Hi Steinar,

Steinar Midtskogen <[email protected]> wrote:

>[Marc MERLIN]
>
>> If they don't exist as wireless, you're indeed out of luck. You
>obviously
>> know what you're doing, while in the past I saw people with the same
>problem
>> using 1-wire devices that totally exist as wireless options and where
>> actually cheaper in a WMR-200 than as independent 1-wire sensors.
>
>I agree that cost isn't the one reason to choose 1-wire, though I
>should add that the snow depth sensor that I've built with 1-wire
>stuff costs about $300 in parts and a couple of hours of work, while
>commercial sensors easily cost $3000+.  Or that it's hard to beat the
>cost of DS1820 at $1 each at eBay if you need dozens of thermometers.
>Or that if something breaks, it's often simple to repair 1-wire stuff
>with spare components, whereas a weather station bought at the
>supermarket will have to be returned.
>
>Still, I recommend people who wonder what equipment I use to go for a
>"supermarket" version unless they're prepared to use the soldering
>iron.
>
>And I like owfs a lot, so even if I bought something completely
>different, I'd still be inclined to make a 1-wire interface so I could
>still use owfs...

I'd love to know more about your custom sensors and your 1-wire network (it 
always help to know what others are doing/using); have you documented your 
stuff somewhere? Have you built any microcontroller-based 1-wire sensors?

Cheers,


-- 

Eloy Paris

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