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Navigation light monitor
There are a number of monitoring applications in Safety Instrumentation
where you want to check for a fault on a circuit. Also a lot of cars monitor lights and doors now. To clarify the design criteria.. The circuit can be designed to indicate if a remote light is active. But.. The circuit can also be designed to check for open circuit when a remote light is inactive. Take a fire alarm for example _____________________________________________ ______________________ MonitorCCT | | | Supply | Fire detector ( NO) | | End of Line Resistor ________________________________________________|_ ________________________| The circuit is designed to monitor for open circuit ( No current through monitor cct ) Fire -Maximum current through Monitor CCT. There are also more sophisticated circuits that monitor each detector Typical fire monitor cards in industry would be £300 each .. To check a series bulb arrangement, a small current from a low voltage source can be passed through the bulb when inactive and monitored to check if there is continuity through the filament. So similar principle to the fire detector. If no current at all there is a break in the circuit ( filament or wiring problem) small current, circuit ok but bulb not lit. Apply a higher voltage, and you have a high current circuit and bulb is lit ok . The monitor circuit could be based on a couple of the GM050 circuits with different supply voltages or something more sophisticated with a PIC to complete the logic and operate the fault relays. Is this a gap in the market??? Major opportunity here to make a million!.. out of yotties?? I won't order the new car yet! Regards Bob Simply Blue Too Clyde "CS" wrote in message ... I am trying to devise a simple circuit to monitor when a 24v nav lamp has blown. Found this http://www.gammatron.com.au/datashee...0Datasheet.pdf but at AU$54 it is pretty pricey. Should not be to difficult to make up, but I need to know he values of the components. I already have the switch, LED and a resistor to monitor when lamp is on. TVMIA. |
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