SENSORS AND MEASUREMENTS
MINI PROJECT
TOPIC : ARDOUINO AIR QUALITY DETECTOR
USING MQ-135 SENSOR WITH
ALERT ALARM
INTRODUCTION
Indoor air pollution has consistently been a major issue in most
countries. The quality of air we breath plays an important role in
our health.
Poor air quality may cause increased short-term health problems
such as fatigue and nausea as well as chronic respiratory diseases,
heart disease, and lung cancer.
In this project we have designed an Arduino Air quality Detector
using MQ-135 Sensor for measuring the quality of air in the
environment.
The Smoke sensor we have used is MQ-135 sensor.
This Circuit not only senses smoke in the air but also reads and
displays the level of Smoke or pollution in the Air.
This circuit triggers the Buzzer when Smoke level becomes higher
than the desirable limit, this threshold value can be changed in the
Code according to the requirement.
MQ-135 SMOKE SENSOR MODULE
Introduction
MQ-135 Module sensor has lower conductivity in clean air. When the
target combustible gas exists, the sensor’s conductivity is higher along
with the gas concentration rising. MQ135 gas sensor has high
sensitivity to Ammonia, Sulphide and Benzene steam, also sensitive to
smoke and other harmful gases. It is with low cost and suitable for
different applications such as harmful gases/smoke detection.
COMPONENTS USED
For an Arduino Air quality Detector using a MQ-135
Sensor with Alert Alarm we need the following
components:
Arduino UNO Board
16*2 LCD
MQ-135 Gas/Alcohol/smoke Sensor Module (You can use
MQ2, MQ3, MQ5 as well)
LED (1 green & 1 red)
Buzzer
Breadboard
Connecting Jumper Wires
MQ - 135 SENSOR
WORKING
The MQ-135 smoke sensor consists of a tin dioxide (SnO2), a
perspective layer inside aluminium oxide micro tubes (measuring
electrodes) and a heating element inside a tubular casing. The end
face of the sensor is enclosed by a stainless steel net and the back
side holds the connection terminals. Smoke is emitted from the
source by burning anything. With the smoke cascade on the tin
dioxide sensing layer, the resistance decreases. By using the external
load resistance the resistance variation is converted into a suitable
voltage variation.
Features
Wide detecting scope
Fast response and High sensitivity
Stable and long life Simple drive circuit
Used in air quality control equipment for buildings/offices, is suitable for
detecting of NH3, NOx, alcohol, Benzene, smoke, CO2, etc.
Size: 35mm x 22mm x 23mm (length x width x height)
Signal output instruction.
~ 4.2V analog output voltage, the higher the concentration the higher the
voltage.
Arduino Smoke Level Detector
using MQ-135 Sensor
Now after managing the components do the following connections for
designing Arduino Air quality Detector using MQ-135 Sensor.
LCD Pins 1, 3 ,5 ,16 ——— GND
LCD Pins 2, 16 ———— VCC (+5V)
LCD Pin 4 ————— Arduino pin D7
LCD Pin 6 ————— Arduino pin D6
LCD Pin 11 ———— Arduino pin D5
LCD Pin 12 ————— Arduino pin D4
LCD Pin 13 ————- Arduino pin D3
LCD Pin 14 ————- Arduino pin D2
MQ-135 Module Pin -GND —— GND
MQ-135 Module Pin +VCC —— VCC
MQ-135 Module Pin A0 — Arduino Pin A0
LED1 Pin +ve end ————- Arduino PinD10
LED1 Pin -ve end ————-GND
LED2 Pin +ve end ————- Arduino PinD12
LED2 Pin -ve end ————-GND
Buzzer Pin +ve end ————- Arduino PinD8
Buzzer Pin -ve end ————-GND
A connection diagram is given below as well. Simply assemble the
circuit as this.
My code
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
LiquidCrystal lcd(7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2);
int redLed = 10;
int greenLed = 12;
int buzzer = 8;
int aq = A0;
void setup() {
pinMode(redLed, OUTPUT);
pinMode(greenLed, OUTPUT);
pinMode(buzzer, OUTPUT);
pinMode(aq, INPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
lcd.begin(16,2);
}
void loop() {
int analogSensor = analogRead(aq);
Serial.print("Pin A0: ");
Serial.println(analogSensor);
lcd.print("air quaility:");
lcd.print(analogSensor-50);
// Checks if it has reached the threshold value
if (analogSensor-50 > 300)
{
digitalWrite(redLed, HIGH);
lcd.setCursor(0, 2);
lcd.print("Alert!!!");
digitalWrite(12, LOW);
tone(buzzer, 1000, 200);
}
else
{
digitalWrite(redLed, LOW);
digitalWrite(12, HIGH);
lcd.setCursor(0, 2);
lcd.print("Normal");
noTone(buzzer);
}
delay(1000);
lcd.clear();
}
The Future
Adding a wifi module and gathering data on anroid
device
Adding a filter and exhaust to purify the air when it
exceeds threshold
Push notification for notifying the users during
hazardous situations
Adding more sensors for detecting specific gases
Thank you
