Hardware components for water measurement

Dan wants to try measuring water. Here are some things that Tom and others suggest he acquire.

• Distance sensor
  • Infrared (Tom has one.)
  • Ultrasound (Buy one at Adafruit or Makershed or something.) http://www.makershed.com/product_p/mkpx5.htm or http://adafruit.com/products/172
• Arduino (Tom has one.)
• The Arduino Cookbook (Tom has it.)
• General stuff Tom can give Dan
  • Soldering iron
  • Breadboard
  • Some wire
  • Some solder

Alternatives to optical water level sensor -

using a pressure transducer http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/Waterlevel

using a valve http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/index.php?title=G1/2_Water_Flow_sensor - buy http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/-p-635:6a10bbd480e4c5573d8f3af73ae0454b.html

using a solid-state sensor http://www.milonetech.com/About_eTape.php