https://www.photonicsguy.ca/ 2026-04-06T20:33:07+00:00 https://www.photonicsguy.ca/ https://www.photonicsguy.ca/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2014-11-13T22:12:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/dualpressuresensor?rev=1415916744&do=diff Barometric Pressure sensor Dual pressure sensor board [PIC18F1320 Datasheet] RX on pin 3 TX on pin 2 Power ON 98.97 kPa, 742.3 Torr ; 0814,0521 98.97 kPa, 742.3 Torr ; 0814,0521 98.97 kPa, 742.3 Torr ; 0814,0521 Reference Barometer - MPXAZ4115A text/html 2023-12-20T15:30:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/esphome/watermeter?rev=1703086229&do=diff Water meter monitoring Hardware Using a ESP32 with QMC5883L compass module. TBD Accuracy Quite accurate, each interval (max to min to max) from the water meter appears to be 32.5ml, this was confirmed over the course of a few days and about 1.6 m³ of water (about 49 thousand intervals). text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/tirepressuresensor?rev=1415904614&do=diff Tire Pressure Sensor The pressure is determined by the formula, <m>P=0.145* Parts Part# Description Source Cost MPX5700DP-ND0-101.5PSI Pressure sensorDigikey$16 2 Ft 1/4ID hoseHome Hardware$1.50 2 crimp style hose clampsHome Hardware$1.60 text/html 2017-11-12T18:33:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/archive/nslu2?rev=1510511638&do=diff Embedded Linux computer with 1-wire net Linksys NSLU2 running Debian Linux off of flash memory, polls a 1-wire net every 5 minutes and records the data (temperature and humidity) to a remote SQL server. 1-Wire PIC18 Microcontroller PIC18F4523 reading an ADT7410 temperature sensor via I2C. text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/tirepressuresensor/code?rev=1415904614&do=diff Tire Pressure Sensor Code Return to Tire Pressure Sensor Project. ;############################################################################### ;# TITLE "Pressure Sense" ;# ;# Program : Pressure sensor using an MPX5700DP sensor and LCD display ;# Version :1.0 ;# Revision Date : ;# Author : Jeff Brown ;# ;# ;# ;############################################################################### ; radix hex #define RA0_… text/html 2016-03-09T02:48:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/mysensors?rev=1457491680&do=diff MySensor board After reading about the MySensors project, I decided to design a small circuit board to hold the Arduino and radio module. 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Imgur photos * Nov 24th: I received the boards, Yay!! * Nov 7th, 2014: I'm waiting on the PCB's from text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/temperature?rev=1415904614&do=diff Temperature sensing devices ADT7410 Digital I2C Temperature Sensor ±0.5°C Accurate, 16-Bit Digital I2C Temperature Sensor PinWire Colour1SCLYellow2SDABlue3A0Gnd4A1Gnd5INTn/c6CTn/c8VddRed7GndBlack Need 0.1uF Cap between pins 7 & 8 From Analog Devices, [ADT7410 Datasheet] Thermopile sensor text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/notes?rev=1415904614&do=diff Notes APC Environmental card AP9512TH IC1LM35Temperature SensorIC2LM358NDual OpampIC3LM78LVreg, 5VBP1[TDK CHS-UGR]Humidity Sensor AP9612 IC1ADC08348-Bit Serial I/O A/D Converter with Multiplexer OptionIC2MM74HC14NHex inverting Schmitt triggerIC5P87C521 Controller PCF8574 - 8-Bit I/O Expander for I2C-Bus text/html 2017-01-09T21:38:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects?rev=1483997895&do=diff Projects THIS PAGE IS NOT ORGANIZED Electronics * 7-segment display Pressure Sensing * Tire pressure sensor * Sump pump level Temperature * Thermocouple GPS * Track Logging Other ---------- ~~PAGEINDEX=:projects:electronics~~ ---------- Physics experiments I'd like to try Mercury and Aluminum text/html 2016-03-09T00:46:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/sidebar?rev=1457484412&do=diff * Home * Contact * Education * Projects * Electronics * MySensor board * Sump pump Monitor * Barometric Pressure sensor * Tire Pressure Sensor * 7-segment display module * CadSoft EAGLE Libraries * Other * Transmission Holograms * Ferrofluid * Gel Candles * Arduino Projects * MySensor board * 7-segment display module * LCD Display * Vintage equipment * NeXT Computer * Olivetti P602 Delay Line Memory * Core Memory * Gad… text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/electronics/lightsensing?rev=1415904614&do=diff Light Sensing Photodiode LED 100 ohm resistor & an LED <http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/LEDSensor> Phototransistor Intersil Light Sensor See Intersil ISL29001 text/html 2014-11-13T21:23:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics?rev=1415913830&do=diff My Electronic Projects ~~PAGEINDEX=:projects:electronics~~ (Automatically generated list) Suppliers Online * Digikey - Supplier of choice * Sparkfun - Great hobby site, Interesting components, I've ordered quite a few parts from them. * BatchPCB.com - Great hobby site for fabricating PCB's text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/lightsensor?rev=1415904614&do=diff Light Sensor Datasheet text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/opticalmouse?rev=1415904614&do=diff Optical Mouse With this project I intend to use an optical mouse sensor chip for detecting movement on a translation stage. Interfacing the chip with a PIC microcontroller. The mouse shown contains the ADNS-2051 sensor. I removed the microcontroller and rewired the cord for power and the I2C bus. text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/taurus?rev=1415904614&do=diff Vehicle If I only had a single wrench, I hope it's 13mm. 10mm for thermostat bracket bolts. Remote Starter Does not engage A/C, rear defroster. Horn is not connected either (for programming). Rear Defroster relay [Relay] ContactNote85Coil - Switched by ECM, ground to activate text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/electronics/acs712?rev=1415904614&do=diff ACS712 Current Sensor [ACS712 Datasheet] ADC Resolution -05B -20A -30A 20 0.026 mA0.048 mA0.072 mA 19 0.052 mA0.095 mA0.144 mA180.103 mA0.191 mA0.289 mA170.206 mA0.381 mA0.578 mA160.412 mA0.763 mA1.156 mA150.825 mA1.526 mA2.312 mA141.65 mA3.052 mA4.624 mA133.299 mA text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/electronics/isl29001?rev=1415904614&do=diff Intersil Light Sensor [ISL29001] - Datasheet * Need a 100kΩ 1% Resistor text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/electronics/mbed?rev=1415904614&do=diff MBED Ethernet Magjack - [lU1S516LF Datasheet] [Pinout] PinmbedP1RD+P2RD-P3VccP4n/cP5n/cP6VccP7TD+P8TD- <HTML><BR CLEAR=ALL><BR></HTML> First Project - Halloween Window Setup Light Sensor Possible IC to use: IVC102 text/html 2023-12-11T15:56:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/esphome/start?rev=1702310186&do=diff ESPHome Devices * Sensus Water meter integration * Gas meter integration * Vindriktning particulate sensor text/html 2023-12-11T15:47:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/esphome/vindriktning?rev=1702309669&do=diff Vindriktning Ikea air particulate sensor RX pin on ESP-01S header is pin 5 Serial testing Configure serial port: stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 speed 9600 cs8 -parenb Value of 250µg/m³: echo -en '\x16\x11\x0b\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x02\x00\x00\xb2' > /dev/ttyUSB0 text/html 2014-11-13T22:37:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/7segdisplay?rev=1415918236&do=diff 7-segment display module [Working Display] Arduino library available on Github This was one of my first doublesided and surfacemount boards. I made this board using Eagle for layout and then I used BatchPCB to manufacture the board. The board operates correctly, however, if I were to revise it, I would use a larger SMT resistor than the 0402 size. The board will be controlled via I2C from a PIC microcontroller, initially for the pressure sensor and later for other projects. text/html 2016-03-09T00:46:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/sumppump?rev=1457484383&do=diff Sump pump Monitor My parents have a cistern and a sump pump which would be useful to have some sort of water level monitoring. In the past, we would check the cistern level with a pressure gauge calibrated in inches of water. There was a rubber squeeze bulb which which would pressurize a plastic line which fed into the cistern, and the resulting level would be shown on the gauge. text/html 2014-11-13T18:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.photonicsguy.ca/projects/electronics/touchsensor?rev=1415904614&do=diff Touch Sensor Current Status: Prototype