MQ series of gass sensors

Air quality

This is very area ranging from level of O2 CO2 to level of poisson gasses like CO and other gasses.
The prices for a sensor range from maybe 30 dkk to several 1000 KK

See here for an explanation for a MQ-4 sensor

MQ sensors

In the bottom is link to a unified library which handles all the mq sensors shown her

Library

Here you can browse what we have collected

Src folder list: here

Datasheets

Look into list of src below in AZIPs for zipped easy downloadbel version. Or scrool down for unpacked version

Src folder list: here

Articles and instructions

See in folder mqarticles in src folder linked above

Arduinotech has a long list of mq sensors here

Robocraze.com has more information here

Purpose/Type of gasses

Many of the sensors has a sensitivity graph. Please note that y-axis i logaritmic

• MQ - 2 Methane, Butane, LPG, smoke

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/smoke-sensor-mq-2.html

  • https://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/interfacing-mq2-gas-sensor-with-arduino

  • https://randomnerdtutorials.com/guide-for-mq-2-gas-smoke-sensor-with-arduino/

• MQ - 3 Alcohol, Ethanol, smoke

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/alcohol-gas-sensor-mq-3.html

  • https://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/interfacing-mq3-alcohol-sensor-with-arduino

• MQ - 4 Methane, CNG Gas (dyr)

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/methane-cng-gas-sensor-mq-4.html

  • https://www.makerguides.com/using-the-mq4-methane-gas-sensor-with-arduino-made-easy/

• MQ - 5 Natural gas, LPG

  • https://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/interfacing-mq5-gas-sensor-with-arduino

• MQ - 6 LPG, butane gas

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/lpg-gas-sensor-mq-6.html

• MQ - 7 Carbon Monoxide

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/carbon-monoxide-sensor-mq-7.html

  • https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-CO-Monitor-Using-MQ-7-Sensor/

• MQ - 8 Hydrogen Gas

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/hydrogen-gas-sensor-mq-8.html

• MQ - 9 Carbon Monoxide, flammable gasses

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/dual-gas-co-and-ch4-detection-sensor-mq-9b.html vrs 9b

  • https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Calibrate-Use-MQ9-Gas-Sensor-W-Arduino/

• MQ - 131 Ozone

• MQ - 135 Air Quality (CO, Ammonia, Benzene, Alcohol, smoke)

  • https://www.instructables.com/Easy-Air-Quality-Report-With-NodeMCUMQ135Cayenne/

  • https://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/interfacing-mq135-gas-sensor-with-arduino-to-measure-co2-levels-in-ppm

• MQ - 136 Hydrogen Sulfide gas

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/hydrogen-sulfide-gas-sensor-mq-136.html

• MQ - 137 Ammonia

  • https://www.sparkfun.com/ammonia-gas-sensor-mq-137.html

High q libraries and web pages

• Miguels famous covering-all-MQ-sensors

Articles

• MQ overview

  • MQ2

  • MQ3

  • MQ4

  • MQ5

  • MQ6

  • MQ8

  • MQ135

code

Src folder list: here

Other

A nice project about air quality SPG40 sensor

• https://www.instructables.com/Room-Air-Quality-Monitor/

Other from Sparkfun:

• https://www.sparkfun.com/sparkfun-environmental-sensor-bme688-qwiic.html

• https://www.sparkfun.com/sparkfun-environmental-sensor-bme688-qwiic.html

• https://www.sparkfun.com/sparkfun-environmental-sensor-breakout-bme680-qwiic.html

• https://www.sparkfun.com/sparkfun-ambient-light-sensor-veml7700-qwiic.html

• https://www.sparkfun.com/gas-sensor-module-zmod4450.html

A unified sensor library - for MQ2, MQ3, MQ4, MQ5, MQ6, MQ7, MQ8, MQ9, MQ131, MQ135, MQ303A, MQ309A.

• an unified library for all the sensors - I have NOT tried it

• https://github.com/miguel5612/MQSensorsLib the library

SOME THING TO NOTE

• energy consumption

• time to warm up when switched on until first measurement is valid

• Qality of data

  • accuracy

  • range: PPM: parts pr million

Always under construction

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