Your home's air could be making you sick. Fight back!

Did you know drowsiness and mental fatigue could be related to stale air in your home, school, or office?

I'll show you how I built a DIY air quality monitor so I could quantify the indoor air contaminants that were causing me problems!

Products mentioned in this video (some links below are affiliate links):

- AirGradient DIY: https://www.airgradient.com/diy/
- TemTop M2000C Air Quality Monitor: https://amzn.to/3gZpwUi

Tools I used to assemble the board:

- Aven 17010 Circuit Board Holder: https://amzn.to/2Ydqcil
- SE MZ101B Helping Hands: https://amzn.to/2WEBBqO
- Weller WES-51 soldering station: https://amzn.to/38wMvl5
- BB400 Solderless Breadboard: https://amzn.to/3taU0b4
- WS-5 Adjustable wrench wire stripper: https://amzn.to/3t5fohP
- DOWELL Flush Cutter: https://amzn.to/3jCubxe

Blog post with even more detail:

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/airgradient-diy-air-quality-monitor-co2-pm25

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Contents:

00:00 - Drowsy in my office
01:28 - Air Quality monitors
02:44 - AirGradient DIY Parts
04:06 - AirGradient Assembly
06:39 - 3D-printed case
07:24 - AirGradient DIY Software
10:08 - Metrics endpoint for Prometheus
11:05 - Is it useful?
12:34 - Future upgrades and outtakes