Adafruit INA219 High-Side DC Current Sensor

adafruit-ina219-current-sensor

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INA219 high-side current and bus-voltage monitor breakout. It is powered from 3.3V or 5V and communicates over I2C. Route the measured load current through VIN+ and VIN-; those shunt terminals are part of the power path, not MCU GPIO.

Pinout

PinPositionTypeFunctionVoltage
VCCpowerBreakout logic supply; Adafruit notes it can be powered from Arduino 5V or 3V.5
GNDgroundGround reference shared with the controller and measured circuit.
SDAi2cI2C data line.
SCLi2cI2C clock line.
VIN+dataHigh-side shunt input terminal; connect in series with the load supply, not to an MCU GPIO.
VIN-dataLoad-side shunt terminal; connect in series with the load supply, not to an MCU GPIO.

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