Sensors

This page is to capture info on various sensors

Temperature

• K-type Thermocouple thru MAX6675 (adafruit)
• digital (3)
• TMP36 analog sensor (adafruit)
• analog
• BMP085 Barometric Pressure/Temperature/Altitude Sensor (adafruit)
• I2C – analog pins 4 and 5
• 3.3v (Don’t mix with 5v I2C)
• DHT11 basic temperature-humidity sensor (adafruit)
• digital
• DS18B20 Digital temperature sensor (adafruit)
• digital
• can gang multiple on one pin (OneWire Library)
• 10K Precision Epoxy Thermistor (3950 NTC) (adafruit)
• analog
• muRata 10K datasheet
  

Air pressure (Barometric)

• BMP085 Barometric Pressure/Temperature/Altitude Sensor (adafruit)
• I2C – analog pins 4 and 5
• 3.3v (Don’t mix with 5v I2C)

Light

• Solar panel
• Simple solar circuit with rechargable battery (Robot Room)
• IR receiver
  
• digital
• CDS cell
• analog
• digital with an R/C circuit

Moisture

• Gypsum sensor
• “Leaf” sensor
• DHT11 basic temperature-humidity sensor (adafruit)
• digital

Motion

• Pyroelectric Infrared Sensors (PIR) (adafruit)
• digital
• Wii Nunchuck
  
• I2C – analog pins 4 and 5

 

Thermocouple info