The Solar Radiation detector measures sunlight, and can be used as a part of an overall weather station. It can also be used for many specific monitoring uses, such as tracking the sunlight in various areas of your garden in order to optimize your planting plans. It detects light in the visible to infrared portion of the spectrum, with peak detection at 850nm and an acceptance angle of 150 degrees.

Please also look at our HTS3-R1-A Humidity/Temperature/Solar device. Our circuit board design enables us to offer the combined Humidity/Temperature/Solar device at a price not much above that of this Solar only device.

Note: We have changed the photodiode (solar sensor) on our solar devices due to manufacturer availability. The new sensor has a lower output than our previous sensor, so the peak output will not clip the way our original sensor did. In addition the new sensor fits better in the case, improving weather resistance and increasing the effective acceptance angle. (The photo of our solar sensor still shows the original photodiode; we will update the site shortly with newer photos.)

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