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My Finisher Prize!

me_Cris

Hello everyone! After participating in the "Summer of Sensors Design Challenge" I received this Multicomp Pro MP730655 multimeter as a finisher bonus. Pictures in the gallery below. I wanted to do a blog about this DMM for some time, but I didn't hav...
- 24 Jul 2023
Received my grand prize - Summer of Sensors

rahulkhanna

Hey there! I won the first prize in the recent contest by Element14! They sent me an amazing iPad Pro 12.9 inch and a multimeter, which is just beyond awesome! I participated in the Summer of Sensors contest by sharing my blogs and ideas, a...
- 2 Mar 2023
Received Summer of Sensors Grand Prize Reward

misaz

Hello everyone. Late in 2022 I was announced as Grand Prize winner of Summer of Sensors Design Challenge in category In the Air Tonight. As part of competition, I wrote 9 blog posts regarding my experiments with Renesas ZMOD4510 Outdoor Air Quality S...
- 1 Feb 2023
VEML3328 Last-Minute Entry: Blog #6 Color Detection

misaz

Hello everyone. In previous five blogs I evaluated VEML3328 color sensor. Today I will show only software update. Contest ended but because I did not take my application in this category seriously, I am posting it two days after deadline. Outcome fro...
- 20 Nov 2022
Designing a Small Health Monitoring System for the Elderly - HMS Blog #5 - Final Build

milosrasic98

Hi! This is my fifth and final blog for the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge. In this blog, I go over designing and assembling an HMS and an HMS Mini, as well as testing them. Besides that, I have a guest star who volunteered to test out both devices and give her opinion on them! In the end, I go all over all of the things that I covered in the previous blog for this Design Challenge. Hope you enjoy it!
- 18 Nov 2022
Environmental Station - Phase #3 - [Enclosure design and...schedule failed!]

s1m0n3t

It's always difficult to plan something you want to do, but is not your job. I really wanted to "play seriously" with these toys ad I with was thinking about a good plan for my project. But first the start was postponed, overcoming the ...
- 18 Nov 2022
Environmental Station - Phase #2 [Exploration]

s1m0n3t

Unboxing and first tests with air quality and humidity/temperature sensor These modules came in a nice form factor. I have only two critics to do: 1) The HS4000 demo board has an old USB-MiniB connector, which is not used anymore recently, so you ca...
- 17 Nov 2022
VEML3328 Last-Minute Entry: Blog #5 Summary

misaz

And this is my last blog. I completed it in time. It is three minutes to midnight, and I am posting this blog. It was super fun but very stressful. At the end I have seen working VEML3328 sensor. All outputs made sense which is nice from this super-f...
- 17 Nov 2022
VEML3328 Last-Minute Entry: Blog #4 Program and Experimenting

misaz

Hello everyone. I welcome you to forth from five blog about VEML3328. This blog I wrote as my last-minute entry to the Summer of Sensors Competition in category Exploration stations. It is forth of five blogs. I decided to start and complete this pro...
- 17 Nov 2022
VEML3328 Last-Minute Entry: Blog #3 Creating Library

misaz

Hello everyone. I welcome you to my third (from five) blogs about VEML3328. I decided to join this competition in this category 6 hours before deadline. In previous blog I described my motivation and my breakout. Now I will briefly describe my own li...
- 17 Nov 2022
VEML3328 Last-Minute Entry: Blog #2 Making Breakout board

misaz

Hello everyone. I welcome you to my blog 2/5 about VEML3328 which I write today. In previous blog I described my motivation for applying in this category and now I will show my breakout board for VEML3328 color sensor which I designed and recently as...
- 17 Nov 2022
VEML3328 Last-Minute Entry: Blog #1 Introduction

misaz

Hello everyone. Today I completed my Summer of Sensors Design Challenge participation on In the Air Tonight category. And what next? What about applying for Summer of Sensors Design Challenge again and make it more challenging? Yes! This is exactly w...
- 17 Nov 2022
Blog #9: Misaz’s In the Air Tonight Design Challenge Summary

