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Homemade CO2 Sensor Unit

A quick and easy guide for making your own carbon-dioxide sensor unit to measure the percentage of carbon dioxide gas.

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Homemade CO2 Sensor Unit

Things used in this project

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Schematics

SCD30 schematic

Connected devices

BME280 schematic

Code

peripherals.py code

Python
Code snippet to replace in peripherals.py python file in your CO2 folder.
from values import environment  
class Peripherals:  
   def __init__(self, sendQueue):  
       self.env = environment.Environment(sendQueue)  
   def get_value_sensors_co2(self):  
       return self.env.get_co2()  
   def get_value_sensors_temperature(self):  
       return self.env.get_temperature()  
   def get_value_sensors_pressure(self):  
       return self.env.get_pressure()  
   def get_value_sensors_humidity(self):  
       return self.env.get_humidity()

PuTTY connect to Pi

snippets
Commands to connect to the Raspberry Pi
sudo apt-get install rpi.gpiowiringpi python3-dev python3-pip i2c-tools

sudo apt-get update

I2C Detect

snippets
Commands for activating I2C on your device
sudo rasp-config

sudo i2cdetect -y 1

Device json file

JSON
The Code for creating a CO2 Device in "Seluxit IoT Creator" in Wappsto. You can just copy-paste this code when you click "Create from JSON"
{
	"meta": {
		"type": "network",
		"version": "2.0"
	},
	"name": "Co2",
	"device": [{
		"meta": {
			"type": "device",
			"version": "2.0"
		},
		"name": "Sensors",
		"version": "2.0",
		"value": [{
			"meta": {
				"type": "value",
				"version": "2.0"
			},
			"name": "CO2",
			"permission": "r",
			"type": "co2",
			"number": {
				"unit": "PPM",
				"max": 10000,
				"min": 0,
				"step": 1
			},
			"status": "ok",
			"state": [{
				"meta": {
					"type": "state",
					"version": "2.0",
					"contract": []
				},
				"data": "0",
				"status": "Send",
				"type": "Report",
				"timestamp": "2019-07-04T09:01:07Z"
			}]
		}, {
			"meta": {
				"type": "value",
				"version": "2.0"
			},
			"name": "Temperature",
			"permission": "r",
			"type": "temperature",
			"number": {
				"unit": "Celsius",
				"max": 150,
				"min": -40,
				"step": 0.1
			},
			"status": "ok",
			"state": [{
				"meta": {
					"type": "state",
					"version": "2.0",
					"contract": []
				},
				"data": "0",
				"status": "Send",
				"type": "Report",
				"timestamp": "2019-07-04T09:01:07Z"
			}]
		}, {
			"meta": {
				"type": "value",
				"version": "2.0"
			},
			"name": "Pressure",
			"permission": "r",
			"type": "pressure",
			"number": {
				"unit": "Pa",
				"max": 10000,
				"min": 0,
				"step": 1
			},
			"status": "ok",
			"state": [{
				"meta": {
					"type": "state",
					"version": "2.0",
					"contract": []
				},
				"data": "0",
				"status": "Send",
				"type": "Report",
				"timestamp": "2019-07-04T09:01:07Z"
			}]
		}, {
			"meta": {
				"type": "value",
				"version": "2.0"
			},
			"name": "Humidity",
			"permission": "r",
			"type": "humidity",
			"number": {
				"unit": "%",
				"max": 100,
				"min": 0,
				"step": 0.1
			},
			"status": "ok",
			"state": [{
				"meta": {
					"type": "state",
					"version": "2.0",
					"contract": []
				},
				"data": "0",
				"status": "Send",
				"type": "Report",
				"timestamp": "2019-07-04T09:01:07Z"
			}]
		}]
	}]
}

Start connection and reporting

snippets
Commands to connect your device to the cloud and start extracting the data generated from the sensors.
sudo pip3 installsmbus2 numpy

cd 12d53bd7-4954-40a0-a5cf-ee9c39c4681a

sudo python3 main.py

Credits

Seluxit

Seluxit

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Thanks to Karsten Tonnesen, Daniel Lux and Evelina Mihailova, Martin Balgarinov.

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