With surprisingly few problems, I have been able to set up a mesh network with a node that is monitoring the temperature of my house. AND I figured out a way to show it dynamically on a web page:
Read on to see the workflow
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It’s getting hot in my office
I am continuing my exploration of the particle devices. This time, I have a Xenon that is connected to a TMP36 temperature sensor sitting in my office at home. Every second, it updates a variable on the cloud that contains the current temperature of my office.
It’s elemental
I recently purchased a few particles in part because they are little devices that are named after elements that allow you to connect sensors to the internet; what about these items does not scream BoBtheChemist?
I’m currently running through some tutorials and am sure to forget a thing or three, so I’m going to chronicle my experience in hopes to (a) have a central repository for my work, (b) show that my website does have some activity (c) possibly serve as a resource for the 1-2 bots that frequent my website.
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Do you know what a film canister is? It’s a small plastic container that used to contain film. Do you know what film is? If you don’t, chances are you were born after 2003, which is about the time when digital photography overtook film photography. It’s interesting that the container that was used to store film has actually outlived the film itself; you can buy packs of film canisters on Amazon for about $0.50 a piece. They are useful for storage, art projects and film canister rockets.
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Does your Periodic Table remember your birthday? Mine does.
