Lightning Sensor Breakout Board – assembled
SKU 7100-FT1324MEAN 8219671085373Item type: AssembledSensors, Sensors
Description
Breakout board built around the AMS AS3935 chip, able to pick up the radio-frequency disturbance caused by an electrical arc and, through suitable processing, deliver a signal corresponding to the detection of a lightning strike and its intensity. All the signals needed to drive the chip are brought out to a row of 2.54 mm pitch pads along one edge
| Breakout board built around the AMS AS3935 chip, able to pick up the radio-frequency disturbance caused by an electrical arc and, through suitable processing, deliver a signal corresponding to the detection of a lightning strike and its intensity. All the signals needed to drive the chip are brought out to a row of 2.54 mm pitch pads along one edge. Data is exchanged with the outside world over the I²C bus or SPI. To use the breakout board as a lightning detector you need to pair it with an Arduino Uno or a Fishino Uno, whose job is to analyse the signal from the sensor and process it, then show the number of electrical discharges detected and their estimated distance on a serial LCD display.The sensor is driven from Arduino using a library that can be downloaded from github at https://github.com/raivisr/AS3935-Arduino-Library. Everything is handled by a sketch whose code is available at the bottom of this page (Documentation and useful links).The pack does not include the Arduino or Fishino, nor the serial display (see related products).
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| Documentation and useful links |
Technical details
| Supply voltage | 2.4 to 5 Vdc |
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| Current draw | 50 mA |
| Maximum detection range | 40 km |
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