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lightning monitor

propwashpropwash Posts: 20
edited 2004-11-05 19:01 in BASIC Stamp
i hope some one can help me. i have the plans for a lightning monitor that i got off the web and i have started to build it and i need some help with it??also i would like to know how hard would it to be to hook up an L.C.D screen to it?the web site is http://homepage.mac.com/tbitson/weather/bslam/index.html
i hope you can look at this and teel me what you think of it and if you think you might be able to build it let me know and we can come up with a price.hope to here from anyone??thanks steven jax,fla. e-mail propwash79@aol.comfreaked.gif

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2004-11-04 15:23
    I checked the site...Interesting and unique project to me.· It appears that following the information the author posted on the website, you should be able to re-create the project yourself.· If you have any questions about the actual project you should probably e-mail the author directly.

    As for the LCD there is alot of information on interfacing LCDs...You'll probably be wanting a Serial LCD Display (Which Parallax sells), and there should be code examples for sending data with the LCD available right from the Parallax Web Page·thet you can download along with the data sheet for the display.



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  • OrionOrion Posts: 236
    edited 2004-11-05 02:20
    On thing you may consider is not using the opto as shown. With the copper pads of that proto board underneath the opto you will reduce the isolation big time! The data sheet rates the isolation between 5300 - 7500V. I'm pretty sure it’s going to arc the gaps between pads long before you get to 5000v. You may want also want to do a little homework on lighting isolation and high voltage wiring. A simple ir emitter / detector with a foot or more of distance would be a cheap way to protect yourself better. As for the ac adapter to feed the lighting detector circuit, just remember these wires could be a direct path for the lighting into your homes ac wiring, bypassing the opto protection! Still an interesting project.

    Post Edited (Orion) : 11/5/2004 2:53:02 AM GMT
  • El PaisaEl Paisa Posts: 375
    edited 2004-11-05 19:01
    yeah.gif·The ezLCD is the perfect graphics display for this application.
    You can create a bargraph, or any graphic shape using simple commands that not require much program space.
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