On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 11:51, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 11:39:13PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > > > Actually, there's two parts. First we need a machine to collect > > > data from an inexpensive weather station and then copy (ftp/scp) the > > > data to some location every so often. > > > > > > Any suggestions for weather stations (a piece of equipment, not an > > > online "station") that a linux box can talk to? I assume a serial port > > > is the interface of choice here. > > > > > > The second part is for a web site to fetch the data and convert it into > > > some type of display suitable for a web page. It would be nice to have > > > something graphic (even if it is static data -- could use some animated > > > image to give the effect of the wind speed fluctuating, I suppose ;) > > > > > > Any ideas? > > I recall from pop electronics or maybe the back of Linux (world,format...) > > some ruggedized simple data logging devices (temp, Hg, vibration) with > > serial intefaces that run on batteries? > > I just did a google: Bingo! > > www.picotech.com
Do you think these RS232 devices could be controlled by a USB-Serial adapter? (Since on-board serial is slowly going the way of the dinosaur?) > Do they support Linux now? Their ads look like they're still M$-only. > They use a parallel port interface, so it might be rather awkward to > figure out how to drive them. A dead-tree advert I have suggests > http://www.ObservantWorld.com , who make a thing called a "Data > Station" that gives you a bunch of analogue and digital inputs and > outputs and is controlled via RS232. Or you could program a PIC > microcontroller to do the job. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Why should we not accept all in favor of woman suffrage to our platform and association even though they be rabid pro-slavery Democrats." Susan B. Anthony, _History_of_Woman_Suffrage_ http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/essays/introduction.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]