This tutorial aims to provide an introduction to the use of Op Amps, and offer help in choosing the right one for your particular application.Ĥ: Example application 1: Photodiode amplifier, including sketchĥ: Choosing the right Op Amp for your applicationĦ: Powering your Op Amp circuit - single or split suppliesĨ: Example 2: Small signal with dc offset - using a difference amplifier Operational amplifiers ("Op Amps") offer an easy way to prepare these signals for measurement. Even common sensors like audio pickups and microphones will have their performance impaired if connected to a low resistance input. The ANALOG inputs found on most Arduinos is well suited to measuring signals of a few volts from a low resistance source, but there ARE signals that dont match well to those analog inputs.įor example many high quality sensors produce only very small currents or voltages, and have a very high resistance, so they arent suited to direct measurement with a conventional Analog to Digital Converter (ADC).Įxamples include Photodiodes, Piezoelectric Sensors, Accelerometers, Hydrophones, Humidity Monitors, pH Monitors, Chemical Sensors, and Smoke Detectors. This tutorial focusses mainly on issues in dealing with Analog input signals.
Your Arduino will have signals going in - Analog or digital values and signals out, to control motors, lights etc. In our Arduino world its a value - usually a voltage or current - that carries information.
If you have a LITTLE knowledge of electronics, have perhaps used a transistor or a FET to extend the output capability of an arduino, and want to learn about ways to handle different Analog inputs, than read on!Īll you will need to carry out a few simple experiments is a breadboard, a couple of (very inexpensive) op amps - I'd recommend the MPC6002 a few resistors, maybe an LED, phototransistor or photodiode, and any other odd bits you have lying around. Well, not "newbies" or anyone happy to just connect together modules. Introduction: Using Op Amps to measure signals with an Arduino
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