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Getting Started Guide – Flame Sensor module

Flame Sensor Module

GETTING STARTED

GUIDE

V1.0

October 2012

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Index

1. Introduction 3

2. Specification 3

3. Packing List 3

4. Requirements 3

5. Pin Assignment 4

6. Hardware Interface/Setup 5

7. Example Code 6

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1.0 Introduction

The flame sensor module comes with flame sensor, adjustable digital filter for digital output and it

also reserve the original analog output. The flame sensor can be used to detect fire or other light

source with wavelength of 760 nm ~ 1100 nm light. In the fire-fighting robot game, the flame plays

an important role in the probe, which can be used as the robot's eyes to find fire source or football

with special light source. It can make use of fire-fighting robots, soccer robots. Minimum 3 wires

interface, but user may always use 4 wires and uses both digital and analog.

2.0 Specification

● Detects fire, it detecst light source and sensitive to light with wavelength of 940nm

● Interface: Analog or digital

● Supply Voltage: +5 V

● Detection range: 20cm (4.8V) ~ 100cm (1V)

● Interface with microcontrollers and logic circuits

3.0 Packing List

● Flame sensor module

● 4 x Female to female jumper wire

4.0 Requirements

It can be interface to any microcontroller such as PIC, Arduino, SK40C, SK28A, SK18B or even

logic circuit such as relay board.

Necessary hardware to follow this guide:

● Arduino Duemilanove or other Arduino compatible board or others controller board

SK40C, SK28A.

● Flame sensor module

● Jumper wires

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5.0 Pin Assignment

Minimum 3 wires interface, but user may use 4 wires and uses both digital and analog.

1. VCC

2. GND

3. Digital Output (DO)

4. Analog Output (AO)

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6.0 Hardware Interface/Setup

Here is sample connection to Arduino Duemilanove board. The analog output can be connected to

any analog input pin on Arduino.

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7.0 Example Code

Now, the circuit is wired and ready. It’s time to write some very basic Arduino code. This code is

almost exactly the same as Arduino's standard AnalogReadSerial example. Arduino will send the

analog value from sensor to serial terminal windows.

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Taman Universiti,81300 Skudai,

Johor, Malaysia.

Tel: +607-521 3178

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