I just finished and published my first product – the Arduino Shop Dust Collection Monitor. This was a fun project for me. The display tells me when to clean the cartridge filter in my dust collector.
The Dust Collection Monitor measures the pressure build up inside the cartridge filter. When the collector is on the filter pressure is displayed, which increases as the filter gets clogged with sawdust. When the pressure increases, it can help tell when it is time to clean the filter.
The monitor was built fairly cheaply using an Arduino. The monitor is hooked to the Internet, and can get and display the time, the temperature, humidity and barometric pressure in the shop. The dust collector motor tracks runtime in hours since the filter was last cleaned, since the filter was new, and a total for the dust collector itself.
To check it out – see my full article!
I want to build your dust collector monitor and I would like to purchase your code and diagram.
Hi, I’m interested in purchasing your dust collector monitor software. I have a question though, Is it possible to incorporate the following gate opening software posted on I Like To Make Stuff, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1JWH425o7c. I’ve purchased all of the hardware needed for both projects in anticipation of doing both, but it would be great if they somehow came together for a grand dust collector setup.