SparkFun Electronics | SparkFun Use Case: Purple Air @sparkfun | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
We sell lots of products, but what are companies doing with those products? Purple Air’s use of SparkFun products help the world monitor air quality.
www2.purpleair.com
Air quality has been a hot topic, especially in recent years. The United States keeps breaking its records for wildfires and that is affecting surrounding states for months at a time. It isn’t uncommon to see the “Unhealthy Air Quality” notification during fire season, but for those that it really affects, knowing how unhealthy air quality is can be quite important.
This importance made the founder of Purple Air curious enough to create not just an entire company around air quality, but a community of people sharing their data to help others know the air quality in their area. From a humble beginning, PurpleAir has grown to a network of almost 11,000 air quality sensors in 80 countries. While their sensors are designed to share data over WiFi, the company turned to the SparkFun OpenLog when they needed the ability to log data while not connected to a network. This change also has the added benefit of allowing them to capture important information anytime a sensor crashes!
If you want to partner with SparkFun Electronics, contact us here: sparkfun.com/partner_with_us
We sell lots of products, but what are companies doing with those products? Purple Air’s use of SparkFun products help the world monitor air quality.
www2.purpleair.com
Air quality has been a hot topic, especially in recent years. The United States keeps breaking its records for wildfires and that is affecting surrounding states for months at a time. It isn’t uncommon to see the “Unhealthy Air Quality” notification during fire season, but for those that it really affects, knowing how unhealthy air quality is can be quite important.
This importance made the founder of Purple Air curious enough to create not just an entire company around air quality, but a community of people sharing their data to help others know the air quality in their area. From a humble beginning, PurpleAir has grown to a network of almost 11,000 air quality sensors in 80 countries. While their sensors are designed to share data over WiFi, the company turned to the SparkFun OpenLog when they needed the ability to log data while not connected to a network. This change also has the added benefit of allowing them to capture important information anytime a sensor crashes!
If you want to partner with SparkFun Electronics, contact us here: sparkfun.com/partner_with_us
