SQ-521-SS SDI-12 Digital Output Full-spectrum Quantum Sensor

The SQ-521 is a digital sensor with SDI-12 communication protocol. The sensor incorporates a rugged, self-cleaning sensor housing design, anodized aluminum body with acrylic diffuser. Typical applications include PPFD measurement over plant canopies in outdoor environments, greenhouses, and growth chambers, and reflected or under-canopy (transmitted) PPFD measurements in the same environments. Quantum sensors are also used to measure PAR/PPFD in aquatic environments, including salt water aquariums where corals are grown.

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Specifications 

  • Input Voltage Requirement 5.5 to 24 V DC
  • Current Draw 1.4 mA (quiescent), 1.8 mA (active)
  • Calibration Uncertainty ± 5 %
  • Measurement Repeatability Less than 1 % (up to 4000 µmol mˉ² sˉ¹)
  • Non-stability (Long-term Drift) Less than 2 % per year
  • Non-linearity Less than 1% (up to 4000 µmol mˉ² sˉ ¹)
  • Response Time 0.6 s, time for detector signal to reach 95 % following a step change, fastest data transmission rate for SDI-12 circuitry is 1 s
  • Field of View 180Ëš
  • Spectral Range 389 to 692 nm ± 5 nm (wavelengths where response is greater than 50 % of maximum)
  • Spectral Selectivity Less than 10 % from 412 to 682 nm ± 5 nm
  • Directional (Cosine) Response ± 2 % at 45 Ëš, ± 5 % at 75 Ëš
  • Azimuth Error Less than 0.5 %
  • Tilt Error Less than 0.5 %
  • Temperature Response -0.11 ± 0.04 % per C
  • Uncertainty in Daily Total Less than 5 %
  • Detector Blue-enhanced silicon photodiode
  • Housing Anodized aluminum body with acrylic diffuser
  • IP Rating IP68
  • Operating Environment -40 to 70 C, 0 to 100 % relative humidity, can be submerged in water up to depths of 30 m
  • Dimensions 30.5 mm diameter, 37 mm height Mass (with 5 m of cable) 140 g Cable 5 m of two conductor, shielded, twisted-pair wire; additional cable available in multiples of 5 m; santoprene rubber jacket; pigtail lead wires

 

Ordering information 

SQ-521-SS

 

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