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The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
> On 27/01/2025 12:29, Chris Green wrote:
> > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
> >> On 27/01/2025 08:57, Chris Green wrote:
> >>> Bob Martin  wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What really is getting to me is that the non-GUI user who wants to use
> >>>>> a Pi (or arduino or BBB) to moinitor the temperature in his garage
> >>>>
> >>>> An RPi is overkill for a job like that.
> >>>> An ESP32 or Arduino will keep things simple at far lower cost.
> >>>>
> >>> But a Pi is much more accessible (in the sense of being easy to access
> >>> your data directly).  It's just so much handier to communicate with,
> >>> as in the case of my Pi running on a boat in France, it does all the
> >>> work of connecting and so on as well as collecting data.  In my case
> >>> it also drives two displays.
> >>>
> >>> ... and it's not exactly expensive, £33 for a 1GB 4B and a lot less if
> >>> you go for a Pi Zero.
> >>>
> >>> I do have a couple of Arduinos and ESP32s but given that you really
> >>> need another computer to access them and do anything useful with the
> >>> data I always end up deciding that a Pi (or a BeagleBone Black) is
> >>> just so much easier as a standalone system.
> >>>
> >>
> >> My organically growing network uses Picos to collect the data and a Pi
> >> Zero to receive it and display it and do what is needful with it.
> >>
> > Well my boat's system uses just an ancient Pi B+ and I2C to collect
> > all the data, no other microcontrollers or anything.
> >
> Really? What is on the end of the iI2C lines then?

Various things, for example several I2C temperature and humidity sensors,
some I2C A2D converters, etc.

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Chris Green
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