Archives for December 2008
Gas Consumption Monitor
Published on 29 Dec 2008 at 1:58 pm.
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I got some time over the holiday period to carry out my threat to start monitoring our gas consumpition. The setup is an Arduino Duemilanove with ethernet shield. I used the standard software for the shield that comes with the IDE, trying it in both client and server modes. In the end I decided it should […]
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Arduino/ Ethernet and alternatives
Published on 5 Dec 2008 at 11:17 am.
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Had a look at a few options including PICAXE. Not a great deal to choose between them. Liking the philosophy behind Arduino I decided to bet on that as I only want to learn one platform. Initially found that the A. Ethernet Shield was not available in the UK. Ordered it directly from Italy.
In my travels, spoke to […]
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Monitoring with Homecamp
Published on 1 Dec 2008 at 4:12 pm.
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I’ve been able to move along a great deal in my thinking thanks to the Homecamp unconference on Saturday. The guys have done some inspirational stuff with monitoring so it’s clear what I need to do next. Thanks to Chris Dalby and helpers for putting this together.
My electricity cost meter has not arrived yet but when […]