Methanometer
Objective:
Capable of measuring concentration of Methane / LPG gas
Low power signal conditioning unit and robust packaging for different applications
Features:
- User friendly & easy to operate
- Portable (70mm X 135mm X 30mm )
- Low power consumption (60mW for signal conditioning unit )
- Fast response time (15 Sec)
- On board microcontroller programming facility
- Extended probe to find out the leak in narrow area
- A small FAN to remove the residual gas
- 16 X 2 LCD screento Display the gas concentration present in hazardous area
- Three levels of LED indication (Green, Yellow &Red ) with buzzer depending on the concentration of gas (safe, moderate and danger)
- Two pencil battery (1.5V X 2)
Sensors used
- MP-4 flat surfaced sensor made by WINSEN Electronics Technology, China
- High Selectivity to Methane
- Broad detection range (300 to 10000 PPM)
- Power consumption 300mW
Hardware
- ATMEGA 8 µcontroller
- DC-DC Boost Converter
Software
- BASCOM
- PROTEUS
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