Videos

Installing an EnviroDIY Mayfly Sensor Station

The EnviroDIY Mayfly Sensor Station is one of many possible designs for environmental science and monitoring using the Mayfly Data Logger, a low-cost, open-source hardware solution for connecting with environmental sensors, recording measurements, and relaying data to the internet.

For complete instructions on programming, building, installing, and managing an EnviroDIY Mayfly Sensor Station, see the manual.

• Step 1: Choose location, initial steps for deployment
• Step 2: Prepare logger box for installation on land
• Step 3: Assemble logger box and attach to pole
• Step 4: Attach sensor bundle, run and secure wires
• Step 5: Attach solar panel and make final adjustments

Maintaining and Enhancing an EnviroDIY Mayfly Sensor Station

For complete instructions, see the EnviroDIY Sensor Station Manual Appendices.

• Sensor maintenance: sensor cleaning and bundle removal
• Performing quality control on the site and sensor station
• Installing a staff gauge at your sensor station site
• Downloading sensor station data

Measuring and Predicting Discharge and Chloride and/or Sediment Loads

For complete instructions, see the EnviroDIY Sensor Station Manual Appendices.

• Discharge rating curve calculator (flowmeter data)
• Discharge rating curve calculator (neutrally buoyant object data)
• Load calculator, part 1: entering rating curves
• Load calculator, part 2: preparing sensor data
• Load calculator, part 3: calculating storm loads
• Collecting a grab sample and building site rating curves
• Stage to area predictor: entering cross section data

Webinars

• Monitor My Watershed and EnviroDIY: Open-Source Environmental Sensors to Monitor Water Quality with Real-Time Access to Data (visual presentation begins at around the 3:15 mark)
• EnviroDIY Webinar with the California Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network
• EnviroDIY.org: A Resource for Do-It-Yourself, Real-Time, Low-Cost Environmental Monitoring Solutions with Penn State Water Resources Extension