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Interesting Sensor: Lightning Detection #225

Open ccoenen opened 6 years ago

ccoenen commented 6 years ago

AS3935, a "Franklin Lightning Sensor IC" apparently can detect lighning up to 40km away. https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Austriamicrosystems%20PDFs/AS3935.pdf

With precise timestamps and a few sensors in the same area, one might even be able to triangulate the location!

ccoenen commented 6 years ago

I can't find a good breakout right now, so this might be the end of it. Breakouts can be found on aliexpress for ~25-30$. I also have no idea how well it performs, I haven't used it myself, I just accidentally found it. If this is out of scope for this project, feel free to just close the ticket.

ccoenen commented 6 years ago

Related: http://de.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php

hakan42 commented 6 years ago

I found that project as well, but they don't seem to be too motivated to expand their coverage. You have to wait multiple years to buy a hardware set from them.

Marwe commented 6 years ago

I remember you don't need too many stations, but there are multiple projects about it. A commercial one (with Siemens Sensors) is not open, and there are two "competing" free hardware projects. IIRC it should be no big deal to add a station. But since the triangulation works > 500 km there are not too many more stations (in Europe) necessary.