misaz

Hello everyone. I welcome you to my last blog as part of Summer of Sensors Design Challenge. This is my last blog post as part of competition, but maybe in the future I will post some post-deadline blog about longer-term measurements than I was able ...
- 17 Nov 2022
Blog #8: ZMOD4510 Collected Data Analysis

misaz

I welcome you to my 8th blog as part Summer of Sensors Design Challenge and In the Air Tonight category. In my first blog I described plans as part of competition. In second blog I shown Evaluation Kit of ZMOD4510 Outdoor Air Quality. In third blog I...
- 17 Nov 2022
Remote Patient Monitoring System - Blog #6 : Finalizing the Project

taifur

Introduction In this blog post, I will finalize my design of the remote patient monitoring system for the Summer of Sensor Design challenge. My system consists of two units. One is a wearable unit for collecting user activity and sleep quality. The u...
- 17 Nov 2022
Blog 5 - extending and stretch objectives - draft

christophesky

The project so far: Blog One – In the Air Tonight Project Start Blog Two– In the Air Tonight, unboxing, connecting and first try outs Blog Three– In the Air Tonight, Design, Parameters and a Plan! &nbsp...
- 17 Nov 2022
Under Pressure - BLOG# 2 - BPM Uno – Research & Experimentation

skruglewicz

BLOG# 2 - BPM Uno – Research & Experimentation A Patient Beats Per Minute Heart Rate Monitor This blog is part of a blog series for the Summer of Sensors -- Under Pressure Design Challenge. Since I have not used most of the compo...
- 17 Nov 2022
Phase 3: Build - Intergration with Golfcart, Final Thoughts

DeltaPi

Welcome Welcome back to my final blog of this competition. These last few months were fun and very educational, and I hope to compete again in one of these again someday. In this final blog post I will show you how I got the circuit and sensors...
- 17 Nov 2022
IntelliLight - Adaptive Smart Bulb Controller - Part 9 - Final Tweaks

osjef

Table of Contents Introduction 3D CAD Model Calibrating the Sensors ESP Sleep (Power Saving) Mode Increasing the Proximity Detection Distance Future Enhancements Dashboard Control Using the Gesture Feature Bill of Materials (BOM) Demonstration C...
- 17 Nov 2022
Under Pressure - BLOG# 6 - BPM Uno - Experimenting with the LSM6DSL CLICK

skruglewicz

BPM Uno- A Patient Beats Per Minute Heart Rate Monitor This blog is part of a blog series for the Summer of Sensors -- Under Pressure Design Challenge. This blog is my 6th in a series of blogs that I posted for the challenge .My initial plan for...
- 16 Nov 2022
Smart Container Tracking - Project Demo #5

rahulkhanna

Welcome to my #5th blog of the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge. I shared my approach to making Smart Container Tracker and the unboxing for TAG You’re it, Challenger. We had configured the STEVAL-SMARTAG1 and co...
- 16 Nov 2022
Blog Four– In the Air Tonight, The Build

christophesky

The project so far: Blog One – In the Air Tonight Project Start Blog Two– In the Air Tonight, unboxing, connecting and first try outs Blog Three– In the Air Tonight, Design, Parameters and a Plan! Blog Four– ...
- 16 Nov 2022
Blog Three– In the Air Tonight, Design, Parameters and a Plan!

christophesky

Thge project so far: The project so far: Blog One – In the Air Tonight Project Start Blog Two– In the Air Tonight, unboxing, connecting and first try outs Blog Three– In the Air Tonight, Design, Parameters and a Plan!&nb...
- 16 Nov 2022
Under Pressure - BLOG# 5 - BPM Uno – Redesign and Implementation

skruglewicz

BLOG# 5 - BPM Uno – Redesign and Implementation. This is my final blog for the Summer of Sensors -- Under Pressure Design Challenge.. I wanted to make the judges of the challenge, aware that this blog puts the finishi...
- 16 Nov 2022
Blog #7: Reducing Power Consumption

misaz

Hello everyone. I welcome you to my 7th blog as part of Summer of Sensors Design Challenge and In the Air Tonight category. In my first blog I described plans as part of competition. In second blog I shown Evaluation Kit of ZMOD4510 Outdoor Air Quali...
- 15 Nov 2022