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by adolph 1961 days ago
Are you looking at BME680 vs CCS811 vs SGP30 or something else?

https://www.jaredwolff.com/finding-the-best-tvoc-sensor-ccs8...

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I am using the PMSA003 for the PMx sensor, the DS-CO2-20 for the CO2 sensor, and was about to order this sensor breakout for CO and other gasses though currently it looks out of stock: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Multichannel-Gas-Sensor-v2...

I might play around with the BME680 but it’s VOC detection is very rudimentary and it does eCO2 which is basically a guess. There is also the MICS-6814 breakout for relatively cheap on AliExpress but reviews on it are mixed, saying it uses the wrong values for its resistors and capacitors and it’s not as accurate as the Grove one. The Grove board is the only one that measures separate gasses separately instead of measuring total gasses and then using a formula to try to divide the number down to expected parts.

In practice, who knows. I need to lay my hands on all of them. If I could get all this into a controlled environment to test it all that would really be ideal.

Thanks for that link, it was a great read and the comments were helpful as well.