 Dust is one of the most harmful pollutants. There are many natural as well as man-made activities that generate dust. The scientific term for dust is particulate matter. Based on its size in microns, it is identified as PM1, PM2.5, PM10 and PM100. Dust droid is specifically developed to profile different sizes of particulate matter present in the ambient air. It counts every single particulate present in the air sample using a highly accurate laser beam. It can measure ultra-fine particulate matter, which is called UFPM, which is PM1, suspended particulate matter, SPM, which are PM2.5 and PM10 and total suspended particulate, TSP, which is PM100. It works on active sampling method, maintaining a constant airflow rate of 1 litre per minute. From these two points, it continuously intakes the sample of air, which is eventually exerted from these ends. Dust droid is a particle counter which derives weight per volume concentration based on the characteristics of the dust. While measuring, it nullifies the effect of humidity by applying the compensation algorithms. Through this probe, it measures atmospheric conditions like temperature, humidity and pressure. You can observe there are three additional ports to attach external modules like NMO meter and rainfall monitoring systems. These additional meteorological parameters enable us to predict dust dispersion in the surrounding areas. This is where power input is attached. It can either be through external power or solar panel. For data communication, dust droid is available with range of wireless options like GSM, Wi-Fi, Lora, SigFox, Narrowband IoT and wired options like Ethernet and Modbus. This equipment which I have with me is our GSM variant, whereas this is the RJ45 port for Ethernet-based connectivity as a secondary communication. The entire purpose of monitoring particulate matter is to trigger data-driven actions. The real-time dust data is collected on OISOM IoT platform which can be hosted on OISOMs or the customer's infrastructure. This data can be integrated with any third-party application using our secured APIs. This data can further be visualized and analyzed on our data terminal which can generate actionable alerts, print ready reports and historical data analytics. Dust droid can trigger threshold-based smart alerts for immediate dust suppression. These triggers can be used to automate dust suppression systems like purifiers, sprinklers, mist cannons, dust collectors etc. To know more about the capabilities of our data platform, click on the data accessibility thumbnail below.