Environmental Monitoring

Brian gnhlug at karas.net
Tue May 10 22:16:01 EDT 2005


While you're throwing out handy URL's, don't overlook:
http://www.phanderson.com/

:) 

Also, I don't think I've ever paid for a Dallas, Maxim, or NatSemi part.
Their engineering samples programs are pretty generous.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org 
> [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org] On Behalf Of Tom Buskey
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:05 PM
> To: gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
> Subject: Re: Environmental Monitoring
> 
> http://www.midondesign.com/index.html has a box w/ temp & 
> humidity sensing to serial port for ~ $135.  They also sell 
> the parts so you can make your own for less.
> 
> Nagios touts 
> http://www.nagios.org/products/environmental/esensors/em01.php
> which is ethernet/web based for temp, humidity, light.  It's 
> around $330.
> 
> http://www.spiderplant.com/hlt/index.html used to sell 
> something for around $100.  They now have schematics and 
> code.  They focus on Linux.
>  I worked with one of the owners.  Alas, they no longer sell 
> stuff but you can use their plans.
> 
> You might be able to use X10 based stuff.  I imagine once you 
> get all the parts it'll be more expensive.
> 
> You'll see Dallas and 1-wire interface alot in your search. 
> Unfortunately, if you want inexpensive, you'll have to roll your own.
>




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