I am interested in extracting any interesting patterns in daily indoor activity using the statistics of easily available environmental data (such as levels of light, sound noise, heating, etc). Although it is a trivial task to gather such data, I am quite fed up of loosely connected sensors, wires and overall "prototyping" mess.
I am developing soulboX as a programmable multisensor unit, which can display, log and wirelessly send sensor data.
soulboX is:
- really small and LiPo-powered, so that I could easily place soulboX everywhere in the room
- low cost, so that I could build and use many soulboXes in different rooms
- modular. soulboX is ment to be "sandwich" - one unit may have the basic core sensors as temperature and humidity, whereas others might have an extra light and sound sensors, or lcd display for real time plots (why not?)
- arduino compatible
Details
Stay tuned
Components
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ATmega32u4
8-bit Microcontroller
1×
STLM20W87F
Sensors / Temperature, Thermal
1×
DS3231
Clock and Timer ICs / Real-Time Clocks
1×
MCP73833-AMI/UN
Power Management ICs / Power Supply Support
1×
SCHA5B0200
Connectors and Accessories / Other PCB Connectors
Looks like Sparkfun has a pretty good one. The terminals stick out from the package, so you could probably hit them with a soldering iron without much trouble.
Oops, ignore that. That is an SD card. I cant find anything for microSD that can be soldered with an iron. Looks like hot-air or reflow soldering are your best bet