Version 0.020 is outdated.
xSpectrolum version v0.020
This is the third functional spectrometer in the xSpectrolum series. It was finished on 17 june 2020. It is built on an Arduino Nano board and 9 other modules (breakout boards or components) as shown in the wiring diagram below. All included modules/components are listed below.
Spectrometer box
The box holding all the components is similar to version 0.019, including tilted light sources that focus 5 cm from the spectrometer.
Spectrometer solid sampler
The solid sampler fits on the front of the spectrometer box and assures that sampling is confined to the oval opening. All three integrated light sources, the strong led built into the Adafruit 6-channel spectrometer, the SMD 5050 RGB LED, and the red laser all point towards the oval opening.
Spectrometer cuvette holder
Also the cuvette holder fits on the front of the spectrometer box. The steering of the light sources through liquid samples is not finalized.
Assembly
Modules and components
Apart from the Arduino Nano microcontroller, there are a total of nine different modules/components included in xSpectrolum’s spectrometer version v0.020. To get more information, including the separate scripts for individual controls, follow the links.
TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Module TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor Module SHT10 moisture and temperature sensor SHTXY moisture and temperature sensor Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor v1.2 Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor v1.2 DS18B20 temperature module DS18B20 temperature component integrated as an externally wired thermometer SMD 5050 ws2811 8 mm LED 8 mm RGB LED with builtin WS2811 chip and the SMD 5050 Red laser 650nm 3v Red laser 650nm 3v BT10 with Bluetooth dual-mode BLE4.0 BT10 with Bluetooth dual-mode BLE4.0 +2.0 Android Pololu VL6180X Time-of-Flight Distance Sensor and ambient light module Pololu VL6180X Time-of-Flight Distance Sensor and ambient light module Sparkfun AS7263 6-Channel infrared spectrometer Sparkfun Breakout board with AMS AS7263 infrared spectrometer Adafruit AS7262 6-Channel Visible spectrometer Adafruit Breakout board with AMS AS7262 spectrometer