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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere

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Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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Flatburn is an open-source, mobile pollution detector from the MIT Senseable City Lab intended to let people measure air quality cheaply.
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    A post from the hackernews thread had a lot of that info:

    Link to project website: https://senseable.mit.edu/flatburn/

    Link to assembly guide: https://github.com/MIT-Senseable-City-Lab/OSCS/blob/main/Bui…

    Link to bill of materials: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-fR-0hTxHKbjaRf8DbH6…

    Naively searching for every lines of the bill of materials gives me around $300, with a handful of items being around $50 and everything else under $5. I’m sure a hobbyist could find the parts for cheaper, especially things like individuals connectors that I found for around $5. I’ve seen them go as low as $0.25 when bulk purchased.

    Disclaimer: it’s possible that some SKUs led me to the wrong products. I am not into electronics. I encourage you do to the same exercise before drawing conclusions.

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