Sensor Mounting

There are many ways to mount sensors. This section shows some cheap and easy ways of mounting sensors.

Finding the proper way to mount a sensor is determined by what you are trying to measure. The enclosure or protection system around a sensor often modifies its results. That said, here are some very cost effective examples of mounting some sensors using easily found materials. They all effect the sensors results but may be suitible for some applications.

Most of these sensors shown are done used the BS520 photodiode or the PNA4603 sensor. Many other possibilites of sensors can work. Look around and see what you can come up with...

The BS520/PNA4603 for Solar Radiance Monitoring

Cheap sensor mounting caps.

These mounting techniques though shown with the PS520 photodiode, can also be used with the PNA4603 sensor. Both may need some sort of translucent cap in order to limit the amount of light reaching the sensor in outdoor environments. Another option is to use polarized filter material with quartz glass lens or a fiber optic light pipe system..Look at the sensors spectrum curves and your lens materials and your needs to determine suitability for your purposes.

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Mounting a Solar cell

While outdoors rated solar cells can easily be located; using found materials can also be an option.

In this example, we use a baby food jar to hold a flexible solar cell array.

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