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jsbonillam "@warren The camera will be just part of the spectrometer. I am still considering whether to use LDRs (light depending resistors), as here http://ww..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
adyr_construction "I can basically control the order when I lay out the different pictures. All it needs is to be exported in the same order. " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "How would you set up the spectrometer next to the other equipment, or the tracker? Are you using a raspberry pi camera as-is, as well, or just as p..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "I think the Lego spectrometer's suitability for this is an open question, but the Raspberry Pi Camera v2 is very low noise and could be worth testi..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
JSummers "Building a spectrometer is a fine university project, but this will not work for detecting fentanyl. Fentanyl does not absorb in the range where t..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
stef "This may not be a project to determine the quantities of the subject of your concern. The spectrometer in question is at an entry level and the ana..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Also, if you know anyone who does Leaflet or Ruby on Rails work and is interested in pitching in, that would be great! Even tweeting out these issu..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Hi, we've long wanted to implement this feature but haven't yet. There's an open request here where we're hoping someone can help out in solving th..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
G33K4P00RV4 "Thanks! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Wig Zamore also chimed in on the mailing list: Hi Jeff - My guess is that if Weather Underground and EPA and CARB have been involved the product i..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "That's right! We thought 0-100 would be more familiar to people, but the original values are preserved in the raw data. " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "No problem -- i guess, so for example, I'm not sure if red ink shows up on black paper, but we use colored ink (red, blue) on brown paper when we m..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
BrandonFeenstra "If you would like to learn more about Air Quality Sensors and their performance against regulatory instrumentation, I would recommend a visit to th..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
G33K4P00RV4 "Yes, I was referring to the spectrometer. Non black ink on non black paper. Sorry if I was a little unspecific. This is my first time doing anythin..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
stevie "Also from Caren Cooper of SciStarter: "...Sound Around Town. http://soundaroundtown.org/ We have adapted commercial recording units (Roland-05) and..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
zengirl2 "Using apps is certainly handy for when the noise issue is unexpected. One of the apps I blogged about gave the example of students having a hard ti..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "I think either would work, but haven't tried it myself. Once you get this assembled, please do and share your results! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
Ag8n "The device referenced has very mixed reviews on the internet. And it does seem pricey. As a suggestion, borrow or rent one first. Try it and see..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
zayas "Here is a device ( https://www.consumerphysics.com/business/ )we have considered using as it offers a self contained hand held unit suitable for co..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
zayas "Thank you for the article! As mentioned in my posting, BRIX has been a standard tool used in the field ( current Consumer/Business product in the ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
jht001 "Here is an article from Ohio State University Extension on using Brix to measure vegetable quality Artice link " | Read more » over 6 years ago
Dr_Z "So I take it the percentages that come from scrolling along the graph are the ratio of the data pixel values to the max of 255, correct? " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "The Barnraiser is a 1-page mini newspaper we've run at recent Barnraisings -- http://publiclab.org/barnraiser I've been meaning to post more reso..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
Ag8n "Absolutely correct. The fluorescence spectrometer is the same layout as for the basic turbidimeter. The standards are a bit of a pain, but quite ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago