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I'm not a treekie really, but I was impressed from this project, https://hackaday.io/project/1395-open-source-science-tricorder , I was looking for a project to learn more electronics, and I'd like to have a suite of sensors, so this could be perfect. In fact I will try first to understand in completely, and then maybe even update it. The original autor is peterjansen In current state has this suite of sensors(c/p from the web of the project): Atmospheric Sensors Ambient Temperature and Humidity: Measurement Specialties HTU21D Ambient Pressure: Bosch Sensortec BMP180 Multi-gas sensor: SGX-Sensortech MICS-6814 Electromagnetic Sensors 3-Axis Magnetometer: Honeywell HMC5883L Lightning sensor: AMS AS3935 X-ray and Gamma Ray Detector: Radiation Watch Type 5 Low-resolution thermal camera: Melexis MLX90620 16×4 Home-built linear polarimeter: 2x TAOS TSL2561 UV: Silicon Labs Si1145 Spectrometer: Hamamatsu C12666MA micro-spectrometer, with NeoPixel light source Spatial Sensors Inertial Measurement Unit: Invensense MPU-9150 9-axis (3-axis accelerometer, gyro, and magnetometer) Other Sensors Microphone: Analog Devices ADMP401 For now I already have the pcbs from OSHpark (I have two spares if someone is interested we can talk), and some of the sensors and the microcontroller that I get in samples ( I would like to express my gratitude for the companies who give me the samples, could a mod concrete if this is permitted in this forum? is a form of advertising in some way) This fairly is not really a cheap project (I myself won't do the spectrometer and thermal camera board for now, because this both are more expensive than every else combined) but I could encourage it as an instrument to teach science to kids and curious people. If this goes well, I MAY sold them in little quantities to help pay me a master (I'm trying to change my career orientation), and try to make it more affordable. Tomorrow I will upload some of the first photos of the pcbs. What do you think about this project?