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Justin Lutz
Published © MIT

Water Quality Monitor with Blues!

Monitor water temp, ORP, TDS, and air temp/humidity to determine if water quality is degrading.

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Water Quality Monitor with Blues!

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Blues Notecarrier B
Blues Notecarrier B
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Blues Notecard (Cellular)
Blues Notecard (Cellular)
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Seeed XIAO RP2040
Seeed Studio Seeed XIAO RP2040
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Grove Shield for Seeeduino XIAO - with embedded battery management chip
Seeed Studio Grove Shield for Seeeduino XIAO - with embedded battery management chip
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Seeed Studio Grove Temperature and Humidity Sensor (DHT 11)
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Seeed Studio Seeed Grove ORP Sensor Kit Pro
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Gravity: DS18B20 Temperature Sensor (Arduino Compatible)
DFRobot Gravity: DS18B20 Temperature Sensor (Arduino Compatible)
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Battery, 3.7 V
Battery, 3.7 V
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Seeed Studio Seeed Grove TDS Sensor
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Seeed Studio Seeed Lipo Rider Pro
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Solar Panel, 2.5 W
Solar Panel, 2.5 W
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Schematics

Water Quality Tester

Hardware parts required to build. Does not include waterproof enclosure, wood base, or pool noodle.

Code

Water Quality Tester - Arduino Code

C/C++
Read sensor data from each of the sensors. Pass sensor data as a single note to notehub.
#include <OneWire.h>
#include <DallasTemperature.h>
#include "DHT.h"
#include <Notecard.h>

#define serialDebug Serial
//#define serialNotecard Serial1
#define productUID "xxxxxx"
Notecard notecard;
//pin for water temp sensor
#define ONE_WIRE_BUS 4
// Setup a oneWire instance to communicate with any OneWire devices
OneWire oneWire(ONE_WIRE_BUS);
// Pass our oneWire reference to Dallas Temperature sensor 
DallasTemperature sensor(&oneWire);
//pin for TDS sensor
#define sensorPin A2
//settings for ORP sensor
#define VOLTAGE 3.37   //vcc voltage(unit: V)
#define ArrayLenth  40 //times of collection
#define orpPin A0       //orp meter output,connect to Arduino controller ADC pin
//settings for air temp & humidity
#define DHTPIN D8
#define DHTTYPE DHT11   // DHT 11
DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);

//TDS sensor variables
int sensorValue = 0;
float tdsValue = 0;
float Voltage = 0;

//ORP sensor variables
double orpValue; 
int orpArray[ArrayLenth];
int orpArrayIndex=0;

//ORP function declaration
double avergearray(int* arr, int number);

void setup() {
    sensor.begin();
    dht.begin();
#ifdef serialDebug
    delay(2500);
    serialDebug.begin(115200);
    notecard.setDebugOutputStream(serialDebug);
#endif

    // Initialize the physical I/O channel to the Notecard
#ifdef serialNotecard
    notecard.begin(serialNotecard, 9600);
#else
    Wire.begin();
    notecard.begin();
#endif
    //set cellular to periodic update every 5 minutes
    //can't have GPS and cell be continous at same time
    J *req = notecard.newRequest("hub.set");
    JAddStringToObject(req, "product", productUID);
    JAddStringToObject(req, "mode", "periodic");
    JAddNumberToObject(req, "outbound", 5);
    JAddNumberToObject(req, "inbound", 720);
    notecard.sendRequest(req);

    //set GPS to continuous
    req = notecard.newRequest("card.location.mode");
    JAddStringToObject(req, "mode", "periodic");
    JAddNumberToObject(req, "seconds", 400);
    notecard.sendRequest(req);
  
    req = notecard.newRequest("card.location.track");
    JAddBoolToObject(req, "sync", true);
    JAddBoolToObject(req, "heartbeat", true);
    //JAddNumberToObject(req, "hours", 1);
    notecard.sendRequest(req);
}

void loop() {
  
  static unsigned long orpTimer=millis();   //analog sampling interval
  static unsigned long printTime=millis();
  if(millis() >= orpTimer)
  {
    orpTimer=millis()+20;
    orpArray[orpArrayIndex++]=analogRead(orpPin);    //read an analog value every 20ms
    if (orpArrayIndex==ArrayLenth) {
      orpArrayIndex=0;
    }   
    orpValue=((30*(double)VOLTAGE*1000)-(75*avergearray(orpArray, ArrayLenth)*VOLTAGE*1000/1024))/75;
    
  }
  if(millis() >= printTime)   //Every 2 minutes, send values to notehub
  {          
    printTime=millis()+(1000*60*2); //change to update every 2 minutes
    // read water temp sensor
    sensor.requestTemperatures(); 
    float water_tempC = sensor.getTempCByIndex(0);
    float water_tempF = sensor.getTempFByIndex(0);
    serialDebug.print("Water temp F: ");
    serialDebug.println(water_tempF);
    // read TDS sensor
    sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin);
    Voltage = sensorValue*5/1024.0; //Convert analog reading to Voltage
    tdsValue=(133.42/Voltage*Voltage*Voltage - 255.86*Voltage*Voltage + 857.39*Voltage)*0.5; //Convert voltage value to TDS value
     
    //read air humidity and temp
    float h = dht.readHumidity();
    // Read temperature as Fahrenheit (isFahrenheit = true)
    float f = dht.readTemperature(true);
    
    //send the data as a note
    J *req = notecard.newRequest("note.add");
    if (req != NULL) {
        JAddStringToObject(req, "file", "sensors.qo");
        JAddBoolToObject(req, "sync", true);

        J *body = JCreateObject();
        if (body != NULL) {
            JAddNumberToObject(body, "AirTempF", f);
            JAddNumberToObject(body, "AirHumidity", h);
            JAddNumberToObject(body, "WaterTempF",water_tempF);
            JAddNumberToObject(body, "TDS_PPM", tdsValue);
            JAddNumberToObject(body, "ORP_mV", (int)orpValue);
            JAddItemToObject(req, "body", body);
        }
        notecard.sendRequest(req);
        delay(20000);
    }    
  }
}

double avergearray(int* arr, int number){
  int i;
  int max,min;
  double avg;
  long amount=0;
  if(number<=0){
    printf("Error number for the array to averaging!/n");
    return 0;
  }
  if(number<5){   //less than 5, calculated directly statistics
    for(i=0;i<number;i++){
      amount+=arr[i];
    }
    avg = amount/number;
    return avg;
  }else{
    if(arr[0]<arr[1]){
      min = arr[0];max=arr[1];
    }
    else{
      min=arr[1];max=arr[0];
    }
    for(i=2;i<number;i++){
      if(arr[i]<min){
        amount+=min;        //arr<min
        min=arr[i];
      }else {
        if(arr[i]>max){
          amount+=max;    //arr>max
          max=arr[i];
        }else{
          amount+=arr[i]; //min<=arr<=max
        }
      }//if
    }//for
    avg = (double)amount/(number-2);
  }//if
  return avg;
}

Credits

Justin Lutz

Justin Lutz

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Quality manager by day, tinkerer by night. Avid runner. You can tell I'm a dad because of my jokes.

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