First Homemade PVC Geophone for Earthquakes
by wmartinezbezerra in Circuits > Arduino
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First Homemade PVC Geophone for Earthquakes
Through this project I try to bring to earthquake study lovers a geophone seismometer very easy to make and also very cheap. The amplifier I use in this project is the same one that I presented here at Hackster.io ( https://www.hackster.io/washington/super-cheap-amplifier-for-earthquake-sensors-388fd1 ) where I set the two potentiometers for one final gain of 2500X. According to the geophone performance this gain can be modified in the amplifier for more or for less. The sequence of photos and videos below speak more than my words.
PVC Connection With 1 "outside Diameter
Detail Showing Two Coils Separated by a Pvc Ring and Interconnected, Each With About 600 Turns Totaling 1200 Turns and Presenting a Final Resistivity of 395 Ohms, Made in 40 Ga Wire.
Two Neodymium Magnets With a Diameter of 3/4 "and Thickness of 1/4"
DUAL WEAK SIGNAL AMPLIFIER LM358
Arduino Nano R3
Mounting the LM358 Amplifier With the Arduino Nano R3 on a Breadboard
Resistance Spare Element
Hot Glue Gun - Resistance - Phenolite Plate Bottom and Top - Two Neodymium Magnets
Two Neodymium Magnets, Resistance and Phenolite Glued Together
All Overlapping Components
Mounted Geophone.
All Components Connected to the Notebook.
Amaseis Software Screen.
Amaseis Software Screen.
Amaseis Software Screen.
Amaseis Software Screen.
Software Amaseis Download: Https://www.iris.edu/hq/sis/resources/software
Arduino Code Download: Https://github.com/brianxfury/Low-Cost-Arduino-based-Seismometer-Project/blob/master/nerdaqII.pde
Schematic PVC Geophone
