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Strange readings using the 180 degree sensor on the EVAL-CN0409-ARDZ

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The user is experiencing unexpected increases in 180-degree turbidity measurements on concrete slurry water using the EVAL-CN0409-ARDZ and EVAL-ADICUP360 setup, contrary to the Beer-Lambert Law. The issue was replicated, and it is suggested that the clear cylinder container and large suspended solids in the slurry might affect the light scattering. The user also noted that sensor alignment issues could be a factor, but the decrease in measurements between 0-0.4% concentration remains unexplained. The CN0409 and CN0503 are recommended as starting points for further investigation.
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Hi, during our master thesis we are testing different methods for preforming turbidity measurements on concrete slurry water.  When doing tests on the CN0409 we expect the 180 degree measurement to decreases when the slurry concentration increases, according to the Beer-Lambert Law. This is however not the case using our setup, between the concentration 0.4 and 0.6 the measured value are increasing. We are wondering if it's some error in the hardware, software or anything else?

(We have made 180 degree measurements using a cheaper sensor in combination with Arduino, and those results follows the Beer-Lambert Law.)

We are using EVAL-CN0409-ARDZ in combination with EVAL-ADICUP360.
The code is taken from https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/EVAL-ADICUP360/tree/master/projects/ADuCM360_demo_cn0409, with the small modification that the sensor readings are sent using AppPrintf(). This is done in the function CN0409_CalculateRawData() in src/CN0409.c using au16DataSlotA[u8Count] and au16DataSlotB[u8Count].

A plot of the sensor readings as well as photos of the different concentrations are included below.

Sensor readings:

Concentrations:

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[edited by: Karlsson at 12:30 PM (GMT -4) on 12 Apr 2021]