Lightning detector

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Update time： 2020-06-12 17:44:45

Creation time： 2020-05-25 19:44:38

Description

EZ lightning detector for strike monitoring. Original Compound Transistor Circuit schematics by http://www.techlib.com/electronics/lightningnew.htm Some changes in components. Works better with 2.5-2.8 volts supply. With 3 volts or higher it become a nice autogenerator :)

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ID	Name	Designator	Footprint	Quantity
1	68k	R5	R_AXIAL-0.4	1
2	22k	R4	R_AXIAL-0.4	1
3	330k	R2,R1	R_AXIAL-0.4	2
4	BC547	Q2,Q5,Q3	BC547_TO92_TRIPOD	3
5	1000pF	C3	RAD-0.1	1
6	100k	R3	R_AXIAL-0.4	1
7	ANT_IN	J1	HDR-M-2.54_1X1	1
8	100uF	C5	CAP-TH_BD4.5-P2.50_TAP225K016SCS	1
9	10uF	C4	CAP-TH_BD4.5-P2.50_TAP225K016SCS	1
10	STRIKE!	LED1	LED-TH_BD5.0-P2.54-L-RD	1
11	240pF	C1	RAD-0.2	1
12	0.1uF	C2	RAD-0.2	1
13	Inductor_port	J2	HDR-M-2.54_1X2	1
14	OUT	J3	HDR-M-2.54_1X2	1
15	PWR_CONN	J4	HDR-M-2.54_1X2	1
16	BC557	Q1,Q4	BC556BTA/BC557BTA/BC558BTA/BC559BTA/BC560BTA FAIRCHILD TO 92 VERSION 3	2
17	1N4148	D1	1N4148	1
18	3.3k	R7	R_AXIAL-0.4	1
19	1k	R8,R9	R_AXIAL-0.4	2
20	33k	R6	R_AXIAL-0.4	1
21	22	R10	R_AXIAL-0.4	1
22	10mH	L1	NAM_R_AXIAL0.4	1
23	100k	RP1	3590S-2-103L	1
24	LMH6642MA	U04	SOIC8	1
25	OUT	P2	CONN-TH_2P-P5.00	1
26	IN	P1	CONN-TH_2P-P5.00	1
27	1.5mH	L01	L_AXIAL-0.5	1
28	3.3mH	L02	L_AXIAL-0.5	1
29	100nF	C14,C12,C02,C13,C07,C01	C0805	6
30	470pF	C08	C0805	1
31	1000nF	C11	C0805	1
32	6.8nF	C10	C0805	1
33	22nF	C03	C0805	1
34	10nF	C04,C6	C0805	2
35	4.7nF	C05	C0805	1
36	2.2nF	C09	C0805	1
37	MCP6S91-EP	U01,U03	DIP8	2
38	2.2uF	C15	CASE-A_3216	1
39	100k	R03,R13	R0805	2
40	6.8k	R08	R0805	1
41	2.2k	R09,R01	R0805	2
42	10k	R02,R14,R04	R0805	3
43	1k	R010,R11	R0805	2
44	47	R15	R0805	1
45	68k	R06	R0805	1
46	22k	R05,R12,R07	R0805	3
47	1N4148	D02,D03	DO-35_BD2.0-L4.0-P8.00-D0.5-FD	2
48	MCP6292-EP	U2	DIP8	1