ScoutMakes DRV5032 Digital Magnetic Hall Effect Sensor (ADA6051)

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This is a breakout for the Texas Instruments DRV5032 Digital Magnetic Hall Effect Sensor. It is the perfect way to add magnetic sensing to your project…

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What version of the DRV5032 is used in this breakout. See the datasheet table 4-1.

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Just had a quick look at that data sheet.
This is a pretty important question.
A bad basic omission on someone’s part. This info would be required to know how the device would be best used.
Cheers Bob

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Hey @Dustan266194,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I have reached out to the supplier of this board for clarification on this.

I will let you know when we have an answer for you!

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thanks

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Hey @Dustan266194,

The supplier has got back to me and, unfortunately, does not have any more information for us on this one. They directed me to this GitHub page, which has the board schematics, but I was unable to find anything that mentioned the specific DRV5032 version.

We don’t currently have any of these on hand, but when we get some in, I will pull one out of stock for testing and figure this out for you. :slight_smile:

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Hi Samuel
Some sort of a black mark for Adafruit here is there not. According to the table there are 8 variants of this IC. This can be narrowed down to 6 with the package type.

These are all very different in some way. So just what are you going to be able to use it for if you purchased any of these. The other very bad scenario is if these are manufactured with a mixture of types. God forbid if that happened. Any planning or design using this THING would be useless.

This is a pretty good reason for tagging Adafruit as “do not purchase” or at the least give anything close scrutiny before outlaying perfectly good $$s for what could be rubbish.
Cheers Bob

Good luck with that. Hope you have plenty of time.

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Thanks

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What sort of project do you have in mind for this sensor @Dustan266194?

Maybe if we get a better idea of how you are planning to use the sensor we can find an alternative to get you moving again?

If I’m lucky they will have the exact version code printed onto the component that I can make out. If not then this may turn into a bit of a project :thinking:

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Hi Samuel

I am sure if that was the case then Dustan would have surely seen it. Or are Adafruit using some sort of generic unbranded product from shoddy suppliers.

You could be correct here. You should need to check every one you have to see what slot they fit into then make sure they are all the same. Don’t quite know how you are going to do that. There are quite a few characteristics to measure, if you have the gear on hand to do it.

Or If I were Core send the lot back to Adafruit and suggest they do better and get a similar product from somewhere else.
Just a suggestion.
Cheers Bob

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I wasn’t sure if Dustan had this product already or was inquiring before he purchased it. The product photos don’t have many great angles for viewing this sort of thing so I’m hoping I will have better luck when I can get my hands on this board.

@Dustan266194, as a quick alternative without knowing too much about your project requirements I would have a look at this sensor. It has a similar footprint and the specs are documented well enough for my liking.

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Hi Samuel
Plenty of information on that one. Particularly the type number of the sensor. The main difference is this one outputs an analog DC voltage where the Adafruit produces an on/off switching logic. Open drain or push pull depending on variant.

Actually I might get a couple of these to see if they can replace the pots in my Saitek flight yolk
Cheers Bob

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I was just inquiring before purchasing, the sensor may be used in a chess board to detect piece positions. I will be making a pcb, I would just like to prototype on a breadboard.

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