Citizen action in environmental monitoring
The Smart Citizen Kit 2.0 is here!
Gather information on your environment and make it available to everyone.
Smart Citizen is a team of passionate people who believe data is critical to inform political participation at all levels. We develop tools for citizen action in environmental monitoring, and methodologies for community engagement and co-creation. For the past three years, the Smart Citizen team has been working on an updated version of the Smart Citizen Kit. This new kit collects urban data more accurately and is easier to use.
The platform
What are the levels of air pollution around your home or work? What about noise? Or humidity? The Smart Citizen platform harvests data from the kits in real-time and make it accesible to everyone in a very intuitive way.
How does it work?
What does the kit measure?
Weather conditions
Measure onsite weather conditions and discover how your home insulation or the vegetation have an impact on your everyday life!
Also they are complementary metrics required to make sense of the air quality data.
Temperature
C
Barometric Pressure
kPa
Humidity
%rh
Noise pollution
Measure noise to understand how it influences comfort and health issues in your city!
You can also find out how it relates to human activity and even explore its relation with air quality.
Sound Pressure
dBA
Light pollution
Measure ambient light to find out the consequences of urbanisation in rural areas, or obtain valuable information to complete your environmental data readings!
Light Levels
lx
Air Quality
Air pollution is a significant health and ecological issue around the world!
Measure the key pollutants and discover which are the primary sources of pollution in your neighbourhood and how to fight them!
Car exhausts
NO2
ppb
CO
ppm
Dust particles
PM 1/2.5/10
μg/m3
We are fully open source, and proud of it!
Visit our Github RepositoryTechnical specs
Connectivity
wifi
The SCK 2.0 is designed to publish data using your home or office Wi-Fi. It currently supports most standard networks (b/g/n) with open, WEP or WPA/WPA2 authentication.
WPA2 Enterprise networks not currently supported.
Storage
Internal Memory
The SCK v2.0 includes an internal memory to store more than one week of data when the device loses its connectivity. Data is published automatically when the connection recovers.
SD Card
For operation in remote areas, it can store data in CSV format on an SD/SDHC MicroSD with a standard FAT file system. While in Wi-Fi mode when a card it is present it also stores the published data on the SD as a backup. Data can later be uploaded manually to the platform using the “Manual Data Upload” option.
Power management
Battery Lifetime
The SCK 2.0 comes with a 2000mAh LiPo battery. The battery is meant to be a complete power option for short-term measurements and a backup solution when the kit it is used for long periods. The battery lifetime depends extremely on the kind of sensors enabled or disabled:
All the sensors publishing over Wi-Fi: 12 hrs. All the sensors publishing on SD card: 13 hrs. Without Air Quality Sensors over Wi-Fi: 10 days Without Air Quality Sensors on SD card: 25 days
Battery charging
The SCK 2.0 has a micro USB port and can be charged as any Smartphone or Tablet using a dedicated adapter or any computer USB port. We recommend a Tablet power adaptor for the quick charging. Autonomy can be extended by using a Power Brick, a 5V PV Panel, or a through glass induction charger (currently under development).
Configuration and updates
Configuration
The online onboarding website guides you on the assembly and configuration process. You will need a computer with an internet connection to start using the SCK 2.0.
Software updates
The SCK 2.0 presents to a computer as a USB Storage device. A new firmware can be uploaded by simply downloading and dragging on top a new binary firmware release. The Wi-Fi module firmware is updated automatically over-the-air every time the main processor firmware it’s updated.
Physical
Smart Citizen Kit
Weight: 160 gr.
Dimensions: 60 x 60 x 20 mm
Smart Citizen Kit + Enclosure
Weight: 65 gr.
Dimensions: 110 x 110 x 50 mm
You might be wondering...
When will the sck 2.0 be available?
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CAN THE SCK 2.0 BE PLACED OUTDOORS?
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WILL YOU OFFER DISCOUNTS FOR BULK PURCHASES?
Yes. We can offer discounts if the number of units ordered exceeds a threshold amount. Ideally, we will be able to apply a small discount of 5% starting from 25 units. For orders of more than 100 units, we could reach the 10% or more.
Which sensors does the kit include?
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SmartCitizen has received funding from the European Community’s H2020 Programme under Grant Agreement No. 689954.