Smoke 'Detector'

A simple smoke detector using and Arduino and a Carbon Monoxide Sensor.

Dar-El

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Description

A simple smoke detector using and Arduino and a Carbon Monoxide (CO) Sensor. How it works: Sensor reads CO levels in the air and outputs them on an LCD. The sensor is one of the MQ series gas sensors. Check out the demo here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmAjsnwURak

Details

Check out the step by step tutorial here

http://www.instructables.com/id/Smoke-Detector/

Components

1 × Arduino I was using an Arduino Uno
1 × MQ-7 Carbon Monoxide Sensor
1 × Breadboard Electronic Components / Misc. Electronic Components
1 × 10K Resistor
1 × 220 Resistor

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Build Instructions

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Step-by-step build instructions are on Instructables.com
http://www.instructables.com/id/Smoke-Detector/

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Discussions

Will wrote 04/15/2014 at 13:06

Nice work... I need one like this at home that won't go off when we cook toast :) Also thanks for the heads up on the Voltaic solar charger, looks interesting.

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