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Sensor Array

Project Goals

Develop a low cost (less than $500) wide-spectrum environment sensor with the following capabilities:

  • Light - how sunny is it?
    • IR, visible, UV?
    • intensity?
    • how much is reflected from the ground?
  • Clouds - is it cloudy?
    • what sort of clouds?
    • cloud base height?
    • velocity of clouds?
    • affect on solar and wind power?
  • Wind - in immediate vicinity of sensor
    • direction and speed?
    • wind chill factor?
  • Gas - what gasses are in the air?
    • determine the type and volume of each gas, both in immediate vicinity and also in upper atmosphere
  • Moisture - how much moisture in the air?
    • immediate vicinity and also upper atmosphere
    • is it foggy/misty?
    • what is the dew point?
  • Precipitation - rain, sleet, snow, hail
    • classify hydrometeor type, size, velocity and distribution
  • Lightning - is there an electric storm?
    • storm size and severity
    • storm direction and distance
    • ideally determine if it's IC or CC
  • Fire - are there any fires in visual range of sensor?
    • optical sensor to detect flames for early visual warning
    • gas and/or particulate sensor would detect smoke
  • Particulate - what size of particles are floating in the air?
    • PM2.5, PM10
    • ideally classify common particulate (eg. pollen)
  • Temperature - how hot or cold is it?
    • how much heat from the sun?
    • how much heat from the ground?
  • Pressure - what is the air pressure?
    • determine height above sea level
  • Earthquakes - is the ground shaking?
    • 3-axis seizmometer
  • Sound - how noisy is it?
    • which direction?
    • which frequency bands?
    • how much subsonic and ultrasonic noise is there?
  • Radiation - safe or dangerous?
    • alpha, beta and gamma ionising radiation?
    • x-rays?
    • muons? (cosmic radiation)
  • Location - where is the sensor?
    • geo co-ordinates?
    • altitude?
    • orientation?
  • to be continued