RE: Carbon monoxide detector test

vsluiter — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:08:13 GMT

Hey Gelmi,

Great post, and very good design. I really like what you have designed, it's a really demonstration of harvesting; getting power from where it's normally wasted, and trying to use it as efficiently as possible. Also nice to see that you're running into the same limits I am; you have to think over your design way in advance to get a complete harvesting solution; where should you harvest, how do you use the energy, usability vs. power saving....

I've had great fun in seeing your project growing!

Would you mind posting the source code and schematic somewhere?

RE: Carbon monoxide detector test

DAB — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:36:35 GMT

I think you could use one of the low current MCU boards to wake up and sample the CO2 sensor say once a minute.

That approach might significantly extend your power available to keep the sensor active all night.

Great post. I liked your graphs and explanations of your circuit in operation.

Thanks

DAB