{"id":4705,"date":"2026-09-10T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T06:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T06:45:17","slug":"implementing-the-bme680-sensor-with-vega-aries-iot-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/implementing-the-bme680-sensor-with-vega-aries-iot-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementing the BME680 Sensor with VEGA ARIES IoT Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tutorial demonstrates the use of the onboard BME680 environmental sensor available on the ARIES IoT Board. The BME680 is a digital environmental sensor that combines temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and gas sensing capabilities in a single package. It communicates with the microcontroller through the I\u00b2C interface and is widely used in weather monitoring, environmental sensing, indoor air-quality monitoring, and IoT applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aries IoT v2.0 Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ARIES IoT is a fully indigenous and a \u201cMade in India\u201d product to get started with basic microprocessor programming and embedded systems. This board is built upon a RISC-V ISA compliant VEGA Processor with easy-to-use hardware and software. For more details about ARIES IoT boards please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/ariesiot.php\">ARIES development boards and Ecosystem.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboard-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboard-2.png 335w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboard-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BME680 Sensor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BME680 is a low-power environmental sensor developed by Bosch Sensortec that integrates multiple sensing elements into a single device for measuring ambient temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, and gas resistance. The integrated gas sensor can detect variations in volatile organic compounds (VOCs), making it suitable for indoor air-quality monitoring applications. The sensor delivers accurate environmental measurements, making it ideal for embedded systems, weather monitoring stations, smart home solutions and IoT applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bme680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5066\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1491108011169495;width:193px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bme680.png 524w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bme680-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Windows 10 or above\/Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or above<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arduino IDE <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VEGA ARIES Board support package<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Components Required<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ARIES IoT v2.0 Board <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USB type C cable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Circuit Diagram<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No external connections required to test this code. You can directly connect Aries IoT board through USB and upload the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboardusb-2-570x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4707\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5562484014874937;width:217px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboardusb-2-570x1024.jpg 570w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboardusb-2-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboardusb-2-768x1381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboardusb-2-854x1536.jpg 854w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboardusb-2-1139x2048.jpg 1139w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iotboardusb-2-scaled.jpg 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Libraries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arduino libraries are an extension of the standard Arduino API and consists of thousands of libraries, both official and contributed by the community. Libraries simplifies the use of complex codes. Every version of Arduino IDE has a library manager for installing Arduino software libraries. The libraries required for this projects are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>VEGAIoT_BusIO (Version 1.0.0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adafruit Unified Sensor (Version 1.1.9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adafruit SSD1306 (Version 2.5.7)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adafruit GFX_Library (Version 1.11.5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adafruit BME680 Library (Version 2.0.2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To install the libraries directly from library manager required for this project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go to <strong>Tools<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Manage Libraries<\/strong> -&gt; and search with the library names mentioned above<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on <strong>Install<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Procedure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setup VEGA Ecosystem<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Download and install <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arduino.cc\/en\/software\/\">Arduino IDE 2.3.10<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once installed Open Arduino IDE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open <strong>File-&gt;Preferences<\/strong>, Add below JSON in \u201cAdditional Boards Manager URL\u201d, Press OK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/riscv-vega\/vega-arduino\/-\/raw\/main\/package_vega_index.json\">https:\/\/gitlab.com\/riscv-vega\/vega-arduino\/-\/raw\/main\/package_vega_index.json<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/preference-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/preference-1.png 798w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/preference-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/preference-1-768x509.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open<strong> Tools-&gt;Boards-&gt;Board manager<\/strong>, Search for \u201cvega\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Install \u201cVEGA ARIES Boards\u201d with latest version<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680vegaboardselect-1024x264.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680vegaboardselect-1024x264.png 1024w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680vegaboardselect-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680vegaboardselect-768x198.png 768w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680vegaboardselect-1536x397.png 1536w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680vegaboardselect.png 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select <strong>ARIES IoT<\/strong> Board from <strong>Tools -&gt; Board -&gt; VEGA Processor: ARIES Boards -&gt; ARIES IoT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680ariesboardselect-1-1024x662.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680ariesboardselect-1-1024x662.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680ariesboardselect-1-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680ariesboardselect-1-768x496.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680ariesboardselect-1.jpeg 1052w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check your ARIES board whether the <strong>BOOT SEL<\/strong> pin is shorted using a jumper or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bootseliot-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5000\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6623239084256476;width:245px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bootseliot-1-edited.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bootseliot-1-edited-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bootseliot-1-edited-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bootseliot-1-edited-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If<br>BOOT-SEL jumper (J12) is shorted :<br>Select <strong>Tools<\/strong> -&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Upload method<\/strong>&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;<strong>VEGA FLASHER<\/strong><br>Else<br>Select <strong>Tools<\/strong> -&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Upload method<\/strong>&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;<strong>VEGA XMODEM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here the BOOT SEL pin is shorted, so we have selected <strong>VEGA FLASHER<\/strong> from <strong>Upload method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flasherselectcommon-1-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flasherselectcommon-1-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flasherselectcommon-1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flasherselectcommon-1-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/flasherselectcommon-1.png 1135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also select appropriate port from <strong>Tools -&gt; Port -&gt; COM*<\/strong> <strong>(ARIES Board) for windows and dev\/tty\/USB*(Aries Board) for ubuntu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/portselcommon-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/portselcommon-1.png 825w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/portselcommon-1-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/portselcommon-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/portselcommon-1-768x761.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Open <strong>Files -&gt; Examples<\/strong> -Under <strong>Examples for ARIES IoT -&gt; VEGA_ARIES_IoT -&gt; BME680 -&gt; bme680Test<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680egselect-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680egselect-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680egselect-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680egselect-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680egselect.png 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally <strong>Upload<\/strong> the code to ARIES IoT board<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Output<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After successfully uploading the code to the ARIES IoT Board and opening the Serial Monitor at 115200 baud, the BME680 sensor continuously displays temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, gas resistance, and approximate altitude values. These measurements provide real-time environmental data, while small variations between consecutive readings are normal and indicate that the sensor is actively monitoring changes in the surrounding environment and air quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680output.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680output.jpg 661w, https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bme680output-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial demonstrates the use of the onboard BME680 environmental sensor available on the ARIES IoT Board. The BME680 is a digital environmental sensor that combines temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and gas sensing capabilities in a single package. It communicates with the microcontroller through the I\u00b2C interface and is widely used in weather monitoring, environmental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,97],"tags":[99,76,77,24],"class_list":["post-4705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aries-with-arduinoide","category-training","tag-aries-iot-v2-0-board","tag-c-dac","tag-thejas-32","tag-vegaprocessor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4705"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5067,"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions\/5067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vegaprocessors.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}