

The gas sensitive material used by the MQ135 gas sensor is tin oxide (SnO2), which has low conductivity in clean air. When the sensor is kept in the polluting gases, the conductivity of the sensor increases with the increase in the concentration of the polluted air. Using a simple circuit can convert the change in conductivity into an output signal corresponding to the gas concentration.
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The gas sensor module consists of a steel exoskeleton under which a sensing element is housed. This sensing element is subjected to current through connecting leads. This current is known as heating current through it, the gases coming close to the sensing element get ionized and are absorbed by the sensing element. This changes the resistance of the sensing element which alters the value of the current going out of it.
Configuration MQ-135 gas sensor
From left to right first pins are as follows:
A0 Analog output
D0 Digital output
GND Ground
Vcc Supply (5V)
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