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Remote Patient Monitoring System - Blog #5 : Activity & Sleep Tracking Unit

taifur

Introduction In this blog post, I will share and explain the wearable unit of my remote patient monitoring system. This unit is designed to count the total steps made by the user, track sleep and detect any free falls. This unit sends the data to the...
- 15 Nov 2022
In The Air Tonight - Garage Air Quality Monitoring: Summary

ntewinkel

A few months ago, element14 and Renesas provided me with an air quality sensor (the ZMOD4510) that allowed me to perform a series of tests in and around my home and garage to get a better understanding of what affects our air quality here. I had orig...
- 14 Nov 2022
Blog #6: Building Box for ZMOD4510 Outdoor Air Quality Monitor and Going Outside

misaz

Hello everyone. I welcome you to my 6th blog as part of Summer of Sensors Design Challenge and category In the Air Tonight category. In my previous blog posts, I described Renesas ZMOD4510 Outdoor Air Quality sensor, I shown its evaluation kit softwa...
- 14 Nov 2022
Blog Two– In the Air Tonight, unboxing, connecting and first try outs

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 <-- this blog Coming: blog 3 - design, parameters and a plan Coming : blog four - the bui...
- 14 Nov 2022
Blog One – In the Air Tonight Project Start

christophesky

Blog One – In the Air Tonight Project Start Hey, Christophe here. Let me introduce you to my project entry for Summer of Sensors - In the Air Tonight challenge design competition sponsored by E14 and Renesas (thank you for picking my entry!) It...
- 14 Nov 2022
Smart Container Tracking - DSH-asset tracking dashboard #4

rahulkhanna

Welcome to my #4th 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...
- 14 Nov 2022
Designing a Small Health Monitoring System for the Elderly - HMS Blog #4 - Measuring Blood Pressure

milosrasic98

Hi! This is my 4th blog for the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge. In this blog I will cover the thing I talked about in my first blog, trying to measure blood pressure using a pressure sensor. I will go through some ups and down trying to get valid readings, and looking at what we can do with the recorded data. Hope you enjoy the blog!
- 14 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - In The Air Tonight – Blog #Final (Real-Time Solution Upgrades)

abhayrjoshi

Challenger - ZMOD4510 - Outdoor Air Quality Sensor Hello element14 Family, We may better comprehend the amounts of air pollution exposure that are harmful to human health by looking at the following table from the Renesas whitepaper. Regarding the no...
- 13 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - In The Air Tonight – Blog #8

abhayrjoshi

Challenger - ZMOD4510 - Outdoor Air Quality Sensor Hello element14 Family, Please find the code for the device constructed as a part of the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge.Since the Renesas code was proprietary and was downloaded through a request...
- 13 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - In The Air Tonight – Blog #7 (Reporting & Monitoring)

abhayrjoshi

Challenger - ZMOD4510 - Outdoor Air Quality Sensor Hello element14 Family, Let's investigate configuring the Blynk IoT Platform for ongoing reporting and tracking of the individual exposure to noise and air pollution. The Feather M0 WiFi board was li...
- 13 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - In The Air Tonight – Blog #6 (Platform Connectivity)

abhayrjoshi

Challenger - ZMOD4510 - Outdoor Air Quality Sensor Hello element14 Family, If you've been reading my blogs, you know that I'm excited to put the personal AQI and noise exposure monitor's reporting/dashboard portion into practice. I also had a look at...
- 13 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - Blog No. 5

me_Cris

Hello everyone! In this blog I present to you what I have worked on, a blog also about the MAX30102, and as in the case with the MAX30100, I made a graphic interface. I followed the same route, the graphic interface created contains a tab named MAX30...
- 12 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - In The Air Tonight – Blog #5 (System Integration)

abhayrjoshi

Challenger - ZMOD4510 - Outdoor Air Quality Sensor Hello element14 Family, Subsequently, I started combining the data from the various sensors viz. Temperature & Humidity, Microphone & Outdoor Air Quality Sensor. The Feather M0's inbuilt LiPo...
- 12 Nov 2022
Phase 2: Research and Design - Arduino Integration of Sensors

