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They have some tech specs: https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/media/boschsensortec/downloa...

> Laser light is emitted from the sensor and focused by the sensor lens at approximately 5 mm from the top of the sensor’s lens surface.

> Particles traveling in free space due to the natural ambient airflow are detected when passing through the laser focal (sensitive) region.

> Due to the interaction between particles and light, the light scatters in different directions; a fraction is back-scattered towards the sensor, where the integrated photo-detectors detect it.

> The back-scattered signal is processed by unique algorithms (based on particle counts, particle relative velocity, probed air volume during measurement) to derive the particulate matter mass concentration.

parent dist-epoch 1 year ago

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