Ronan Mullally wrote:
> How about a Dallas 1-wire based solution? They definitely work under
> linux, indeed there's a One-Wire File System (owfs) to make data
> collection a doddle.
>> I've used 1-wire sensors to measure temperature in racks, and I know there
> are sensors available that will measure humidity / voltage / presence of
> water / etc. The interface is a simple USB dongle or a 9-pin <-> RJ45
> plug. I can't vouch for accuracy (but IIRC you can buy sensors that have
> been properly calibrated at an extra course).
>> A quick google turns for "Dallas 1-wire weather station" turns up
>http://www.audon.co.uk/[snip]
Sounds great - but I quite like the advantage the Oregon scientific one
gives me, which includes looking up other people's long range weather
forecast and displaying it on the main unit, complete with pretty
graphics :)
Will have a shot at getting the Oregon Scientific one running first,
even if it is with a Windows VM running under Linux, which is a
technique I use quite a bit for Windows only software - means I can have
a Linux server left running and doing useful things, only one of which
happens to be running a Windows VM :)
Best regards,
-->Gar
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