Stream Disconnect Monitor

Abstract

A stream monitoring system that documents conductivity to determine if disconnects exist. This is useful when looking at water quality, levels, and potential drought patterns, but existing solutions are costly, inconvenient, and require a lot of maintenance. When collecting data over long periods of time, being able to access recordings wirelessly is ideal. We created a deployed a simple, inexpensive, durable beta model that records data and transfers onto a website wirelessly.

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Key Words: turbidity, Mayfly Data logger, Xbee LTE CAT M1, monitormywatershed.org, conductivity, sensor probe, PCB board, ESD protection, lightning, hardware block diagram, system flowchart