TMP006 and Cloud Detection

Johnny Bates

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I was considering building an IR based cloud detector using a TPS534 I was wondering would this chip accomplish the same goal with much less hardware. How about using a Freznel lens to limit the spectrum to 5 uM?

over 14 years ago

0 Neil Albaugh over 14 years ago

Genius 5430 points

Johnny;

I think the TMP006 would work nicely to sense the presence of cloud cover re cold sky. A Fresnel lens should give you a fairly narrow field of view as well as some optical gain. The IR bandpass of the TMP006 and some plastic lenses/filters was discussed recently in another posting about the TMP006.

0 Ian Williams over 14 years ago in reply to Neil Albaugh

TI__Mastermind 27715 points

Hello Johnny,

Here's the thread referred to by Neil: http://e2e.ti.com/support/other_analog/temperature_sensors/f/243/t/117229.aspx

Best regards,

Ian Williams
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