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Sensor Types and Experimental Results

This document summarizes a presentation on sensors testing various sensor models. It describes experiments conducted with a temperature sensor (LM235) and light sensor (LM135) including experimental setups and results. The document also provides information on applications and specifications of voltage regulators, photo transistors, and temperature sensors. Next steps discussed are relating sensor outputs to ozone sensors, testing new ozone sensors, and examining cell phones to determine sensor constraints.

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Sensor Types and Experimental Results

This document summarizes a presentation on sensors testing various sensor models. It describes experiments conducted with a temperature sensor (LM235) and light sensor (LM135) including experimental setups and results. The document also provides information on applications and specifications of voltage regulators, photo transistors, and temperature sensors. Next steps discussed are relating sensor outputs to ozone sensors, testing new ozone sensors, and examining cell phones to determine sensor constraints.

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Sensors Presentation

October 7, 2003

Scott Chao
Allison Douglas
Kristin Lee
Types of Sensors Tested
• Voltage Regulator acting as a temperature
sensor (Models LM234, LM 235)
– Manufactured by ST (www.st.com)

• Photo transistor acting as a light sensor


(Model LM135)
– Manufactured by Fairchild Semiconductors
(www.fairchildsemi.com)

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Applications of Sensors
• Voltage Regulators
– Used in Hi-Fi systems, TVs, VCRs, and other
electronic equipment

• Photo Transistor
– Emitter/detector pair is used in sensing
motion. e.g. If you needed to measure how
fast something was going and/or its position
the emitter and detector could sense the
motion and output to a logic system
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Information on Fairchild Infrared
Sensors
• Range for detecting an object by reflection can
be from 0 mm to 400 mm
• Dust, however, can impair this range
• All are constructed using silicon chips, which can
detect the entire visible spectrum
• The photosensors are built with a daylight filter
that prevents most visible light in the
environment from reaching the detector chip
• Response to light sources may be noticeable.

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Temperature Sensor Information
• The circuit output (calibrated or not) can
be given by the equation:
V_ot + (VO_to * T/T_o)
where T is the unknown temperature and
T_o is the reference temperature (in °K).
• Nominally the output is calibrated at
10mV/°K.

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Experimental Results – LM235
• Temperature sensor LM235
960.7 ohm resistor
V+=5.00 V DC
output = 2.5282 V DC at room temp
• If we blew hot air on it or held it the voltage
increased

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Experimental Results – LM235

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Experimental Results – LM123
• Used two orientations of the LED; straight up, parallel
with the transistor and bent toward the transistor
• Measured output with and without a box to block ambient
light.
• R_transistor = 4.6 Ohms
R_LED = 992 Ohms
Vcc = 5v
• LED and transistor parallel:
Without box: Vout = 4.95 V
With box: Vout = 4.778 V
Separated without box – Vout = 4.97 V
Separated with box – Vout = 4.99 V
• LED bent towards transistor:
Without box – Vout = 4.77 V
With box – Vout = 4.6 V
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Experimental Results – LM135

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Experimental Results – LM234
• Temperature sensor LM234
R1= 231.97 ohms
R2 = 9.94 kohms
R3 = 661.37 ohms
with C1=1.5 nF, Vo = 4.33 V
with C1=3.05 nF, Vo = 4.33 V
• Most likely faulty values

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Experimental Results – LM234

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Next Steps
• Relate analysis of outputs to ozone
sensors outputs
• Will test ozone sensors when we receive
them
• Will take apart existing cell phones to
determine size, power limitations

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