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A LOW-COST FIBER-OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR BASED ON RUBY FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME AND A SIMPLE MICROCONTROLLER BOARD.
- Source :
- POF Plastic Optical Fiber; Sep/Oct2021, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p8-11, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- In this paper we present a complete low-cost sensor system including fiber-optics, electronics, and data processing implemented on a simple microcontroller. The system can be operated stand-alone, showing real-time temperatures on a display or connected for data logging to a PC. Cheap ruby spheres or half-spheres from mass production are integrated in a small fiber-optic sensor head. All electronics including a high-power blue LED and a Si photodiode are easily integrated on a modified commercial add-on board on top of a Nucleo-64 development kit for STM32 microcontrollers. Temperature measurement is done by fitting the exponential decay of the ruby fluorescence after pulsed excitation. Calibration and testing was done in a climate chamber, achieving a temperature accuracy of 0.5 K within a range of -40°C to +80°C. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TEMPERATURE sensors
FLUORESCENCE
MICROCONTROLLERS
RUBIES
MASS production
DATA logging
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10641068
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- POF Plastic Optical Fiber
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 153304530