Monthly archives: April, 2018

Controlling Ultrasonic Piezo Transducer Output with PWM Duty Cycle

For my capstone project at university I am working with a bunch of ultrasonic piezo transducers that require a variable sound pressure level (SPL) output. One way of achieving this is by driving the transducer with a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal and varying the duty cycle. My application actually requires a way of changing …

Sarajevo Historic Air Pollution and Air Pollution Sources Data

For the next few months I will be living in Sarajevo and working on a project to do with air pollution in the region. This project will involve the building of some sensors to measure some concentrations of air pollution, as well as helping out with the development of a live map that people will …

How Cold Can a Raspberry Pi Get?

The other day I was discussing with a colleague how cold the CPU of a Raspberry Pi would get if it were left out in the harsh Sarajevian winter. With Sarajevo being the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and my current whereabouts. He assured me the thing would not get very cold and me being …