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TSL2561

The TSL2561 luminosity sensor is an advanced digital light sensor, ideal for use in a wide range of light situations. Compared to low cost CdS cells, this sensor is more precise, allowing for exact lux calculations and can be configured for different gain/timing ranges to detect light ranges from up to 0.1 - 40,000+ Lux on the fly. The best part of this sensor is that it contains both infrared and full spectrum diodes! That means you can separately measure infrared, full-spectrum or human-visible light. Most sensors can only detect one or the other, which does not accurately represent what human eyes see (since we cannot perceive the IR light that is detected by most photo diodes)

ESP32-Powered Tabletop Kinetic Sand Drawing Robot

“In 2020, back when I had just started my sophomore year of high school, I built a very basic sand plotter robot that drew patterns in sand. Three years later, I wanted to use the skills that I have taught …

Open Source Data Logger (OPENSDL)

“The aim of this project is to design, build, and test a low-cost measurement system for Building Performance Evaluation studies that includes at least temperature, relative humidity, illuminance, and is extensible to additional sensors, and to develop the prototype of …

Smart Planter Box

“More and more people are looking into buying indoor plants, especially millennials. However, Roughly 1/3 of all plants purchased die within a few months of being brought home. Although one of the advantages of the indoor plants is they …

Weather Station: ESP8266 With Deep Sleep, SQL, Graphing by Flask&Plotly

“Would that be fun to know the temperature, humidity, or light intensity on your balcony? I know I would. So I made a simple weather station to collect such data. The following sections are the steps I took to build …

Bio Monitoring

“Hello everyone, In the context of a student project, we were asked to publish an article describing all the process. We will then present you how our bio monitoring system works. It is meant to be a portable device that …

How To Connect Arduino Industrial 101 to Cayenne

“How to connect Arduino Industrial 101 to Cayenne over MQTT, and send data from BMP180 and TSL2561.”

FarmCorder - Crop Nutrition Deficiency Sensor

“Farming remains to be backbone of developing countries like India and Africa and it is the principal source of livelihood for majority of the population in the countries. Farmers however, use antiquated techniques which lead to overuse or under usage …

Build a Letterbox That Sends You Alerts

“So I need to be able to detect every time someone puts a letter into the box and also detect the movement of the rear flap, indicating someone has removed letters. Being able to do this without having to destroy …

Make a Weather Station With a Raspberry Pi 2

“Today I’m going to show you how to make sort of a mini weather station with a Raspberry Pi. This is an ongoing project of mine that I’ve been tinkering with so I’ll share my learnings with …