Projects With Ryan Slaugh: DIY gas Leak Detector

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Projects With Ryan Slaugh: DIY gas Leak Detector
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The Atmospheric Gas Detector Kit gives you the components needed to detect different kinds of gases. In this episode of “Projects with Ryan Slaugh”, we will go through the steps of setting up the base experiment from the book included with the kit.

However, detecting gas in the atmosphere wont be where we stop. Some of my larger projects include a custom BBQ trailer and custom camping trailer. Part of the designs are propane gas connections. To test these connections for leaks I decided to use one of the sensors from the Gas Detector kit and some PVC pipe.  The resulting prototype is shown in the video.

This video demonstrates sensor interfacing, control using switching transistors, and data smoothing with alarm level calculations.

Here’s the link to the schematic.

For the code look here.

See the full series here.

2 thoughts on “Projects With Ryan Slaugh: DIY gas Leak Detector

  1. NAVNi says:

    I just started out something very similar http://navni-stuff.blogspot.be/2013/11/messing-around-with-arduino-and-lcd.html

    Seems like I’m on the right track. Thanks for the example

  2. Kim Lorraine says:

    Where is the continuation of the gas leak projects

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Ryan Slaugh is a hardware and software engineer with over 15 years of experience designing and building different systems. While he has a few college degrees, his best training came from growing up on a farm and working with his father who was also an electrician. Ryan works regularly with woodworking, metal work, electronics, and software. Ryan also has a love of tools and collects as many as he can.

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