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Pollution Effect Minimiser (Post 4)

e14 Contributor

Setting up Beaglebone Black This is my post for setting beaglebone for connecting to airvantage. For this beaglebone needs to be setup. For windows machine follow the following steps :Connect beaglebone to USB port of pc using usb cable.Install drive...
- 29 Nov 2014
Carbon Footprint Monitoring - Emission Sensor

xever

In my last post, I wrote about the system components and gone through the proposed electronic components. This post is dedicated to firmware architecture of the emission sensor. As a reference to the diagram in that post, this node consis...
- 28 Nov 2014
In The Air [iot_healthy] #Post 5 : Its too Slow progress...

ravi_butani

<< Previous Table of contentsI am still finding Wind Shield wiper motor from near by scrap yard for automatic window opening and closing.I have managed for exhaust fan from local scrapyard (230V 60Watt) and I will simply use relay switch for co...
- 28 Nov 2014
AirMobile - 9 - CO sensor

amgalbu

CO sensor Figaro TGS2442As CO sensor, I'm going to use the Figaro TGS2442. Hardware considerationsConnecting the Figaro TGS2442 is relatively simple (the difficult part is drive its inputs properly!) The sensor requires ...
- 27 Nov 2014
IOT - In the Air Design Challenge - Portable Field Tester #4

dwinhold

Hi everyone, I wanted to get a quick update of where we are at. As most my know, my daughter is working with me on this project (See last blog post). We have received most everything from Element14 (Thank you so much). We have downloaded and reg...
- 27 Nov 2014
Share your smog photos - In the air of 1952

shabaz

Interesting photos of London from 1952. This is Nelson's Column:The photo above is from wikipedia. The smog was caused as a result of burning coal. Read the full article here. This article from the met office has further information. This ph...
- 26 Nov 2014
[AirCare] InTheAir - Week 5: openHAB and MQTT

fvan

Previous posts for this project:[AirCare] InTheAir - Project Description [AirCare] InTheAir - Week 1: Getting a Launchpad to Blink [AirCare] InTheAir - Week 2: Preparing the Beaglebone Black [AirCare] InTheAir - Week 3: Fuel Tank Testing [AirCare] InTheA...
- 26 Nov 2014
AirMobile - 8 - NO2 Sensor

amgalbu

NO2 sensor MiCS 2710 Today I connected the NO2 sensor MiCS 2710 to the MSP430 Launchpad. This sensor features low heather current (26 mA), fast response, miniature dimensions and high resistance to shocks and vibrations Hardware considerati...
- 26 Nov 2014
AirMobile - 7 - Humidity sensor

amgalbu

Humidity sensor HIH4000Today I connected the temperature sensor Honeywell HIH 4000 to the MSP430 Launchpad.With a typical current draw of only 200 µA, this sensor is ideally suited for low-drain battery-powered devices.Hardware considerationsHIH4000 ...
- 25 Nov 2014
AirMobile - 6 - Temperature sensor

amgalbu

Temperature sensor TMP36Today I connected the temperature sensor Analog Devices TMP36 to the MSP430 Launchpad.I chose his sensor for my project because it is widely used, cheap and very easy to use Hardware considerationsTMP36 has only three con...
- 24 Nov 2014
HAB monitoring Post#5 ( BBB to AirVantage using Python with REST API )

rmlab

This is a continuation of Post#4 , data received through UART in Beaglebone board is displayed in terminal. My problem the last time is that I can't send data to AirVantage using MQTT since my Beaglebone is behind university proxy. MQTT is using defa...
- 24 Nov 2014
Dust, Temperature and Humidity Monitor Chapter 5

engswee

(Best view still 1900 x 1200)In this chapter I will introduce some detail for the hardware (humidity and temperature sensor) and a little bit on software. Hardware: BBB and BB view: BBB BB View 4.3" SENSIRION EK-H5 & SHT75: Software: U...
- 24 Nov 2014
In-the-Air Challenge: Texas Instruments MSP 430 FR5969 launchpad

