Questions tagged [photodiode]
A photodiode converts light to an electric current.
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How to connect photo diode to trans impedance amplifier?
transimpedance example here
I need to design a trans-impedance amplifier to amplify the signal from a photodiode to make a PPG sensor
I need a signal to acquire from the wrist.
photodiode I am ...
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What options exist for a for low-latency (<1ms) photosensor?
I'm wanting to build a computer keyboard-to-display lag measuring tool using an Ardunio:
User places the photosensor right-up to their computer monitor.
User presses a button on the Ardunio.
The ...
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Q-value in APD photodetector
I try to calculate the Q value of APD photodetector with these parameters:
$$R \hspace{0.1in} (response) = 1$$
$$M \hspace{0.1in} (magnification) = 10$$
$$k \hspace{0.1in} (ionization \hspace{0.1in} ...
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Vs1838B break beam problem
So im using ESP32 to output 38khz 40% duty cycle wave to ir led and connecting a vs1838b on the other side. The vs1838b works as it outputs LOW when i send a signal from my remote. Anyways, after the ...
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Finding value of feedback capacitor in a photodiode amplifier
I am tasked with the objective to design a photoelectric sensor. Being very weak on amplifiers & control theory, I am working on the basics of op-amps. Following this reference design by TI, I ...
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Do we use any filter after photodiode?
In wireless communication, we use a matched filter to suppress out-of-signal-space noise. After this filtering we do sampling. Otherwise, the power of noise is infinite (practically very large).
In ...
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High gain and high modulation frequency photodetectors [closed]
I have been reading more into the gain of a photodetector and how the system works. We are picking up extremely small signals and need to use a detector with a gain of around 1.0 × 10^7 but preferably ...
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How to correctly connect op-amp to ADC
I have a SiPM connected to an op amp and then ADC. Everything works great except I am just guessing at what values to choose for R2 and C1. What questions should I be answering in choosing the ...
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Photon Shot Noise and an Ideal Photodiode and Ideal Transimpedance Amplifier
Light hits an noiseless photodiode and transimpedance amplifier. The light has photon shot noise. If it is relevant, lets say that the light is monochromatic. The photodiode, amplifier, and any optics ...
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How to amplfy µA from a fast photodiode with a bandwith of 10GHz
I want to measure faint laserpulses with a step slope (Bandwidth 5-10GHz). I have a photodiode which produces a photocurrent of some µA. Now I need a transimpedance amplifier to convert it to at least ...
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How to properly connect IR photodiode
I encountered some problems with the signal from photodiode
and don't know how to connect it effectively. Datasheet can be found here: https://www.marktechopto.com/pdf/products/datasheet/MTPD1346D-...
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Amplifying photodiode current with BJT transistor
I'm trying to develop a kind of light detector. To do that, I'm going to use a photodiode and a bjt transistor to amplify its current. I found a circuit in this tutorial:
which explains how the ...
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Photodiode to opamp
I need to detect if a monomode fiber loop is intact. To that end, I have a laser diode emitting max 10 mW (adjustable) at 1310 nm. At the receiving end, there is a matched photodiode (Laserscom.com ...
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Is the charge accumulation linear in time for image sensors?
Reformulating the question:
Does the rate of charge of the pixels photodiodes in an image sensor depends of the previous accumulated charge?
The pixel sensor integrates light during a specific ...
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Transimpedance Amplifier and Photodiode for BFSK
I am working on my first transimpedence amplifier circuit and am having some trouble. I have am looking to reconstruct a BFSK signal modulated on an LED. The BFSK signal uses a 50kHz sine wave at 80mA ...
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Does this high-bandwidth transimpedance amplifier ring (Multisim)?
I designed a front-end for the S5972 high-speed photodiode. See the following schematic.
In Multisim an AC sweep analysis gives the following Bode plot:
1. Is the presented front-end stable? If not, ...
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Infrared Sensor for drug detection [closed]
I saw that there has been a push to make a drug detector that can identify cannabis since it has been legalized. I was looking at mouser.com and found this ir sensor: https://www.mouser.com/...
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Photodiode not working in reverse bias
I'm using a photodiode module, model: coaxial InGaAs, Gtel.
I set it in reverse bias with 5V and tested it with a laser but it doesn't give any output voltage. Unfortunately I don't know the laser ...
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Nor gate using photodiodes and transistors doesn't work correctly
I'm creating a circuit for a robot to avoid obstacles. It is created without using any ICs. When the robot meets an obstacle the LED (at the right side of the transistors) should be off because of ...
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Phototransistor amplifier
In the following picture:
I have screenshotted a picture of the front end of a phototransistor receiver circuit from Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius. It appears to be a phototransistor-based ...
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Big photovoltaic current
A photovoltaic cell is just a photodiode connected to a resistor.Now if
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I put many photodiodes in series , this would create a bigger ...
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How to design a transimpedance amplifier that can adjust to large voltage swings?
I am making a photodiode sensor based on one show in the image below which I got from this research article. The problem I run into with my photodiode sensor is that variations in sunlight create ...
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How can I increase the distance of a photodiode
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I wanted to make a fire detection system using a photodiode, comparator with potentiometer to adjust sensitivity, and an alarm circuit ...
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Photovoltaic cell creation
In order to create a photovoltaic cell all I need is a photodiode connected parallel to a capacitor right?
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Introducing SiPM Array to an Op-Amp
I'm working on a transimpedance amplifier circuit, but it appears that there are issues reading out a signal. The source is comprised of sixteen individual SiPMs in parallel with each other, ...
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mV difference not detected by LM741 opamp comparator
I've made this comparator circuit, it has a changing current going through the photodiode and when lighting changes sufficiently it should trigger a 5V signal at the opamp output terminal.
