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Soldered BMV080 Particulate Matter Sensor

This breakout carries a Bosch BMV080, a particulate matter sensor that measures how much fine dust is in the air as PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 mass concentration, in µg/m³. It has no fan and no moving parts, so it runs silently. It talks over I2C (a two-wire bus for talking to chips) by default, runs on 3.3 V, and has two Qwiic connectors so you can wire it up without soldering.

Purple breakout board seen at an angle, with the black BMV080 sensor in the middle and a Qwiic connector at each end
Soldered BMV080 Particulate Matter Sensor
Top-down view of the purple board: the black sensor in the middle, a Qwiic connector on each short edge, the header row along the bottom edge, solder jumpers along the top edge and a mounting hole in each corner
Top down
Underside of the purple board, with a mounting hole in each corner
Bottom up
Top-down view of the board with a loose 7-pin header strip below it
With the included header pins

PM2.5 means particles 2.5 µm across or smaller, PM1 and PM10 the same for 1 µm and 10 µm. The BMV080 measures particles carried past it by the natural airflow, using a laser and photodetectors instead of a fan, and gives a new reading about once a second. A duty cycling mode measures only now and then and sleeps in between, which saves power on a battery.

The board ships set to I2C at address 0x57. Solder jumpers select three more addresses, and another jumper switches the sensor to SPI. The 7-pin header fits a breadboard, and its IRQ pin brings out the sensor's interrupt line.

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Purple breakout board seen at an angle, with the black BMV080 sensor in the middle and a Qwiic connector at each endProductSoldered BMV080 Particulate Matter SensorA Bosch BMV080 breakout that measures PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 with no fan, over I2C or SPI, with two Qwiic connectors.SKU 333373ShopBuy it on our shopPrice, stock and every variant of this product in the Soldered shop.https://soldered.com/products/soldered-bmv080-particulate-matter-sensorOpen the shop page

At a glance​

InterfaceI2C (default, address 0x57) or SPI, selected by jumper
Main ICBosch BMV080
MeasuresPM1, PM2.5 and PM10 mass concentration
Range0 to 1000 µg/m³ (PM2.5), about one reading per second
Voltage3.3 V only, no on-board regulator
CurrentBelow 68 mA while measuring, below 30 µA asleep
Connectors2x Qwiic, 7-pin 2.54 mm header
Dimensions38 x 22 mm, four 3.2 mm mounting holes
EnvironmentsArduino

What's in the box​

QtyItemNotes
1Soldered BMV080 Particulate Matter Sensor (main product)333373
1Header pins (unsoldered)Header pins included for all breadboard-compatible pins