[Novalug] Cheap (homebrew) room temperature probe?

[Brandon Saxe]

Got it!

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8780


--- Brandon Saxe <brandon20va at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There was a homebrew article for this in a Linux
> Journal of past. I can't remember which issue,
> though.
> You may be able to find that article. The author
> interfaced with a device using perl and posted
> results
> to a website if I remember correctly.
> 
> --Brandon
> 
> --- Nick Danger <nick at hackermonkey.com> wrote:
> 
> > In our server room right now I have a handy dandy
> > little SNMP capable temp
> > probe. Nice unit. Also costs like $400. I would
> like
> > to keep tabs on the
> > temps in two cabinets we have at remote locations
> > but I cant justify the
> > expense of these units (there are no problems yet,
> > Im trying to be proactive
> > with my monitoring)
> > 
> > A long long time ago I took a thermister and
> > connected it to an apple //c
> > joystick port and threw it out my bedroom window.
> > Lots of math later (which
> > I sucked at so I tried splitting a curve into a
> few
> > straight lines and do
> > linear algebra on it) I had one of the first GBBS
> > sites with a temp probe.
> > 
> > There HAS to be a way to do this now with a PC.
> > Probably a little more
> > complicated since theres no analog joy port
> anymore
> > but maybe via serial? Or
> > parallel?  Im not looking for NASA grade accuracy,
> > just something that I can
> > watch to go "room is getting hotter". Ive found
> ones
> > that clip into your
> > case and give you digital readouts for your
> desktop
> > but nothing I can
> > remotely watch via scripts or otherwise.
> > 
> > Anyone seen such a thing?
> > 
> > -Nick
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