This research presents a low-cost sensor for measuring liquid levels using plastic optical fibers (POF). In this paper, a novel liquid level sensing system is proposed to enhance the capacity of the sensing system, as well as reduce the cost and increase the sensing accuracy. The sensor reduces the scattering-based optical losses in the fiber, which increase linearly with the liquid height.
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