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by gruez 1241 days ago
> I've used PMSA003I and BME688 sensors to check for particulate and VOC's.

Keep in mind that the VOC sensors you're talking about aren't designed to pick up all types of VOCs. They're designed to detect specific types of VOCs (eg. ethanol or acetone) associated with human occupation and/or urban pollution[1], because that's the use case that they're designed for. If you use them to measure something entirely different (eg. plastic fumes), it shouldn't be surprising at all that they don't pick up anything.

[1] https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/media/boschsensortec/downloa...