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Costas Vav outlines building an AQI sensor with off-the-shelf parts and 3D-printed case on hackaday.io:
After visiting Seattle this summer during the forest fires and being made aware of how important AQI is, I decided to build my own AQI device.
When going into this project, I was not 100% sure what I wanted, but after a few iterations of hardware combinations, I came to the following requirements:
Portable
Off-the-shelf components
3D-printable case
Fast start time
I prefer CircuitPython over Arduino, so that also helped in the decision (of parts).
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