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Show HN: Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device
Hi HN!<p>I’ve been working on an air quality measuring device called Air Lab for the past three years. It measures CO2, temperature, relative humidity, air pollutants (VOC, NOx), and atmospheric pressure. You can log and analyze the data directly on the device — no smartphone or laptop needed.<p>To better show what the device can do and how it feels like, I spent the past week developing a web-based simulator using Emscripten. It runs the stock firmware with most features available except for networking. Check it out and let me know what you think!<p>The firmware will be open-source and available once the first batch of devices ships. We’re currently finishing up our crowdfunding campaign on CrowdSupply. If you want to get one, now is the time to support the project: <a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/networked-artifacts/air-lab" rel="nofollow">https://www.crowdsupply.com/networked-artifacts/air-lab</a><p>We started building the Air Lab because most air quality measuring devices we found were locked-down or hard to tinker with. Air quality is a growing concern, and we’re hoping a more open, playful approach can help make the topic more accessible. It is important to us that there is a low bar for customizing and extending the Air Lab. Until we ship, we plan to create rich documentation and further tools, like the simulator, to make this as easy as possible.<p>The technical: The device is powered by the popular ESP32S3 microcontroller, equipped with a precise CO2, temperature, and relative humidity sensor (SCD41) as well as a VOC/NOx (SGP41) and atmospheric pressure sensor (LPS22). The support circuitry provides built-in battery charging, a real-time clock, an RGB LED, buzzer, an accelerometer, and capacitive touch, which makes Air Lab a powerful stand-alone device. The firmware itself is written on top of esp-idf and uses LVGL for rendering the UI.<p>If you seek more high-level info, here are also some videos covering the project:
- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBltdMLjUyg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBltdMLjUyg</a> (Introduction)
- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tzjVYPm_MU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tzjVYPm_MU</a> (Product Update)<p>Would love your feedback — on the device, hardware choices, potential use cases, or anything else worth improving. If you want to get notified on project updates, subscribe on Crowd Supply.<p>Happy to answer any questions!
Show HN: Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device
Hi HN!<p>I’ve been working on an air quality measuring device called Air Lab for the past three years. It measures CO2, temperature, relative humidity, air pollutants (VOC, NOx), and atmospheric pressure. You can log and analyze the data directly on the device — no smartphone or laptop needed.<p>To better show what the device can do and how it feels like, I spent the past week developing a web-based simulator using Emscripten. It runs the stock firmware with most features available except for networking. Check it out and let me know what you think!<p>The firmware will be open-source and available once the first batch of devices ships. We’re currently finishing up our crowdfunding campaign on CrowdSupply. If you want to get one, now is the time to support the project: <a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/networked-artifacts/air-lab" rel="nofollow">https://www.crowdsupply.com/networked-artifacts/air-lab</a><p>We started building the Air Lab because most air quality measuring devices we found were locked-down or hard to tinker with. Air quality is a growing concern, and we’re hoping a more open, playful approach can help make the topic more accessible. It is important to us that there is a low bar for customizing and extending the Air Lab. Until we ship, we plan to create rich documentation and further tools, like the simulator, to make this as easy as possible.<p>The technical: The device is powered by the popular ESP32S3 microcontroller, equipped with a precise CO2, temperature, and relative humidity sensor (SCD41) as well as a VOC/NOx (SGP41) and atmospheric pressure sensor (LPS22). The support circuitry provides built-in battery charging, a real-time clock, an RGB LED, buzzer, an accelerometer, and capacitive touch, which makes Air Lab a powerful stand-alone device. The firmware itself is written on top of esp-idf and uses LVGL for rendering the UI.<p>If you seek more high-level info, here are also some videos covering the project:
- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBltdMLjUyg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBltdMLjUyg</a> (Introduction)
- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tzjVYPm_MU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tzjVYPm_MU</a> (Product Update)<p>Would love your feedback — on the device, hardware choices, potential use cases, or anything else worth improving. If you want to get notified on project updates, subscribe on Crowd Supply.<p>Happy to answer any questions!
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