Winsen ZH10-VHT Compact 4 In 1 Air Quality Sensor Module Instruction Manual

: May 15, 2024
: Winsen

Winsen ZH10-VHT Compact 4 In 1 Air Quality Sensor Module Instruction Manual

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Description

Description
ZH10 Compact 4-in-1 Air Quality Sensor Module is a common type, miniature size sensor module, using laser scattering principle to detect the dust particles in air, with good consistency and stability. Internal integration of MEMS, VOC, temperature and humidity sensors, processed by professional algorithms and calibrated detection processes. The sensor has good consistency and stability. The sensor has both serial output and PWM output capabilities, which is easy to use, small in size, and easy to integrate.

Features:

Good consistency;

Real time response;

Accurate data;

Miniature size;

Good anti-interference ability;

Minus resolution of particle diameter 0.3 µm;

Compatible with VOC and temperature and humidity output.

Main Applications

Air purifiers;

Ventilation systems;

Portable instrument;

Air quality monitoring equipment;

Air conditioner;

Consumer electronics products.

Table1-Specifications

PM2.5	Detectable Particle Diameter	0.3-10 μm
Effective Range	0-1000 μg/m³
Detection Interval	1s
**** Detection Accuracy	0-100 μg/m³: ±10μg/m³；101-1000 μg/m³: ±10% reading

Pin Order:

Pin Definition:

Table2-Pin Definitions

No.	Name	Description
PIN1	TXD	TTL@3.3V
PIN2	SET	Setting Terminal (TTL @3.3V, high level or floating is normal

Terminal Description:

Sensor terminal and matching terminal description:

Figure 2-1Terminal Model (PH=2x5x1.27mm)

Figure 2-2 Mating terminals (for reference only)

Note: The matching terminals in Figure 2-1 are for reference only. When using the SMD mating terminal to connect the sensor, ensure a safe distance between the sensor housing and the terminal pins to prevent short-circuit and other faults

Principle Description:

Figure 3-Principle Description

Sensor Construction:

Figure 4-Dimension

Note: Dimensional tolerance: ±0.5mm

Installation Methods:

The dust collection hole is the air inlet inside the sensor, which needs to keep good contact with the external air; the fan is installed at the air outlet inside the sensor. When the sensor is installed and working, must avoid strong airflow interference around the sensor; if it cannot be avoided, try to keep the external airflow direction perpendicular to the internal airflow direction of the sensor. When designing the detection cavity of the whole machine, the effective area of the sampling port of the sensor should be fully considered to ensure the smoothness of the sampling gas path as much as possible. Small sampling area and large air resistance will seriously affect the accuracy of sensor data.
Installation Methods
Arrows indicate airflow perpendicular to the sensor surface

PM2.5 Typical Output Characteristics：

ZH10 conformance testing against TSI8530

Test ambient particulate matter concentration ug/

Note:
The picture shows the data comparison between the conventional ZH10 laser particle sensor and TSI8530 in the test environment. Abscissa: Testing time related parameters, Unit: s;

Ordinate: The concentration of particles in the test environment (with TSI8530 data as reference, unit: μg/m³)

Notes for VOC sensors:

Preheating time
Sensor’s resistance may drift reversibly after long-term storage without power. It need to preheat the sensor to reach inside chemical equilibrium. Preheating voltage is same with heating voltage VH. The suggested preheating time as follow:
High Corrosive gas
If the sensors are exposed to high concentration corrosive gas (such as H2S, SOX, CI2, HCL etc.), it will not only result in corrosion of sensors structure, also it causes sincere sensitivity attenuation.
Alkali, Alkali metals salt, halogen pollution
The sensors performance will be changed badly if sensors be sprayed polluted by alkali metals salt especially brine, or be exposed to halogen such as fluorine.
Touch water
Sensitivity of the sensors will be reduced when spattered or dipped in water.
Freezing
Do avoid icing on sensor’s surface, otherwise sensing material will be broken and lost sensitivity

Following conditions should be avoided

Water Condensation
Indoor conditions, slight water condensation will influence sensors’ performance lightly. However, if water condensation on sensors surface and keep a certain period, sensors’ sensitive will be decreased.
Used in high gas concentration
No matter the sensor is electrified or not, if it is placed in high gas concentration for long time, sensors characteristic will be affected. If lighter gas sprays the sensor, it will cause extremely damage.
Long time exposed to extreme environment
No matter the sensors electrified or not, if exposed to adverse environment for long time, such as high humidity, high temperature, or high pollution etc., it will influence the sensors’ performance badly.
Vibration
Continual vibration will result in sensors down-lead response then break. In transportation or assembling line, pneumatic screwdriver/ultrasonic welding machine can lead this vibration. 1.5
Concussion
If sensors meet strong concussion, it may lead its lead wire disconnected