When the ...
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OpAmp resistor to ground in feedback loop
I am currently tasked with improving the design of an electrometer unit. It was NOT designed by an electrical, and there are some questionable design practices. My question is concerning the first ...
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Transimpedance Amplifier for Photodiode with low Shunt-Resistance
I am designing a transimpedance amplifier to amplify the signal of a photodiode. I plan to use the IC ADA4350 (datasheet), it contains an Op-Amp and analog switches to select different feedback paths ...
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Convert a Dusk-to-dawn outlet device to Dawn-To-Dusk? [closed]
I recently purchased a Dusk-to-dawn outlet sensor (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002NB2X?ref_=pe_2640190_261118450_302_E_DDE_dt_1), but I'm wanting to convert this thing into a Dawn-to-Dusk device ...
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Read BPW21R photodiode
I want to sample the output of a BPW21R photodiode Datasheet.
I intend to use an Arduino.
If the resolution is not good enough for the Arduino analog input pin (A0) Arduino Tutorial then I want to ...
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Help identifying a photodiode pre-amp PCB
Recently I found this PCB in a electronics junk bin. It's said that it's a photodiode preamp, but I was not able to find the datasheet or any information about the board.
Since the PCB looks neatly ...
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How to connect/use BPRV2125AM?
We want to know how exactly do we make the connections of the photodetector since they are so fragile.Can we do a PCB, and if so is there any IC base for it.How do we work the RF output as we need to ...
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Hand contacting op amp photodiode circuit causes interference - what ist the physic behind it?
I am new to analogue electronics and I am still learning about op-amps.
I use the most common circuit for amplifying a photodiode's signal to measure it with an ADC:
Amplification gain is 1M, the ...
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LED and Photodiode Data Acquirement System
So I am to develop a project this semester and wanted to be shed some light on certain topics.
The goal of the project is the following: Detect a pendulum's period using an LED and a photodiode and it ...
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Total thermal noise of a photodetector connected to a spectrum analyzer
I connected a photodetector to a spectrum analyzer (SA) and observed the signal (i.e. noise) on the SA when there is no light hitting the detector.
I noticed that when I set a low spectral resolution ...
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Transimpedance AMP, Active HPF, phototdiode (updated)
The original post is here Transimpedance AMP, Active HPF, phototransistor
I decided to change back to a photodiode instead of a phototransistor since I have used one for a similar experiment in the ...
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Photodiodes: the “generation” mechanism behind photocurrent
Assume I use a photodiode under zero-bias (that is in photovoltaic mode). How/why can a current flow in this bias condition?
As far as I have understood the working principle of photodiodes, when ...
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Transimpedance AMP, Active HPF, phototransistor
So this is the part where I would like the phototransistor (TEMT6000X01) to be able to clearly capture an LED with a frequency flashing on and off at 1kHz. So what I have here is a transimpedance ...
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I have made a photodiode circuit and measured using multimeter - still no change in voltage. What to do? [closed]
My photodiode is MTPD1346D-100 (InGaAs PIN photodiode.)
What is the photodiode input voltage?
This is my circuit schematic:
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Photon count with ADC, am I doing it right?
I have this LED and I want to characterize this photodiode.
The LED should produce light of 370 nm, but I measured it and it is around 358 nm, and at that wavelength the quantum efficiency (\$\eta\$) ...
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Simple Op Amp Non-inverting Amplifier Circuit Not Working
I am only just starting to learn about circuits and electricity, so please bare with me.
I am attempting to build the circuit pictured below:
And this is my rendition of it:
Here are the parts used:...
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Switching multiple photodiode inputs to an op amp
I am playing around with LEDs as (semi)wavelength selective photodetectors and have reproduced the circuit found in Forest Mims' Make article:
I have an operational circuit using an LM358 powered by ...
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Photodiode to an ADC
Please bear with me as I'm not too experienced with this.
I'm attempting to use an ADC to get readings from a photodiode. From what I understand, I should likely use an op-amp as the range of the ...
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Thin wall to block LED light from hitting photodiode?
I'm designing a small heart rate sensor using green smd LEDs and a photodiode. The photodiode needs to measure the reflected light, and not direct light from the LEDs. The LEDs are near the perimeter ...
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How are solar spectra simulators used and are they used to test photo-diodes and image sensors?
For example here is link to a Xenon lamp solar spectra simulator Xenon lamp AAA Class Solar Simulator.
Two spectra are shown in the plot given in the link, one for the AM1.5G reference an other of ...
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Photodiode showing triangle waves instead of square? (re: need op amp?)
I'm trying to visualize an infrared signal using a IR receiver diode but my oscilloscope is showing triangle waves instead of square for the carrier frequency:
One of the guys at EEVblog said I need ...
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Using an IR diode as an emitter and receiver?
At the recent Maker Faire Berlin, I was told that LEDs can be repurposed as photo diodes. I assume the same is true in the infrared range. This sounds like a nice solution for building a transmitter.
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PIN Photodiode gamma detection amplifier circuit - rectangular wave output
I've been working on a project recently, where I need to build a device which detects gamma radiation and can be used for gamma spectroscopy. I've done some research and found many interesting ways of ...
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Troubleshooting op-amp circuit and compactor for buzzer
I tried building a radiation detector (cheap photodiode Geiger counter) on perfboard:
http://opengeiger.de/StuttgarterGeigerleThruHole_en.pdf
More details here. With the circuit was turned on, ...
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Relation for the current generated by a photo-diode in photo-conductive mode
If a photodiode with responsivity R is operated in photo-conductive mode with
reverse bias voltage Vb and load resistance Rld what relation gives the output current from the photo-diode flowing ...
