[Cialug] OT USB thermometer

[Dave Weis]

I have an arduino uno from the businessolver giveaway. I think a couple of the onewire sensors will work well. Thanks!


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From: Will [mailto:staticphantom at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 10:10 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT USB thermometer

Simple answer is look at www.sparkfun.com. I believe they mostly offer
serial ones that run serial, but you can get a USB to serial converter
cheap (the ftdi one is expensive at spark fun). The alternative is get a
10k resistor in series with a thermistor and just use an arduino, then use
the USB connectivity of the arduino. Look at the arduino nano knock offs on
eBay, should be able to find those for about $12 in the US versus $34 at
radio shack.

-Will
On Feb 17, 2013 9:00 AM, "Dave Weis" <djweis at internetsolver.com> wrote:

>
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a USB thermometer? I looked online
> and they appear to vary wildly in cost and quality. I would like to stay
> around $20, it's for an elementary science fair project.
>
> Dave
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