Air pollution and particulate matter detector using raspberry Pi with IoT based notification

Abstract

Air Pollution in the Philippines is already a serious problem especially to the people living in the cities. The factors such as smoke coming from vehicles and factories as well as dust and debris contribute to air pollution which also leads to people having health problems. This design aims to create a prototype which will detect the air pollution and particulate matter in a barangay at Pandacan, Manila. The design hardware will send an email notification to the registered email addresses of barangay officials whenever the sensors detect high reading on either the particulate matter or carbon monoxide. The components included in the hardware is a Dust Sensor which will measure the particulate matter in the area, Carbon Monoxide Sensor for measuring the gas detected, microcontroller, and a Raspberry Pi in order to send the data through email.