Always try to work in a safety relief valve in your gas flow systems. This inexpensive part saved me from some serious instrument damage while setting up my CH4/N2 flow system

Today I decided to use a Jetson Orin Nano (more on why later) and a Python script to control and acquire data. I was able to do it all from the command line!

I’m working on generating a 1 million-scan laser-sensor dataset to train a machine learning model for real-time gas sensing. Initially I thought about using LabView to control and read from the mass flow controllers. I spent 4 hours connecting the wrong VIs to each other haha

Working in LabVIEW this week. Trying to automate the data acquisition of methane in nitrogen over a wide concentration range, 1 to 10,000 ppm (1%), with the purpose of building a machine learning training dataset for a new approach to methane sensing

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Laser on! Got the laser and TEC wired correctly using the ThorLabs K-cube controllers. Finally rippin’ photons near 2281 nm!

Working through some laser TEC-control details.

Consider getting involved with Daybreak Labs and Startup Tri Valley if you’re in the Tri Valley area. Always a great opportunity to meet entrepreneurs at their events

Sometimes you just can’t avoid having to pull out the soldering kit haha

Even a 1-2 degree change in ambient temperature can result in a spectral shift in spectrometer measurements. In this Sensor paper, they show how to correct for spectral shift using an artificial neural network Click below for 2 min summary https://t.co/dIwzwRcjx1

Not quite coin-sized but an interesting approach to 25X your pathlength. Read my 2-minute summary of a 2023 sensors paper! https://t.co/wkEJNsDhe0

I wish there was a ChatGPT chrome extension. Would be super helpful! #ChatGPT

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A 100 μm x 100 μm x 100 μm FTIR spectrometer! There are some caveats of course but I can see how these miniature FTIR spectrometers will massively improve spectral imaging cameras. https://t.co/DH8f78YO7T

I'm no frequency comb expert so took me a while to read through this. Researchers conclude a 12 parts per trillion detection limit. I certainly would love to learn more about the electro-optic sampling method they use in the study, never used it before https://t.co/DlPh7fJP9S

I get the sense that us business owners are being pressured to provide a work-life balance. Especially given the lingering pandemic stressors. @Codie_Sanchez I find your candidness around seeking out hungry operators refreshing! We shouldn’t be settling for 9-5ers.

Recent nature electronics UCSD paper demonstrates sweat sensor with a printed battery and real-time display that can measure sodium, pH, glucose, or lactate. Making measurements every 30 seconds, the battery lasts up to 120 hours (5 days) https://t.co/DpgclV3CTC

Air quality data was collected in Delhi, India using a combination of low-cost (Kaiterra) sensors and existing government sensors over 2 years. Using a neural network-based mode researchers were able to predict next-day pollution levels to within 10% https://t.co/0P8Lt9BFEF

These guys crashed a confederate army reenactment, they even came dressed to play a role.