Mind you, I haven't done anything like this, but if I did I'd use zigbee. I read and enjoyed the book Building Wireless Sensor Networks (second edition) by Robert Faludi. It's specifically about zigbee. He uses the XBee radios, from Digi International; they look reasonably priced. For the computer he uses an Arduino, but it'd probably be easy to translate the concepts to the BBB.
http://goo.gl/1ClUxI On Friday, January 3, 2014 9:55:34 AM UTC-8, Michael Cummins wrote: > > Relatively new to small platforms and Linux in general. Have a new > BeagleBone Black and am thinking about monitoring/logging sensors for > future projects like monitoring solar heating, power consumption, state of > devices in home, etc. > > I read that CANBUS is a preferred method for multiple sensors on a long > wire. Would you agree? > > What does the CANBUS Cape offer beyond what the BBB can already do? > > Should I skip the wire and learn to work with wireless sensors first? I > imagine the cost is higher, but would that be a more robust and more easily > managed network? > > Someone on the forums implied that the future of BBB and Angstrom is in > question. Should I do my learning on Ubuntu instead, as I'm just getting > started? > > Thanks for your time, patience and experience as I start imagining ways > forward. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