janisalnis

Previous: In the Air Design ChallengeNext post: In-the-Air-Challenge: Air Quality Sensor BoxIntroductionThanks to Element14 and all the sponsors for selecting me as a rodtester for In the Air Challenge. I have received Texas Instruments Beagleb...
- 23 Nov 2014
IOT - In the Air Design Challenge - Portable Field Tester #3

dwinhold

Portable Field Tester part 3, making a solar power supply: This part will be written by my daughter Chrystal, she is looking after making the power supply for our field tester (With my guidance). Hi everyone, my name is Chrystal and I am 14...
- 23 Nov 2014
In the Air Design Challenge - Pollen & Allergen Sensing – Post 3 (AirVantage Intro)

tomaja

Previous posts:In the Air Design Challenge - Pollen & Allergen Sensing In the Air Design Challenge - Pollen & Allergen Sensing – Post 1 (Pollen Sensor)In the Air Design Challenge - Pollen & Allergen Sensing – Post 2 Since I spent a lo...
- 22 Nov 2014
Carbon Footprint Monitoring - Sensor Nodes

xever

Now that the development environment has been set for the two targeted platforms that will be used for the sensor nodes, in this post I will run through the initial thoughts about the components to be used and how the IO's are utilised. Fro...
- 22 Nov 2014
AirWise #4 - Project Milestones

e14 Contributor

Did a little bit of project planning along with some schematic work last night. Put together a gantt chart to keep myself on track with the competition deadline.
- 21 Nov 2014
CC3200 Development in Visual Studio

xever

In my last post, I have walked you through on how to write firmware for the MSP430 using Visual Studio and VisualGDB. This post however is now focused on developing for the CC3200 using Visual Studio. TI's CC3200 was not officially support...
- 21 Nov 2014
Blog Summary #001 : In The Air Challenge 2014

cstanton

The In The Air Challenge is running from September 22nd to February 27th.Previous Activity:Blog Summary #000 : In The Air Challenge 2014Current Activity:Blog Summary #002 : In The Air Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #003 : In The Air Challenge 2014 Blog Su...
- 21 Nov 2014
In The Air: Episode 4 - Inductors

michaelwylie

Inductors Previous PostsIn The Air: Epidose 1: Introduction In The Air: Episode 2 - Preparing for Surface Mount Work In The Air: Episode 3 - Surface Mount BeginningsUpdateI'm designing my circuit board as a booster pack for the CC3200 Launchpad. I...
- 21 Nov 2014
In The Air [iot_healthy] #Post 4 : MQTT RPi/BBB for receiving Airvantage data

ravi_butani

<< Previous Table of contents Next >> In my previous post In The Air [IoT_Healthy] #Post 3: BBB/Pi to Airvantage via MQTT using Paho python client ,I have discussed my work for Sending Temperature and Humidity data to Airvantage cloud usin...
- 21 Nov 2014
In the Air Design Challenge - Pollen & Allergen Sensing – Post 2

tomaja

Previous posts:In the Air Design Challenge - Pollen & Allergen Sensing In the Air Design Challenge - Pollen & Allergen Sensing – Post 1 (Pollen Sensor) IntroductionSince I had problem with customs and still waiting for my kits (Christian ...
- 21 Nov 2014
[AirCare] InTheAir - Week 4: Using the CC3200

fvan

Previous posts for this project:[AirCare] InTheAir - Project Description [AirCare] InTheAir - Week 1: Getting a Launchpad to Blink [AirCare] InTheAir - Week 2: Preparing the Beaglebone Black [AirCare] InTheAir - Week 3: Fuel Tank Testing Introduct...
- 20 Nov 2014
Pollution Effect Minimiser (Post 3)

e14 Contributor

Post 3 :I have received the boards now. I will be showing initial experience wuth the boards in the coming days. For now i am trying to interface sound in the system.For this sound detection i will be using adafruit microphone amplifier breakout.Adaf...
- 20 Nov 2014
AirMobile - 5 - Board schematics

amgalbu

Board schematicsAfter many days, I finally made up my mind about the basic circuitry on the sensor board. I tried to optimize power consumptions, but some sensors require a power supply of 5V and that's very difficult to accommodate in a low-pow...
- 20 Nov 2014