Category: Quality-Of-Life

VOC Monitor

Posted on by yamanoorsai

This is a second generation device that educates people about Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Air Quality.

A Raspberry Pi Zero W is used to read data from the VOC sensor via the I2C interface. An RGB LED changes its color based on the measured VOC levels. It can also collect data and upload it to the cloud. This device was:

  • Exhibited at the World Maker Faire held in Queens, NY in September, 2017
  • Featured in the December 2017 of the MagPi magazine from the Raspberry Pi foundation

Here is a video of the device in action where it changes colors when a sharpie is introduced next to the sensor.

Raspberry Pi based Personal Health Dashboard

Posted on by yamanoorsai

The image below shows my Raspberry Pi based Personal Health Dashboard (PHD)

Personal Health Dashboard

I built this dashboard to motivate myself to stay physically active. This dashboard makes use of the Fitbit API to count down from my daily step goal.

  • This dashboard was featured at the World Maker Faire in Queens, NY in September, 2017.
  • It was also featured in the February 2018 issue of the HackSpace Magazine

The major components of this project include:

A detailed write-up of this project is also available at Hackster.io.