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Open source water leak sensor setup for ThingSpeak

Michael Hasselbeck on 13 Apr 2022 (Edited on 18 Apr 2022)
Latest activity Reply by Michael Hasselbeck on 7 Dec 2022

I have developed an acoustic sensor that can pick up water leaks at a substantial separation distance. The leaks must originate from pressurized plumbing, which causes the emission of broadband acoustics. The sensor is on a small PCB that communicates with the host controller via I2C. I have connected to an ESP8266 WiFi module and uploaded data to ThingSpeak. The entire project is open-source; you can view the documentation, design files, and firmware on github:

https://github.com/microphonon/acoustic-leak-detector

Let me know if you have any questions. Mike

5 Comments

Vinod
Vinod on 14 Apr 2022

Thank you for sharing this awesome project with the community.

Hans Scharler
Hans Scharler on 14 Apr 2022

This is really neat! What are you going to do with this next?

Michael Hasselbeck
Michael Hasselbeck on 14 Apr 2022

Thank you. It is listed as a pre-launch product on the Crowd Supply website. If it gets enough interest, we will do a small production run. At the present time, I am trying to get feedback from the community, so take a look at the github link and post questions here. I'll do my best to answer.

Michael Hasselbeck
Michael Hasselbeck on 11 Aug 2022 (Edited on 11 Aug 2022)
The AquaPing is now open for pre-orders at Crowd Supply:
https://www.crowdsupply.com/microphonon/aquaping
Despite the global chip shortage, we were able to get an inventory of critical parts to do a limited production run. The campaign must first meet its funding goal.
Michael Hasselbeck
Michael Hasselbeck on 7 Dec 2022
Update: The crowd funding campaign for the acoustic leak sensor was successful. A production run was completed and units are being shipped to project backers in 17 US States and 7 countries.

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