This idea came late in the design phase of the sensor helmet. As it turns out, commercial sensors for detecting radiation aren’t as tiny as sensors for detecting light, sound, motion, etc. Also, they are 10 times the cost of other conventional sensors. The cost and size would prohibit the sensor being integrated with the sensor helmet, but it could still be used for specific mapping purposes. I was able to initially source detectors online from resellers like Sparkfun and…
The 3 GP2Y1010AU0F Compact Optical Dust Sensors arrived in the mail the other day. These are air quality sensors that use IR to detect fine particles and smoke in the air. I’ll be using them with my sensor helmet to detect air pollution and plot the results on a map or overlay the readings on my action camera video. They are smaller than I envisioned. Sparkfun sells them but they were out of…
The method of interconnecting the sensors, micro controller, cameras, data storage, and power together will be simplified for a couple of reasons. I will need to be able to move sound sensors around during testing. Also, I’ll need to be able to install all of the devices easily once I’m ready to finalize the helmet. The BLS female housing are perfect for this purpose. First, they are small and compact. This makes it easier…