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Hydrogen sulfide detection for fart detector

by warren on September 6, 2011 - 15:24

This amazing documentation of a fart detector uses a hydrogen sulfide sensor similar to what we're attempting to use in (natural) gas patch communities to detect harmful air contamination:

http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/ee476/FinalProjects/s2009/rac82_mos22/rac...

The two young gentlemen from Cornell (Robert Clain and Miguel Salas) who assembled the project helpfully cite toxicological effects of H2S:

http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/ee476/FinalProjects/s2009/rac82_mos22/rac...

They also provide source code for their detection system.

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