Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research
<p>Automated electronic data loggers revolutionized environmental monitoring by enabling reliable high-frequency measurements. However, the potential to monitor the complex environmental interactions involved in global change has not been fully realized due to the high cost and lack of modular...
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| author | A. D. Wickert A. D. Wickert A. D. Wickert C. T. Sandell B. Schulz B. Schulz B. Schulz G.-H. C. Ng G.-H. C. Ng |
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| description | <p>Automated electronic data loggers revolutionized environmental monitoring by
enabling reliable high-frequency measurements. However, the potential to
monitor the complex environmental interactions involved in global change has
not been fully realized due to the high cost and lack of modularity of
commercially available data loggers. Responding to this need, we developed
the ALog (Arduino logger) series of three open-source data loggers, based on the popular and
easy-to-program Arduino microcontroller platform. ALog data loggers are low
cost, lightweight, and low power; they function between <span class="inline-formula">−30</span> and
<span class="inline-formula">+60</span> <span class="inline-formula"><sup>∘</sup></span>C, can be powered by readily available alkaline batteries, and
can store up to 32 GB of data locally. They are compatible with standard
environmental sensors, and the ALog firmware library may be expanded to add
additional sensor support. The ALog has measured parameters linked to
weather, streamflow, and glacier melt during deployments of days to years at
field sites in the USA, Canada, Argentina, and Ecuador. The result of this
work is a robust and field-tested open-source data logger that is the direct
descendant of dozens of individuals' contributions to the growing open-source
electronics movement.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4987bc2ec1da4d8f9bbf5473fd05338d2022-12-22T03:00:07ZengCopernicus PublicationsHydrology and Earth System Sciences1027-56061607-79382019-04-01232065207610.5194/hess-23-2065-2019Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field researchA. D. Wickert0A. D. Wickert1A. D. Wickert2C. T. Sandell3B. Schulz4B. Schulz5B. Schulz6G.-H. C. Ng7G.-H. C. Ng8Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, John T. Tate Hall, 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USASaint Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2 3rd Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USANorthern Widget LLC, Saint Paul, MN, USANorthern Widget LLC, Saint Paul, MN, USADepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, John T. Tate Hall, 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USANorthern Widget LLC, Saint Paul, MN, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Kenneth H. Keller Hall, 200 Union St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USADepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, John T. Tate Hall, 116 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USASaint Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2 3rd Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA<p>Automated electronic data loggers revolutionized environmental monitoring by enabling reliable high-frequency measurements. However, the potential to monitor the complex environmental interactions involved in global change has not been fully realized due to the high cost and lack of modularity of commercially available data loggers. Responding to this need, we developed the ALog (Arduino logger) series of three open-source data loggers, based on the popular and easy-to-program Arduino microcontroller platform. ALog data loggers are low cost, lightweight, and low power; they function between <span class="inline-formula">−30</span> and <span class="inline-formula">+60</span> <span class="inline-formula"><sup>∘</sup></span>C, can be powered by readily available alkaline batteries, and can store up to 32 GB of data locally. They are compatible with standard environmental sensors, and the ALog firmware library may be expanded to add additional sensor support. The ALog has measured parameters linked to weather, streamflow, and glacier melt during deployments of days to years at field sites in the USA, Canada, Argentina, and Ecuador. The result of this work is a robust and field-tested open-source data logger that is the direct descendant of dozens of individuals' contributions to the growing open-source electronics movement.</p>https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/23/2065/2019/hess-23-2065-2019.pdf |
| spellingShingle | A. D. Wickert A. D. Wickert A. D. Wickert C. T. Sandell B. Schulz B. Schulz B. Schulz G.-H. C. Ng G.-H. C. Ng Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
| title | Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research |
| title_full | Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research |
| title_fullStr | Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research |
| title_short | Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research |
| title_sort | open source arduino compatible data loggers designed for field research |
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