Research Article

Affordable Bimodal Optical Sensors to Spread the Use of Automated Insect Monitoring

Figure 20

Photodiode amplifier. The infrared receiver is composed of 4 photodiodes TEMD5110X01 whose current is amplified by IC3B. The feedback with IC3A and the TR1 transistor makes the circuit capable of functioning in the presence of sunlight (high-amplitude DC current).