question:sensitivity
question:sensitivity


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zengirl2 "@liz I can meet with @nshapiro with some Arduinos, but I think my question is where do you attach alligator clips or wires for testing this beast? " | Read more » about 6 years ago
liz "Perhaps @Zengirl2 can go over the Nick's house and bring an Arduino? (They are both in Philly) and for good measure we can open up a video link wit..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
cfastie "The first step might be to arrange for the co-location of the HCHO sensor, an Arduino, and somebody casually familiar with Arduino. Has the proper ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
liz "Hi @cfastie -- thank you so much for asking these questions. Here's what i know -- Nick has to go to Georgia with a working solution in 2 weeks...." | Read more » about 6 years ago
cfastie "Kina, Thanks for the great information. Liz, It might help to know more about this project. What is the time frame for deployment? What has been tr..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
liz "Please give me a call at +1 336-269-1539 " | Read more » about 6 years ago
liz "OK awesome @kinasmith and @cfastie ! What would be helpful for me to do as a facilitator to help Nick get all the way there? Here's some ideas: 1) ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
kinasmith "this is actually an excellent solution to this problem without adding additional parts/complexity. The 1.1v internal reference is much more stable ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
kinasmith "I'll just chime in here for a second as someone who has worked a lot with arduino dataloggers and ADC's, etc. I agree with @cfastie on all points...." | Read more » about 6 years ago
Bronwen "Apologies for the mass tagging here, I know a lot of you have been in the mix providing great support and advice so far, but if anyone feels they h..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
cfastie "There is a very simple way to read the HCHO sensor with a resolution of about 10 ppb, assuming the range of the sensor is 0 to 1000ppb. (Out of the..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
Alastair_ "8-Bit resolution is fine i'd think, you just need to amplify the signal. Any first year electrical engineering student worth her salt can design th..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "I'd like to try to get input from some of the many people at http://publiclab.org/contributors/datalogger who have almost certainly interfaced thei..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
nshapiro "Thanks so much, Chris! So it does look like the relationship is linear between output and ppb. here is what a friend writes who has used this tool ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
zengirl2 "Unfortunately this is out of my league. You might try posting on Adafruit's forum asking about signal, but they won't be able to speak for the sens..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
cfastie "I think it is par for the course that a random proprietary sensor will not work gracefully with an Arduino. In this case, it might be that a standa..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "Thanks, Nick - yeah, i think the ADC stuff is more complex than it should be! Maybe we can recruit some help to get a basic Arduino sketch for thi..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
nshapiro "Ah okie thanks! this is all waaaaay over my head. thanks for the clarification re:professional sensor outputs. I think the precision is higher than..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "As to your other question about professional sensors -- I think there's nothing super special about the sensor you have, and almost any system (ard..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "Sorry, Nick I think it may still be an open question whether the manufacturer provides greater precision than this. Do you know? And I think the p..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
nshapiro "Thank you, Chris! This is extremely helpful, although a bit disappointing that none of the DIY data loggers would work without serious fiddling or ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "@nshapiro - I think this is a provisional "yes" -- thanks @cfastie! Which is to say, a good follow-up question for the company is "how much resolut..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
cfastie "Any Arduino-based data logger should be able to read the signal from that sensor and save the reading at regular intervals. The main obstacle is th..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "What's a good way to determine this? Would it work to set up a test somewhere there is H2S, alongside a calibrated H2S detection technique and comp..." | Read more » over 6 years ago