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Category: Sensors Detectors / Optical Sensing Circuits This circuit is also crossed to: Meters Circuits Views: 3334 Rank: 0 The output of the amplifier is to be measured on a digital voltmeter. Besides being able to accept 20 na to 200 micro amps and output voltages that range form 100 mv to 2 or 3 volts, the amplifier needed to have a low input resistance so the diode could be run at or near zero bias so that its output would be a linear function of light on the photocell. It also has to have plenty of connectors. Along the bottom of the board in the image above, from left to right, are a power input connector because it would use an isolated unregulated DC power supply that is sometimes used for other things, a voltage output connector so that its output could be plugged into a digital voltmeter, and an input connector so that it can accept current from a variety of photodiodes.Starting with the power supply. An input voltage of 12 to 16 volts DC is regulated to + 8 volts. R1 assures that a minimum of 10 milliamps flows through the 1N5227, 3.6 volt Zener diode. All together, this makes approximately 8.6 volts. This would have been simpler with a 7808 regulator, and a low power version of the regulator would have been plenty sufficient, but one works with what one has on hand. The 8 volts is split by R2 and R3 to produce a ground reference voltage at half the regulated supply voltage. This results in power to the opamp of +4 volts and -4 volts. Very little current flows between the power positive and negative rails, so U1A, which provides a low impedance ground reference, is not really needed, but the opamps came two to a package, and not having to pay much attention to the effects power supply current returning through the ground made life a little simpler, so I went ahead and used U1A in this role. The photocell is connected to the amplifier through approximately two meters of Belden RG-174/U miniature coax cable. All I want to measure is the average current so the current from the photocell is filtered by C3 to reduce the amount of hum and other modulation of the current. The capacitor, along with R4 form a 20 Hz low single pole low pass filter which after examination of the output on a scope, is adequate for my needs. The actual amplification is done by the marvelous TLC27l2 opamp. Feedback from the output to the inverting input through 3.3k R5 and the 500k pot allows transimpedances from very low 3.3 k ohms to 500 k ohms. R4 is to limit noise gain while R5 limits the closed loop gain, thereby assuring that some loop gain remains and that the amplifier remains stable. visit page.  Starting with the power supply. An input voltage of 12 to 16 volts DC is regulated to + 8 volts. R1 assures that a minimum of 10 milliamps flows through the 1N5227, 3.6 volt Zener diode. All together, this makes approximately 8.6 volts. This would have been simpler with a 7808 regulator, and a low power version of the regulator would have been plenty sufficient, but one works with what one has on hand. The 8 volts is split by R2 and R3 to produce a ground reference voltage at half the regulated supply voltage. This results in power to the opamp of +4 volts and -4 volts. Very little current flows between the power positive and negative rails, so U1A, which provides a low impedance ground reference, is not really needed, but the opamps came two to a package, and not having to pay much attention to the effects power supply current returning through the ground made life a little simpler, so I went ahead and used U1A in this role. The photocell is connected to the amplifier through approximately two meters of Belden RG-174/U miniature coax cable. All I want to measure is the average current so the current from the photocell is filtered by C3 to reduce the amount of hum and other modulation of the current. The capacitor, along with R4 form a 20 Hz low single pole low pass filter which after examination of the output on a scope, is adequate for my needs. The actual amplification is done by the marvelous TLC27l2 opamp. Feedback from the output to the inverting input through 3.3k R5 and the 500k pot allows transimpedances from very low 3.3 k ohms to 500 k ohms. R4 is to limit noise gain while R5 limits the closed loop gain, thereby assuring that some loop gain remains and that the amplifier remains stable. http://cappels.org/dproj/photoamp/photoamp.html
Related circuits The Sun-Up Alarm can be used to provide a audible alarm for when the sun comes up or it can be used in a dark area and detect when a light comes on. It can also be used to detect a light beam, headlights etc. The circuit works as follows. The phototransistor is very sensitive to light. (Any... Optical sensor needs no tweaking The circuit in Figure 1 eliminates the need for adjustments. The circuit uses dc-coupled feedback to control the current in the output resistor. Hence, the output voltage is predictable and constant. This circuit converts infrared light into sound. Modulated IR light, like that from remote controls, IR received by the phototransistor and is amplified by the LM386 IC. The IC in turn drives a small 8 Ohm speaker. With the coupler biased in the linear region by the 10 mA dc bias on the IRED and the voltage divider on the phototransistor base, photodiode current flows out of the base into the voltage divider, producing an ac voltage proportional to the ac current in the IRED. The transistor is biased as an... This circuit uses a small 2.5mm square photo diode in conjunction with a 100mH coil to detect the short light flashes from a xenon lamp. The coil makes the circuit immune to normal room lights. Variable resistor R1 adjusts the light threshold at which the circuit triggers. R1`s value is chosen to match the photocells resistance at darkness. The circuit uses a CMOS 4001 IC. Gate U1a acts as the trigger, U1b and c form a latch. S1 resets the circuit. The output device may be a low power... SENSITIVE MODULATED LIGHT RECEIVER The circuit uses a very inexpensive C-MOS IC that is connected to a small photodiode. Using a unique inductive feedback network, the circuit provides high sensitivity under high ambient light conditions. It is a great circuit when you want to extend the range of an optical remote control... The circuit in Figure 1 uses an integrated photodiode/amplifier (OPT201) in conjunction with an integrator that drives two linear optocouplers (TIL300). The optocouplers subtract the background-light-generated current from the current the optical sensor produces.
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