Rucksikaa Raajkumar
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Arduino Smoke Detector with MQ-2 Gas/ Smoke sensor

Build a simple DIY Arduino Smoke Detector with MQ-2 Gas/ Smoke sensor

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Arduino Smoke Detector with MQ-2 Gas/ Smoke sensor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
×1
Solderless Breadboard Half Size
Solderless Breadboard Half Size
×1
Grove - Gas Sensor(MQ2)
Seeed Studio Grove - Gas Sensor(MQ2)
×1
I2C 16x2 Arduino LCD Display Module
DFRobot I2C 16x2 Arduino LCD Display Module
×1
Buzzer, Harmony XVB
Buzzer, Harmony XVB
×1
Male/Female Jumper Wires
Male/Female Jumper Wires
×1
Male/Male Jumper Wires
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Schematics

Schematic

Code

Sample code

Arduino
You can use this code to obtain the analogue readings from the MQ type sensor module
int sensor = A0;
int reading;
void setup(){
  Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop(){
  reading = analogRead(sensor);
  Serial.println("Reading: ");
  Serial.print(reading);
}

Credits

Rucksikaa Raajkumar

Rucksikaa Raajkumar

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Amateur Arduino Developer. Undergraduate. YouTuber (https://www.youtube.com/c/RucksikaaRaajkumar/videos) and Blogger (Arduino Projects by R)

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