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The South African Consortium of Air Quality Monitoring (SACAQM) is proud to announce the achievement of a key milestone. On the 16th of...

In an exciting new development SACAQM develops the first version of the master node.  This is the principal element of the network of...

SACAQM has integrated LoRa communication with the AI_r system. LoRa technology holds immense importance for IoT applications, offering...

SACAQM has shipped ten complete air quality systems to Prof. Godfred Boateng of the Dahddaleh Institute for Global Health Research at the...

Members of SACAQM in Johannesburg are currently performing calibrating procedures of ten air quality systems. Measurements made with the...

Ten complete air quality systems arrive at our laboratories in Johannesburg. Currently, the systems are undergoing testing and...

The system measures PM0.1, 2.5, 4, 10, VOC, NOX, temperature and humidity. It talks to the cloud through the cellular network, where the...

Nordic Semiconductor donated 45 nRF9160DKs to the SACAQM to be assembled into fully functional Air Quality monitoring systems at CERN....

We set up a LoRa networking performance test in a mock mine shaft to determine the performance properties of the RFM95W LoRa radio under...

We use artificial intelligence with pollutant and weather measurements obtained from sensors at the air monitoring stations as the...

The SACAQM has successfully integrated the Sensirion SEN55 air quality sensor into the Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160DK running on the...

Prof. Mellado meet with the Managing Director of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Dr. Mary-Jane Bopape. The...

Prof. Mellado meets with Marco Gysel, an air quality sensing expert and a business development manager at the Swiss company Sensirion....

Prof. Bruce Mellado visited Sensirion, a Swiss company south of Zurich. As a manufacturer of cost-effective air-quality sensors and other...

Prof. Mellado met with Dr. Naser Faruqui of the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Currently, Dr. Faruqui is the...

SACAQM members at CERN receive support from Nordic Semiconductor in the form of their latest nRF9160 DK . The nRF9160 SiP is certified...

Initial testing of the Senersion SEN55 air quality sensor has begun with the use of an Arduino UNO. Upon successful completion the sensor...

The Senserion SEN55 is an Environmental Sensor Node for Air Quality Applications. It provides critical air quality measurements of the...

Nordic Semiconductor adds support and technical expertise to international air quality monitoring initiative

Prof. Mellado has been invited to give a keynote address. the NSTF Basic sciences for sustainable development Discussion Forum that will...

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with University of Cyprus, University of Surrey, and BioDynaMo. University of Cyprus...

On October 3rd, 2022 Prof. Mellado visited Perovskia Solar, close to Geneva, one of our partners in the area of technology transfer....

Onesimo Mtintsilana, a researcher in the SACAQM team has visited our partner Perovskia solar in order to collect solar cells to advance...

Prof. Bruce Mellado has been invited to give a plenary talk at the Prof. Bruce Mellado has been invited to give a plenary talk at the...