Sensors

This post lists a variety of sensors and probes that have been used or tested as part of different generations of the xSpectrolum spectrometer. The sensors are listed from the kind of properties they record:

• Spectral sensors
• [Distance (proximity) sensors][#distance-(proximity)-sensors]
• Ambient light sensors
• Moisture sensors
• Temperature sensors
• Ambient gas sensors

Spectral sensors

• MH-Z16 CO₂ MIR sensor March 10, 2023 Winsen MH-Z16 MIR CO2 plug & play Sensor
• AMS OSRAM AS7421 spectrometer October 29, 2022 AS7421 64-channel hyperspectral NIR Sensor
• CO₂ dual MIR sensors March 26, 2022 Comparing different producer options for dual CO2 sensors
• AMS AS7343 spectrometer March 26, 2022 AMS 14-channel broad band sensors
• Microhybrid IR December 21, 2021 Microhybrid MIR and thermal emitters and sensors
• Hamamatsu MEMS-FPI NIR October 21, 2021 Hamamatsu Fabry-Perot Interferometer (MEMS-FPI) tunable filter for NIR sensing
• Pyreos MIR sensors July 21, 2021 Pyreos thin film thermal emissivity sensors
• Hamamatsu C12880MA spectrometer May 23, 2020 Hamamatsu C12880MA miniaturised visible, 288 band sensor
• AMS spectral sensor AS7341 January 19, 2020 AMS 11-channel broad band sensors
• AMS AS726X spectrometer October 20, 2019 AMS 6-channel broad band sensors

Distance (proximity) sensors

• APDS-9930 Digital Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor April 24, 2020 Digital Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor
• ToF10120 Laser Range Sensor April 20, 2020 ToF10120 Laser Range Sensor
• VL6810X distance and ambient light module December 02, 2019 VL6180X Time-of-Flight distance and ambient light sensing

Ambient light sensors

• APDS-9930 Digital Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor April 24, 2020 Digital Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor
• TEMT6000 Ambient Light April 22, 2020 TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Module
• SI1145 ambient light sensor January 10, 2020 Proximity/UV/ambient light sensor IC with I2C interface
• VL6810X distance and ambient light module December 02, 2019 VL6180X Time-of-Flight distance and ambient light sensing

Moisture sensors

• RS485 steel-pin soil field sensors March 05, 2023 Umbrella post for all RS485/MODBUS-RTU steel-pin soil field sensors.
• RS485 steel-pin soil moisture probe August 20, 2021 Industrial Soil Moisture & Temperature & EC Sensor MODBUS-RTU RS485 (S-Soil MTEC-02B)
• SHTXY moisture and temperature sensor February 16, 2020 SHTXY moisture and temperature sensor
• Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor v1.2 February 15, 2020 Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor v1.2
• Internet of Things soil moisture probes December 17, 2019 External connectors for arduino senor unit

Temperature sensors

• RS485 steel-pin soil field sensors March 05, 2023 Umbrella post for all RS485/MODBUS-RTU steel-pin soil field sensors.
• RS485 steel-pin soil moisture probe August 20, 2021 Industrial Soil Moisture & Temperature & EC Sensor MODBUS-RTU RS485 (S-Soil MTEC-02B)
• SHTXY moisture and temperature sensor February 16, 2020 SHTXY moisture and temperature sensor
• DS18B20 temperature February 14, 2020 DS18B20 temperature

Ambient gas sensors

• MQ gas sensors February 10, 2022 MQ series of gas sensors for Arduino

All sensors

• MH-Z16 CO₂ MIR sensor March 10, 2023 Winsen MH-Z16 MIR CO2 plug & play Sensor
• RS485 steel-pin soil field sensors March 05, 2023 Umbrella post for all RS485/MODBUS-RTU steel-pin soil field sensors.
• RS485 soil NPK November 02, 2022 Industrial Soil Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) Sensor MODBUS-RTU RS485
• AMS OSRAM AS7421 spectrometer October 29, 2022 AS7421 64-channel hyperspectral NIR Sensor
• GoSpectro spectrometer March 26, 2022 GoSpectro mobile phone spectrometer
• CO₂ dual MIR sensors March 26, 2022 Comparing different producer options for dual CO2 sensors
• AMS AS7343 spectrometer March 26, 2022 AMS 14-channel broad band sensors
• MQ gas sensors February 10, 2022 MQ series of gas sensors for Arduino
• Microhybrid IR December 21, 2021 Microhybrid MIR and thermal emitters and sensors
• Hamamatsu MEMS-FPI NIR October 21, 2021 Hamamatsu Fabry-Perot Interferometer (MEMS-FPI) tunable filter for NIR sensing
• RS485 steel-pin soil moisture probe August 20, 2021 Industrial Soil Moisture & Temperature & EC Sensor MODBUS-RTU RS485 (S-Soil MTEC-02B)
• Pyreos MIR sensors July 21, 2021 Pyreos thin film thermal emissivity sensors
• Hamamatsu C12880MA spectrometer May 23, 2020 Hamamatsu C12880MA miniaturised visible, 288 band sensor
• APDS-9930 Digital Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor April 24, 2020 Digital Proximity and Ambient Light Sensor
• TEMT6000 Ambient Light April 22, 2020 TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Module
• ToF10120 Laser Range Sensor April 20, 2020 ToF10120 Laser Range Sensor
• SHTXY moisture and temperature sensor February 16, 2020 SHTXY moisture and temperature sensor
• Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor v1.2 February 15, 2020 Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor v1.2
• DS18B20 temperature February 14, 2020 DS18B20 temperature
• AMS spectral sensor AS7341 January 19, 2020 AMS 11-channel broad band sensors
• SI1145 ambient light sensor January 10, 2020 Proximity/UV/ambient light sensor IC with I2C interface
• Internet of Things soil moisture probes December 17, 2019 External connectors for arduino senor unit
• VL6810X distance and ambient light module December 02, 2019 VL6180X Time-of-Flight distance and ambient light sensing
• AMS AS726X spectrometer October 20, 2019 AMS 6-channel broad band sensors