Programmable Fully-integrated Lightning Sensor Detects the Presence and Approach of Hazardous Activity

Now available from Mouser, the Austriamicrosystems (ams) AS3935 Franklin Lightning Sensor IC is a programmable fully-integrated lightning sensor that detects the presence and approach of potentially hazardous lightning activity in the vicinity and provides an estimation on the distance to the head of the storm.

The embedded lightning algorithm checks the incoming signal pattern to reject the potential man-made disturbers. The AS3935 can also provide information on the noise level and inform the external unit (e.g. microcontroller) in case of high noise conditions, with the noise floor generator and noise floor evaluation blocks.