.
External Links
Linkstoexternalwebpageswhichprovidemoreapplicationideas,
documents/datasheetorsoftwarelibraries.
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G3/4 Water Flow sensor

Max. Working Current

Flow Rate Range

Reading Water Flow rate with Water Flow Sensor

//This is the function that the interupt calls

hall effect sensors signal

Serial.begin(9600); //This is the setup function where the serial port is

Signal voltage >4.5 V( input DC 5 V)

Output pulse low level

Signal voltage <0.5V( input DC 5V)

3% (Flow rate from 1L/min to 10L/min)

Output signal duty cycle

What is Grove - Water Sensor

Arduino Plant Warden

Share Your Awesome Projects with Us

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