AEROBOT Air Quality Sensor V1.0

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  in action!

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  a rough prototype

Inspiration

I always thought how do some of these intelligent air purifiers detect when to change their modes of cleaning, how do air quality monitors show data periodically and thus i started with my own air quality monitor

What it does

I made an inexpensive and a highly accurate air quality sensor named AEROBOT. This project shows temperature,relative humidity, PM 2.5 dust density and alerts about the air quality of the surroundings.

How I built it

It uses a DHT11 sensor for temperature and relative humidity, a sharp optical dust sensor for dust density and an ultrasonic sensor to inform users about inaccurate readings due to blocking of the sensor. This project can be made easily and doesn't need any expertise in arduino.

Challenges I ran into

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

The dust sensor is very quick and can read even the slightest contamination in the surroundings. Its maximum range is unknown but it usually is ineffective after the dust density goes over 600. But this is far more than the average contamination of 150. The measuring range of temperature is from -10 to 80 degree Celsius and that of relative humidity is from 10% to 90%. Therefore this project is highly effective and efficient as a air quality sensor for homes and offices not in the radius of high pollution.

What's next for AEROBOT Air Quality Sensor

I have made plans to hook up a wifi card so that all the data can be uploaded to a server and shown graphically on different platforms and another idea is to hook it up with an air purifier so that i don't have to regulate it, the purifier will change modes according to the data collected and in the process making my oqn intelligent air purifier at a fraction of the cost.