SparkFun Lightning Detector - AS3935

hi there spark fans Rob Reynolds here let's talk about lightning wow you know about lightning but let's talk about how to detect lightning with the new spark fun AAAS 3935 lightning detector with this little gem you can easily add lightning detection to your next project and it's so much more accurate than your last lightning detector this board hosts a sensitive antenna tune to pick up lightning events in the 500 kilohertz band the real workhorse here though is the AAAS 3935 Franklin lightning detector it can detect whitening activity both cloud to ground and cloud to cloud or intra cloud up to 40 kilometers away with a distance estimate accuracy programmable down to one kilometer it also has an adjustable disrupter rejection algorithm to eliminate false positives from man-made events like fluorescent lighting motors microwave ovens and switches it has an operating range of between 2.4