eq.Observer

A seismometer designed for students, citizen scientists and hobbyists.

Using readily available, inexpensive, off the shelf componenents, combine with open-source software and designs and a scientific social network we are able to capture scientific seismic wave data.

The accelerometers used in this project are a lot like the acceleration sensors found in many smart phones. These are called MEMS accelerometers. MEMS stands for micro electro mechanical system. These accelerometers suffer from signal noise, erronious data that must be removed. The data from a local network of many such seismometers can be combined to remove this noise.

The eq.Observer Mark 0

The Mark 0 is our prototype network seismometer. Built around the hugely sucessful Raspberry Pi the Mark 0 is a true hobbyest project. Both the Raspberry Pi and the MPU-9255 (a 9 axis sensor) are avilable from Amazon and other online resellers.

Everything you need to build your own Mark 0 is listed on the project page. This includes a Bill of Meterials list, software to run the unit and process the data, and design files for 3D printing a case.

If you already have your Mark 0 built you can complete the setup by visiting the setup page.

Downloads

All custom software, even the code for this website, is available from github

Complete system images are available from the releases section.

Documentation and customization instructions can be found on the wiki