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# Carbon Monoxide & Flammable Gas Sensor MQ-9

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** POLOLU-1483 · **Brand:** [Pololu](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/pololu-australia)
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This semiconductor gas sensor detects the presence of Carbon Monoxide at concentrations from 10 to 1,000 ppm and combustible gas from 100 to 10,000 ppm. The sensor’s simple analog voltage interface requires only one analog input pin from your microcontroller.

## Pricing

- **Price:** $5.91 (inc GST) — $5.37 AUD, exc GST

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## Description

This Carbon Monoxide (CO) and flammable gas sensor detects the concentrations of CO and combustible gas in the air and ouputs its reading as an analog voltage. The sensor can measure concentrations of CO from 10 to 1,000 ppm and flammable gas from 100 to 10,000 ppm.The sensor can operate at temperatures from -10 to 50°C and consumes less than 150 mA at 5 V. Please read the MQ9 datasheet (180k pdf) for more information about the sensor.

**Connections**

The heating (H) pins are meant to be operated in a dual voltage cycle: 5 V across the pins for 60 seconds to heat the sensor and then 1.5 V for 90 seconds while reading the sensor. Connecting 5 V at either the A or B pins causes the sensor to emit an analog voltage on the other pins. A resistive load between the output pins and ground sets the sensitivity of the detector. Please note that the picture in the datasheet for the top configuration is wrong. Both configurations have the same pinout consistent with the bottom configuration.The resistive load should be calibrated for your particular application using the equations in the datasheet, but a good starting value for the resistor is 20 kO.

Pololu offer two breakout boards that make it easier to interface with these sensors: a [Pololu carrier board](https://core-electronics.com.au/pololu-carrier-for-mq-gas-sensors-bare-pcb-only.html) and a [SparkFun carrier board](https://core-electronics.com.au/sparkfun-carrier-for-mq-gas-sensors-bare-pcb-only.html). The Pololu version is shown below.

 | \| [![](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/0J2254_26555547b41.jpg)](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/0J2254_19156102648.jpg) \| \|---\| \| Pololu MQ gas sensor carrier with sensitivity-setting resistor soldered in the vertical orientation. \| |
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**People often buy this product together with:**

 | [![Pololu Carrier for MQ Gas Sensors (Bare PCB Only)](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/0J2249_5622db37a5.jpg)](https://core-electronics.com.au/pololu-carrier-for-mq-gas-sensors-bare-pcb-only.html) | [Pololu Carrier for MQ Gas Sensors (Bare PCB Only)](https://core-electronics.com.au/pololu-carrier-for-mq-gas-sensors-bare-pcb-only.html) |
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**File downloads**

- **Carbon Monoxide and flammable gas sensor MQ-9 datasheet (180k pdf)**

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