Temperature and electricity monitoring

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[Willem] has been using an Arduino to monitor temperatures and electricity usage. For the temperature monitoring he picked up some 1-wire temperature sensors similar to those we've featured in the past. To pick up on electricity usage he's not using an amp sensors, but because he's in the UK he does have a flashing LED on his power meter. There's a known trick to pick up these flashes with a photo … [Read more...]

Parts: 1-Wire temperature sensor (DS1822)

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Download: buspirate.v0d.zip Dallas/Maxim's 1-Wire protocol is the most requested addition to the Bus Pirate.  We finally got some 1-Wire parts, and today we'll demonstrate the DS1822 1-Wire digital thermometer. Grab the datasheet (PDF) and follow along. This post is accompanied by release v.0d of the Bus Pirate firmware for hardware version 0. This includes the new 1-Wire protocol library, … [Read more...]