At Sensors Expo 2012, Johnsy Varghese from ams describes the capabilities and development tools for the AS3935 Lightning Sensor that won the gold “Best of Sensors Expo” Award in the sensors category. The sensor can estimate the distance from lightning up to 40 km away and ignores false noise triggers To watch the video, click […]
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Need to Sense Lightning? An IC can do it!
For protecting portable or in-building equipment or even human lives, designers that want to sense lightning now have a tool thanks to austriamicrosystems AS3935 Franklin Lightning Sensor. The low-power sensor uses a sensitive RF receiver to detect the electrical emissions from lightning activity. An algorithm in the AS3935 converts the RF signal into an estimation […]