GAS_ANALYZER

Published:2009/7/1 0:43:00 Author:May | From:SeekIC

The circuit shows a simple yes/no gas detector. Three 1.5-V D cells are used as a power supply, with S1 acting as an on/off switch. The heater is energized directly from the battery, while the electrodes are in series with a 10 k resistor. The voltage across this resistor is monitored by a pnp transistor. When the sensor is in clean air, the resis-tance between the electrodes is about 40 k, so that only about 0.9 V is dropped across the 10 k resistor. This is insufftcient to turn on the transistor, because of the extra 1.6 V required to forward bias the light emitting diode (LED) in series with the emitter. When the sensor comes in contact with contaminated air, the resistance starts to fall, increasing the voltage dropped across the 10 k resistor. When the sensor resistance falls to about 10 k or less, the transistor starts to turn on, current passes through the LED, causing it to emit. The 180 ohm resistor limits the current through the LED to a safe value.



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