Notes for Laser PM sensor:

It is forbidden to remove the shield cover of the sensor and the internal fixing screw of the sensor, because the shield cover of the sensor is connected with the internal power supply of the sensor through the internal spring. If the shield cover of the sensor is removed, the anti-interference ability of the sensor will be poor, the output value of the sensor will change, and the performance of the sensor will be poor. In addition, and please pay attention to the metal shield of the sensor, avoid contact with other external circuits or conductive parts, so as to reduce the impact of external interference on the sensor.
Excessive impact or vibration will affect the accuracy and life of the sensor detection value, so the sensor should avoid falling or vibration when installing and using.
This sensor is suitable for the detection of dust particles in the ordinary indoor environment. The actual working environment should try to avoid oil & smoke environment, too large dust particles, high humidity environment, such as: kitchen, bathroom, smoking room, outdoor environment, etc. If it is used in such environments, corresponding protective measures shall be added to the user’s equipment to prevent viscous particles or large particles from entering the interior of the sensor and forming accumulation in the interior of the sensor which will affect the performance of the sensor. (for example, in the working environment with floccules or fibers, the corresponding coarse filter net should be added ahead the air inlet of the sensor to avoid floccules or large sundries from entering the sensor and blocking the light path of the sensor, thus affecting the detection accuracy of the sensor.)
The fan is the air outlet, and the dust collection hole is the air inlet. During the using of the sensor, the sensor should not be directly placed inside the air duct of the purifier. If it cannot be avoided, an independent space structure should be set up for the installation position of the sensor. The air flow direction is as shown in ‘Installation Method’. The sensor should not be impacted by the air flow in the direction of the red arrow. There should be no obstructions within 2cm around the outlet of the fan. In this independent space, it should be avoided that the air flow from the outlet directly flows back to the inlet, which will affect the accuracy of detection.
Under normal working condition of normal temperature & pressure, the key component of the sensor-laser, can work continuously for more than 10000 hours, and the life of the sensor can be greatly prolonged by setting the sensor’s sleep mode and interval working time. The maximum cumulative life of the sensor can be more than 3 years. Please refer to the user interface instructions for detailed operation methods, or you can contact our technical service staff by telephone or email.
The sensor data mentioned in this manual is about to ensure the consistency of the sensors we produced, the comparison standard will not refer to any third-party testing instruments or data. If the user wants the final detection results to be consistent with the third-party testing instrument, the user can do data fitting correction according to the actual detection results.

Packing:

Put the sensor into the Pearl Foam Tray as shown in the picture below.
Put the whole plate of sensors in Small Box one by one (Figure 11) , then puts a foam plate at the top. Each Small Box can hold 20 sensors.
Select the appropriate carton according to the quantity of the order:
Carton F : 355 x 310 x 285mm, can hold 160 sensors. (Figure 12)

Carton D: 630 x 280 x 405mm, can hold 480 sensors. (Figure 13)

Note: Please pay attention to water proof of the carton during transportation

Communication protocols:

Table3-Serial port configuration

Name	Description
Baud rate	9600
Date byte	8 bytes
Stop byte	1 byte
Check byte	no

The command to read the measurement results is as follows:
Sent: FF 01 35 00 00 00 00 00 CA
Received: FF01 35 DF1-DF2 DF3-DF4 DF5-DF6 DF7-DF8 DF9-DF10 DF11-DF12 DF13-DF14 DF15-DF16 DF17-DF18[CS] VOC Reserved PM1.0 PM2.5 PM10 TEMP HUMI

Response description:

DF1-DF2 VOC level = DF1*256^1 + DF2, (Output value multiplied by 10)，unit: ppb
DF3-DF4 reserved
DF5-DF6 PM1.0 = DF5*256^1 + DF6 , unit: ug/m3
DF7-DF8 PM2.5 = DF7*256^1 + DF8 , unit: ug/m3
DF9-DF10 PM10 = DF9*256^1 + DF10 , unit: ug/m3
DF11-DF12 Temperature = DF11256^1 + DF12, unit:℃ ( actual temperature = ( ( DF11256^1 +DF12) – –500)/10)
DF13-DF14 Humidity = DF13*256^1 + DF14 , unit:%
DF15-DF16 Reserved
DF17-DF18 Reserved
CS CS = (~ (Data[1]+Data[2]+…+Data[20]) +1)

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