Hi,
I'm making a light barrier and working on a "sender" part right now. The main thing I want to achieve is the maximum distance. I'm using Vishay TSSP4038 for receiving signal. In the details of TSSP4038(http://www.kynix.com/Parts/2490198/TSSP4038.html) it's stated that it can work on distances about 30m. I can't get even close. With 350mA (1W) LED it's about 3m max (outdoors).
Here is my current schematic:
T1 is NPN transistor. Q2 is N-channel mosfet. .
ATTINY25 turns the LED on/off 38000 times per second (kHz). So effectively I can double max current through LED (change R3 to 2.5). I also have some 1W chinese LEDs from ebay, which do work better (distance-wise), but I'm not sure how much more current I can give them without burning.If you think that the transmitter is good then should I provide receiver details ?
I would be very thankful if someone better than me in electronics would check the schematic and maybe give me some advice or tell if something is really wrong.
I'm making a light barrier and working on a "sender" part right now. The main thing I want to achieve is the maximum distance. I'm using Vishay TSSP4038 for receiving signal. In the details of TSSP4038(http://www.kynix.com/Parts/2490198/TSSP4038.html) it's stated that it can work on distances about 30m. I can't get even close. With 350mA (1W) LED it's about 3m max (outdoors).
Here is my current schematic:
T1 is NPN transistor. Q2 is N-channel mosfet. .
ATTINY25 turns the LED on/off 38000 times per second (kHz). So effectively I can double max current through LED (change R3 to 2.5). I also have some 1W chinese LEDs from ebay, which do work better (distance-wise), but I'm not sure how much more current I can give them without burning.If you think that the transmitter is good then should I provide receiver details ?
I would be very thankful if someone better than me in electronics would check the schematic and maybe give me some advice or tell if something is really wrong.