USB Thermometer w/Linux support

[jkinz at kinz.org (Jeff Kinz)]

On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 10:13:49AM -0500, Duane Morin wrote:
> I'd like to get a thermometer set up that I can leave on all night and 
> track just how cold her room gets.  So I was thinking somebody's gotta 

If this is all you really want, then Radio shack and many other places
sell small digital indoor/outdoor thermometers which memorize the low and high
temperatures, until reset.  (they call it max and min) 

Just set one of these up, let it sit overnight and then push the "min"
button in the morning. There is only one "register" so to get the
low temp for the next night you have to hit the reset button and start 
"recording" all over again.  (Is it really recording if it only keeps
one value?)


Its cheap, and does not interface with your PC, but it works right away
with no fiddling around.

If fiddling around is really what you are after however....   :-)
I don't know of any thermometers that do what  you're looking for.


> offer a simple USB thermometer that provides a feed I can grab.  
> 
> I checked xanboo, but they only really offer complete solutions for home 
> automation that are more than I need.
> 
> I see references to "the cypress thermometer" (such as at 
> tilp.info/thermometer.php) but I honestly can't find the actual hardware 
> anyplace.  I can find drivers for the "starter kit", which apparently
> includes a thermo, but I can't find the kit itself.
> 
> Almost all the other posts I found were several years old and dealing with 
> serial-based devices.
> 
> Anybody know where I can snag a device like this without too much hassle 
> (either in cost or in having to build the fool thing myself?)
> 
> Duane
> 
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