Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research

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 co...

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Vydáno v:Hydrology and earth system sciences Ročník 23; číslo 4; s. 2065 - 2076
Hlavní autoři: Wickert, Andrew D., Sandell, Chad T., Schulz, Bobby, Ng, Gene-Hua Crystal
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 24.04.2019
Copernicus Publications
Témata:
Alkaline batteries
Batteries
Data
Data loggers
Design
Embedded systems
Environmental monitoring
Field study
Firmware
Glacier melting
Glaciers
Hydraulic flow
Interactions
Interfaces
Libraries
Microcontrollers
Modularity
Power
Sensors
Software
Storage batteries
Stream discharge
Stream flow
Streamflow
Technology application
Testing
Weather
ISSN:1607-7938, 1027-5606, 1607-7938
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Shrnutí: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 −30 and +60 ∘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.
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ISSN:1607-7938
1027-5606
1607-7938
DOI:10.5194/hess-23-2065-2019