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Ultra Violet sensors

from Hamamatsu News 2007 Vol 2

Applications

  • Detect the start of a forest fire, or, a fire near a building
  • Detect someone lighting a cigarette (where they should not be lighting a cigarette)
  • Detect the start of a fire on an Unmanned Aircraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ultra Violet (UV) sensors

The "UVtron" from Hamamatsu is a small and inexpensive fire detector that can detect someone lighting a cigarette from 5m in full sunlight. The Hamamatsu R1723-01 is a high sensitivity UVtron.

Above and below from Hamamatsu News 2007 Volume 2.

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