Volker Kuhlmann wrote, On 26/09/14 18:01: > On Fri 26 Sep 2014 10:19:58 NZST +1200, C. Falconer wrote: > >> Has anyone used Hobo temperature and humidity data loggers? >> >> http://www.scottech.net/products/by_supplier/hobo/indoor_monitoring_/hobo_ux100_temp_rh_dataloggers/ >> >> Supplier is in Hamilton, and they're a lot cheaper than weatherducks and a >> lot more accurate than motherboard sensors. > No I haven't used them and their server is down. > > Depends on what you want to do with them. If you want to monitor some > workplace computers they're probably ok. For home I wouldn't touch > anything that is wireless, and you have to decide how often you can be > bothered to swap batteries. Check specs, if it doesn't tell you humidity > accuracy properly it's a guesstimator only (which might still beat your > motherboard?!??). > > Consider hacking up an arduino solution. For temperature that is totally > trivial, using DS18B20 sesnors in TO92 case. For humidity much code > exists for various sensors too, however most of thm are neither terribly > accurate nor calibrated. If you don't care that's easy, if you do it's > expensive. Excellent sensors are the SHT21 and similar from Sensirion, > easy to use, but you pay for quality. >
Thanks for that - I have a couple of different probe things already. I asked specifically about the hobo ones. Not sure if its general purpose, or if it needs a windows app to read. I have a sample one on its way. The Website works for me. -- CF _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
