Riffle: an Open Source Water Monitoring Approach
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The **Riffle** is a collection of designs that take an open source approach to water monitoring, with the intent of making gathering water information easier and more accessible. It is part of Public Lab's [Open Water Project](https://publiclab.org/wiki/open-water). (Lead image by @cfastie) For an overview of the design philosophy behind the Riffle, and **what constraints and uses it was aimed at**, see [this wiki page](https://publiclab.org/wiki/riffle_design_philosophy). Public Lab has supported development of an [Arduino](https://www.arduino.cc)-compatible [Riffle version - a datalogger enclosed in a water bottle](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject/riffle_328). This is great, because the Arduino community is huge, and lots of knowledge and troubleshooting resources are now applicable to the Riffle project. (The first **Riffle** design was an [ARM-based datalogger board enclosed in PVC](https://github.com/bgamari/riffle)) **** # Riffle Water Monitor Designs By now, several instrument designs have been constructed around the **Riffle**, some of which of are described in an array of Github repositories: - [Openwaterproject](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject) -- the main organization on github - [riffle_328](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject/riffle_328) -- hardware designs, instructions and software for getting started with the Riffle_328 datalogger - [riffle_328-conductivity](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject/riffle_328-conductivity) -- Design considerations around conductivity - [riffle_328-depth](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject/riffle_328-depth) -- Depth measurement circuit prototype - [riffle_328-turbidity](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject/riffle_328-turbidity) -- Turbidity sensor prototype - [riffle_328-thermistor](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject/riffle_328-thermistor) -- Connecting a thermistor to a Riffle - [riffle_328-i2c](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject/riffle_328-i2c) -- Connecting i2c sensors to a Riffle - [riffle_328-one-wire](https://github.com/OpenWaterProject/riffle_328-one-wire) -- Connecting one-wire sensors to a Riffle # Sensor Designs We've started to summarize some of the approaches to sensing water parameters like conductivity and turbidity: - [Sensing conductivity](https://publiclab.org/wiki/conductivity_sensing) - [Sensing turbidity](https://publiclab.org/wiki/turbidity_sensing) # Activities Here are some activities the Public Lab community has conducted using the Riffle [activities:riffle] # Project Status 2017: A second small order of Riffle_328 boards was shipped on May 30th, and is on its way to the Public Lab kits department in Portland, Oregon. From there it will be sent to Public Lab community members who ordered them. The Riffle was available for pre-order until March 17. https://publiclab.org/questions/warren/06-12-2017/what-s-the-battery-life-of-the-nano-data-logger#answer-comment-16862 2016: A small order of Riffle_328 boards arrived late April 2016, and were sent to Public Lab community members as a way of testing the design and informing further development. Projects using this riffle can be found at https://publiclab.org/tag/riffle and https://publiclab.org/tag/riffle-beta # How to get a Riffle Datalogger The Riffle is open source, so if Public Lab is not currently offering it for sale, anyone can take the designs above to a PCB fabricator and have one made, copy and remix the design, or investigate other dataloggers. # Riffle Alternatives The following dataloggers also have a real time clock and log to a micro SD card as the Riffle does. All of them are based on Arduino and will run more or less the same sketches. These are all open source hardware. 1. [EnviroDIY Mayfly Logger](https://envirodiy.org/mayfly/). Designed at the Stroud Water Research Center and commercially available through Amazon but currently out of stock (as of Feb 2017). 2. [Adafruit Feather M0](https://www.adafruit.com/products/2772) and [Adalogger FeatherWing RTC + SD Add-on](https://www.adafruit.com/products/2922). These are two commercial products which snap together. 3. [Cave Pearl Project logger](https://hackaday.io/project/6961-the-cave-pearl-project). Ed Mallon's design for a DIY data logger made from very inexpensive clone components (Arduino Pro Mini, SD card board, RTC board). Requires soldering and care. 4. see more open source data loggers collected on the [Data Logging page](/wiki/data-logging) **** ## Questions [questions:riffle] **** ###All updates related to the Riffle [notes:riffle] **** ##Related Questions Since the Riffle is Arduino-compatible, here are also some Q&A for Arduinos in general: [questions:arduino] The Riffle is also a part of a larger area on data logging. Here are some Q&A asked more generally: [questions:data_logging] [questions:nano-data-logger]...


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WaterGeek "Thanks @Bronwen, I see it now. I'll run through the wiki. The goal would be to do water quality monitoring, just like the Riffle is intended for. I..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
WaterGeek "Thanks @Bronwen, I see it now. I'll run through the wiki. The goal would be to do water quality monitoring, just like the Riffle is intended for. I..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
Bronwen "Hi @WaterGeek -- Yes! The Riffle is available in the Public Lab store-- you can see our whole collection of sensors and loggers here: https://publi..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
WaterGeek "any news on this? Been looking for a water IOT solution for data collection for our water data site " | Read more » over 5 years ago
pdhixenbaugh "Chris, thanks so much for your input. That information about memory usage is invaluable. I will plan on the non-wireless route for now. Maybe with ..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "Oh and also this one! https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/12-06-2017/help-document-how-to-connect-different-sensors-to-a-data-logger " | Read more » over 5 years ago
warren "This attempt to get people compiling a list might be helpful... esp if we can figure out a place to feature this -- https://publiclab.org/notes/wa..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
cfastie "I was impressed by the price ($12.90) of the DFRobot TDS sensor that MadTinker is working with so I bought a couple. It was easy to get it to work ..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
Bronwen "Thanks for pointing out the old copy: the preorders took a while to ship, but we've got riffles in stock and will update the listing (our shipping ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
rockets "the pic is great. crystal! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Great suggestions, Chris. Also: I have often stolen uncommented code from the internet that works perfectly and I have no idea what it does. This..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
cfastie "Well-commented code is always helpful. At the novice level at which I work, good comments are sometimes hard to come by. I have often stolen uncomm..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
shanlter "Thanks!!!!! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Fixed! Thanks for finding this issue! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren ":-) sorry, i'll push a new change which will fix this in a bit! " | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "Hey Chris - yep, the different groups developing these projects; i'd love to design t-shirts! Modularizing and annotating code can go a very long ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
shanlter "OMG, the image layout is horrible from my laptop, help needed @warren " | Read more » over 6 years ago
shanlter "Hi all, third answer here. Thanks for asking the question Gretchen, I actually have the same question. So this is not exact answer, I am hoping som..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
cfastie "Teams? There are going to be teams? Will they have T-shirts? I'm still not sure overlapping code is relevant. If you have a working sketch for a K..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "I'd guess that there could be a lot of commonality in cases where you want to set up the same sensor on either device (or any Arduino). It could be..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
warren "A good question for @rockets and @shanlter too! " | Read more » over 6 years ago