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    Why does my sensor show "gaps" every 16 units of resolution?

    Hi Dave, thank you for your fast feedback. I gave a look in the meanwile: the data showed you is already my raw output from our bench (as raw as I have access to). I just placed it in a simple Excel scatterplot and magnified to see those bands clearly.Could it be that there's a similar...
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    Why does my sensor show "gaps" every 16 units of resolution?

    Hello Gentlemen, I'm not an EE engineer, yet trying to help my colleagues. I would like to get a general feeling of what could be going on. Probably trivial for some of you. Background We have a motor/torque sensor device that is measuring torque values. We get out digital signals for Torque...
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    Amplifying a Photodiode using an OpAmp

    Hello Gentlemen, the schematic you proposed works (and it's simpler, as you pointed out). Thank you very much for the suggestion! I take the liberty to ask for some help more: Now the system works, but only if I connect the V- power line with Ground. I am using a typical "regulated DC power...
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    Amplifying a Photodiode using an OpAmp

    Interesting. You mean I should have a path to the Ground placing a MOhm resistor? Should i put between points A and D?
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    Amplifying a Photodiode using an OpAmp

    @jim hardy Thanks for your help Jim! This is great, but still I have some doubt: my system was giving a 2V constant voltage. It was completely independent on the amount of light the diode was receiving. There must be some other mistake.
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    Amplifying a Photodiode using an OpAmp

    Hello guys, thanks both of you for your answers! Let's reply with order: @BiGyElLoWhAt - I'm using an adjustable power supply unit, set to 5V. - I'm testing the photodiode just by intermittently illuminating it with a flashlight. By hand. The diode alone, plugged straight into an o-scope (or...
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    Amplifying a Photodiode using an OpAmp

    Dear electrical engineers, Here a question from a serious electronics n00b =D. I tried to build a system as shown in the image. I have a photodiode which gives me a clock signal in the range of 200 to 500mV. Frequency will be in the range of 100 to 1000 Hz. I would like to amplify this...
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