Welcome to EnviroDIY, a community for do-it-yourself environmental science and monitoring. EnviroDIY is part of WikiWatershed, an initiative of Stroud Water Research Center designed to help people advance knowledge and stewardship of fresh water. New to EnviroDIY? Start here
Blog
16-channel data acquisition system
A few months ago I was asked by a researcher here at the Stroud Water Research Center to come up with an automated way to measure the voltage of 8 fuel cells. The cells need to be electrically isolated from each other, so that requires differential measurements instead of the more common method of using a common ground for everything and then just doing single-ended measurements. I looked into c...[Read More]
Side scan sonar: Towards a low cost benthic mapping tool
I originally learned of using side scan sonar/side imaging/fish sonar from a kayak fisherman tinkering around with a Side Scan Sonar/fish sonar device. I found more academic literature as I dived deeper: Assessment of Deadhead Logs and large Woody Debris using Side Scan Sonar and Field Surveys A Novel Approach to Surveying Sturgeon Using Side-Scan Sonar and Occupancy Modeling in Marine and Coastal...[Read More]
Wild wireless world ~ 2G or 3G
Wireless access comes in many forms – the cellular access is quite extraordinary in how useful it’s been – untethered access. There are hidden undercurrents for remote sensing M2M (machine-2-machine) – cellular technology shoals that can beach the unwary. I got beached – so I’m sharing it. Whether or not it’s on Sparkfun or publiclaboratories.org low cost cellular modems are being discussed and p...[Read More]
IMP calling sensor
A fun project was using the Electric IMP001 to communicate with an RS485 pressure transducer. The readings are delivered to the cloud and use the nice (and evolving) services of thingspeak.net. The starting point was to test the stability of an RS485 pressure sensor – and check out the then new IMP001 – two projects in one. Stability testing a pressure transducer is putting it into a bottle of wat...[Read More]
What’s that sensor measuring?
Wow what a great place to share about sensors. My passion has been the interface between the real world and the digital domain. The world as we know it always has layers – so while we aim for a visualized story of some aspect of the real world – say temperature or stream depth– there are many aspects of collecting the data. Last year I bought a Honeywell Internet thermostat that allows me to see a...[Read More]
Creating a New Community
Empowering people to monitor their environments and share their observations with the world can transform the way we protect environmental resources. That’s the vision for EnviroDIY.
