Flame Sensors
QFCE Pyroelectric Infrared Flame Sensors, I2C-TO
Overview
Applications
KEMET’sꢀQFCEꢀpyroelectricꢀflameꢀsensorsꢀcombineꢀhighꢀ
• Industrial
sensitivityꢀwithꢀfastꢀresponseꢀtimesꢀandꢀhighꢀdynamicꢀrangeꢀ • Industrial IoT
toꢀensureꢀrapidꢀandꢀaccurateꢀdetectionꢀofꢀsmallꢀandꢀlargeꢀ
flames,ꢀnearbyꢀorꢀoverꢀlargerꢀdistances.
• Oil and gas
•ꢀ Infrastructureꢀprotection
• Forest protection
• Smart home
•ꢀ Smartꢀbuilding
•ꢀ Outdoorꢀfireꢀdetectors
These high quality sensors, in their industry standard TO-39
package,ꢀintegrateꢀaꢀdigital,ꢀcurrentꢀmodeꢀread-outꢀofferingꢀ
highꢀresponsivityꢀoverꢀtheꢀfullꢀfrequencyꢀrangeꢀofꢀflameꢀ
flickerꢀfromꢀ3ꢀ-ꢀ30ꢀHz.ꢀIndustryꢀstandardꢀI2Cꢀcommunicationꢀ • Transportation
enablesꢀplug-and-playꢀconnectivityꢀtoꢀmicrocontrollersꢀandꢀ
allowsꢀeasyꢀtuningꢀandꢀcalibration.ꢀProgrammableꢀgainꢀandꢀ
filteringꢀofferꢀmaximumꢀflexibilityꢀinꢀsystemꢀdesign.
• Water cannon
Theirꢀlongꢀandꢀmaintenance-freeꢀoperationalꢀlifetimeꢀandꢀ
variousꢀlowꢀpowerꢀmodesꢀmakeꢀtheseꢀsensorsꢀidealꢀforꢀanyꢀ
smartꢀorꢀIoTꢀtypeꢀofꢀapplications.
Forꢀadditonalꢀsourcesꢀofꢀinformation,ꢀpleaseꢀreferꢀtoꢀ
https://ec.kemet.com/environmental-sensors/
Benefits
• Exceptionally high responsivity
•ꢀ Wideꢀfieldꢀofꢀview,ꢀtypicallyꢀ100°ꢀ(subjectꢀtoꢀfilterꢀband
passꢀspecification)
•ꢀ Rapidꢀrecoveryꢀfromꢀthermalꢀandꢀelectricalꢀshockꢀ(<1
secondꢀdowntime)
• TO39 package
• Digital output and I2C communication
•ꢀ Programmableꢀgainꢀandꢀfiltering
•ꢀ Variousꢀopticalꢀfilterꢀoptions
•ꢀ Integratedꢀconfigurableꢀamplifier,ꢀfilterꢀandꢀADC
• Low power comsumption
•ꢀ EvaluationꢀkitꢀforꢀdigitalꢀTOꢀinfraredꢀflame
sensing evaluation
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