Arduino Projects for the Citizen Scientist

Sensing Climate, Air Quality, and Energy
1., st Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4842-0275-3
Verlag: Apress

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Heat, cold, humidity, smog, and even radiation. Solar, wind, and hydro. How can you measure these using inexpensive hardware? And how do you put that hardware together? In Arduino Projects for the Citizen Scientist, Steve Spence, citizen scientist and dedicated gadgeteer, explains it all. You'll learn how to use sensors to gather information about the environment and different types of energy, including logging and decision-making based on that information.

The Arduino is a low-cost, easy-to-program microcontroller perfectly suited for teaching and learning about electronics, programming, and sensing the world around us. Whether you are doing a science fair project or you're just interested in learning more about measuring air quality, weather data, and energy using Arduino and sensors, Arduino Science Fair Projects is the fun and practical book for you.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spence, Steve

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Sensorik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: How's the Weather?

Ch. 1: Temperature & Humidity

Ch. 2: Humidity

Ch. 3: Barometric Pressure

Ch. 4: Wind Speed and Direction

Ch. 5: Rain Fall

Part II: Something in the Air

Ch. 6: Radiation

Ch. 7: Smog

Ch. 8: Acid Rain / pH

Ch. 9: Gas Sensors

Ch. 10: EMF / EMI

Part III: Pure Energy

Ch. 11: Say Ohm: Watts, Volts, Amps

Ch. 12: Amp Hours / Watt Hours

Ch. 13: Renewable Energy Sources: Solar, Wind, Microhydro, Biofuel

Ch. 14: Monitoring Inputs and Outputs

Part IV: Using Your Data

Ch. 15: Logging, Analysis, and Forecasting

Über Autor(innen)

Steve Spence is a citizen scientist, with a 30 year background in electronics and Information Technology. He has been authoring instructables and project guides in the fields of renewable energy and technology for over 10 years, and uses the Arduino in his professional engineering career.