Comet Academy
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Physical Hardware & Smart Gadgets · Stretch

The air you are breathing

Counts the particles in the room and shows the number on a screen that needs no backlight. It tells you what a candle, a road and a vacuum cleaner actually do to the air.

Parts
$90
Effort
9 days

You end up withA finished desk instrument, its case, and a week of recorded readings.

What you will use

  • PMS5003
  • Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W
  • E-paper
  • Fusion 360

Grounded in

Adafruit IoT Air Quality Sensor

Adafruit's own published build. The PMS5003 particle sensor is $39.95 on their catalogue, which is most of the bill of materials.

Enroll and build this — $950

You make the real choice at the end of week one.