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Subject: 
Re: flame sensor
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:52:44 GMT
Original-From: 
Bruce Boyes <bboyes@systronix.comIHATESPAM>
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The Hamamatsu UVTRON, available from Acroname, will detect a candle or
butane cigarette lighter from several meters. It's also sensitive to other
UV sources such as the now largely obsolete mercury vapor lamps.

One of my 4710 student teams used this on a fire fighting robot, here is
their project site:
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~wakefiel/cs4710/
As you will see there is some information there about flame spectra.

Bruce


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I am trying to build a sensor to attach to the RCX that can sense a candle flame. I'll be attaching it to a robot that will use it to look for a candle, go to it and extinguish it. If any one has heard of such a sensor that's able to be interfaced (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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