Micro-dust Measurement (Proto-type)

Why are you measuring dust? I always though people wanted to measure dust indoors and not outside?
Nice bird, i have one of those also

Nice.
Does the airflow interfere with the dust particles (hence influencing your measurements)?

BobB Posted at 10-10 01:01
Why are you measuring dust? I always though people wanted to measure dust indoors and not outside?
Nice bird, i have one of those also

Here in NL there is a huge debate about micro dust particles (outdoor) for sure!

Montfrooij Posted at 10-10 01:36
Here in NL there is a huge debate about micro dust particles (outdoor) for sure!

ya i figure China cities for sure but i'm not sure i would want to expose my $3000 usd drone to a bunch of dirt in the air?

Not sure how the airflow wouldn't impact the reading, as I've landed on dusty ground before and it makes a huge cloud.  But I can see there could be a real use for this,  in the UK its big business to have dust sensors around construction sites,  here's an example of a company doing it - https://www.dustscan.co.uk/

BobB Posted at 10-10 02:44
ya i figure China cities for sure but i'm not sure i would want to expose my $3000 usd drone to a bunch of dirt in the air?

It's everywhere.
We don't see it (with our eyes) but it is a big problem in many places.

DAFlys Posted at 10-10 05:17
Not sure how the airflow wouldn't impact the reading, as I've landed on dusty ground before and it makes a huge cloud.  But I can see there could be a real use for this,  in the UK its big business to have dust sensors around construction sites,  here's an example of a company doing it - https://www.dustscan.co.uk/

Exactly my question.

Hello. everyone.

These days, a big issue(outdoor) about micro dust in Korea. So, we are measuring the dust from the air. (several places ; Use the Way-point flight.)
The result was similar to fixed measurements. And We are saving all data to SD card in the measurement module. (Such as GPS Data, Dust value and etc.)

Finally, We wish this module interfaces with M2E. (Like  Beacon, Light and Speaker)

KBT22_naver Posted at 10-10 17:17
Hello. everyone.

These days, a big issue(outdoor) about micro dust in Korea. So, we are measuring the dust from the air. (several places ; Use the Way-point flight.)

Are you hoping to sell your add-on to DJI?

Interesting looking device

DAFlys Posted at 10-10 05:17
Not sure how the airflow wouldn't impact the reading, as I've landed on dusty ground before and it makes a huge cloud.  But I can see there could be a real use for this,  in the UK its big business to have dust sensors around construction sites,  here's an example of a company doing it - https://www.dustscan.co.uk/

The prop wash is below the bird, the sensor is on top. Not sure if movement along a path would affect the readings much, but seems likely readings would be taken at stationary points for repeatability? Another neat idea for drone use.