Detects lightning strikes 20+ miles away around the sensor and estimates storm distance
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A Flex Module wearable sensor.
Tank circuit antenna sensing electromagnetic activity 500KHz-2MHz. Designed to use i2c. There is some internal tuning and indoor/outdoor and some other driver configuration that needs made for good function. Should be kept away from other electronics to limit false positives.
Any software related will be released under BSD or MIT license. SAAS or cloud based software will be AGPL.
I made some videos during a storm a couple of weeks ago:
They seem to work OK indoors, but I believe they will be more sensitive outside.
We just added this board to Tindie. We have a half a dozen or so developed and we will try to setup a demo and eventually example usage depending on the weather...
https://www.tindie.com/products/Fyberlabs/lightning-flex-module/
There do not appear to be any public drivers, so we will have to produce our own. Update: there are now i2c compatible drivers on github. Awesome!
I followed the reference design somewhat and added vias, though I would think this is all much larger wavelength than the whole board.
The tank coil is pretty simple, but surprising. The datasheet just states 'antenna' and does not go into design detail. Since Coilcraft made them this custom antenna we decided to use it. I believe just about any tank circuit would probably work to some degre..
We have some samples, but nothing from AMS yet. Hopefully we get something soon.
Chris Hamilton
Apodiant