DeltaPi

Welcome Hello everyone and welcome back to my 2nd to last blog for this competition. It has been a fun and informative journey, and I hope I will be able to compete again some time. Last post I announced that the SensorXplorer sensors (VEML3328 Color...
- 11 Nov 2022
Remote Patient Monitoring System - Blog #4 : Experimenting with LSM6DSL Click

taifur

Introduction This is the fourth blog post for the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge. In this blog post, I will interface the LSM6DSL Click with Arduino. LSM6DSL click measures linear and angular velocity with six degrees of freedom. I...
- 11 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - In The Air Tonight – Blog #4 (Data Acquisition)

abhayrjoshi

Challenger - ZMOD4510 - Outdoor Air Quality Sensor Hello element14 Family, In order to correctly fit the board into the case properly, I first soldered pullup resistors onto the OLED display itself. After that, I assembled all the parts at my worksta...
- 11 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - In The Air Tonight – Blog #3 (Interfacing)

abhayrjoshi

Challenger - ZMOD4510 - Outdoor Air Quality Sensor Hello element14 Family, I don't believe I could do a better job of describing the first unpacking experience and the Renesas software review than the other challengers have already done. I thus made ...
- 11 Nov 2022
Blog #5: Adding Connectivity to the Project using Renesas DA16600 Wi-Fi Module

misaz

Hello everyone. I welcome you to my 5th blog as part of my serie about ZMOD4510 Outdoor Air Quality sensor as part of Summer of Sensors Design Challenge and category In the Air Tonight category. In my first blog I described my plans as part of compet...
- 10 Nov 2022
Designing a Small Health Monitoring System for the Elderly - HMS Blog #3 - First Prototype

milosrasic98

Hi! In this blog, I will be going over the first working prototype for my project. It's still in the breadboard phase but is fully functional. Things I will cover are all of the electronics used in the project as well as the wiring between them, and the software for both the Arduino as well as the ESP8266 (Adafruit Feather Huzzah). Besides that, I will also cover how I set up a simple server using a Raspberry Pi and Node…
- 10 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - In The Air Tonight – Blog #2 (System Design)

abhayrjoshi

Challenger - ZMOD4510 - Outdoor Air Quality Sensor Hello element14 Family, After reading the following papers, I ultimately made the decision to measure noise in addition to air pollution: Impact of Noise and Air Pollution on Pregnancy Outcomes (appa...
- 9 Nov 2022
Remote Patient Monitoring System - Blog #3 : Experimenting with ECG Sensor

taifur

Table of Contents Introduction What is ECG? Why is ECG Important The AD8232 ECG Sensor AD8232 Connections Sensor Pad Placement Interfacing AD8232 Sensor with Arduino Understanding ECG Signal Conclusion Introduction This is the third blog of the&nb...
- 9 Nov 2022
In The Air Tonight - Monitoring the Outside Air

ntewinkel

It's funny how plans change when results come in that don't match the original hypotheses! Science!! My plan for this blog post had been to check the air quality in the hallway that connects to our attached garage; However, after having completed a s...
- 9 Nov 2022
IntelliLight - Adaptive Smart Bulb Controller - Part 8 - 3D Printed Case

osjef

Table of Contents Introduction Building the CAD Model 3D Printing the Model Assembling the Project Powering it Up Coming Next... Introduction This is my 8th blog in a series I am writing for the Summer of Sensors Design Challenge kindly sponsored...
- 7 Nov 2022
Remote Patient Monitoring System - Blog #2 : Experimenting with Oximeter 5 Click

taifur

Table of Contents Blood Oxygen Saturation Pulse Oximetry Oximeter 5 Click Heart Rate Measurement Oxygen Level Measurement The Oximeter 5 Click Hardware Overview Getting Started With Oximeter 5 Click Installing Library Testing the Sensor - Reading Ra...
- 7 Nov 2022
Summer of Sensors Design Challenge - Blog No. 4

me_Cris

Hello everyone! In this blog I also put the MAX30102 sensor into operation. This module incorporates a MAX30102 that can be used to measure pulse oximetry and heart-rate. It is compact, having small dimensions, and is also suitable in applications fo...
- 6 Nov 2022