Abstract

Air pollution is a critical problem that is currentlyplaguing Asia in the perilous fight against environmentalpollution. It refers to the harmful substances and pollutants inthe air that play an essential role in the depletion of the ozonelayer while being a grave hazard to the ecological system. Aprincipal cause of air pollution is the increase in vehiculartraffic, especially in Asia, that has been noted in recent years.The combustion reaction that occurs when cars burn gasolineleads to the emission of Carbon Monoxide (one of the principalconstituents of air pollution). According to many recent studies,Carbon Monoxide is fatal enough to cause health issues whichmay lead to death in some extreme cases. Thus, it comes as nosurprise that regulating car pollution is a paramount step infinding a solution to this global issue.<br>Therefore, we are developing a system using a carbonmonoxide sensor (MQ-7) and Arduino Uno microcontroller,which detects the gas emission from the car exhaust. Internetwill play an important role in the communication of physicalthings. Physical objects can be empowered through theembedded electronics into it, to make them smart and at thesame time IoT gives the connection among these objects to givehigh quality of life to the people. Hardware, softwarecomponents works cooperatively to build the IoT. Thistechnology is used in the development of air pollution detectionsystem.