Thank You Chris! Comment
This was the last week of Christopher Tomkins-Tinch’s current co-op rotation here at ORNL. Chris played a vital role in the design and development of Sensorpedia (and several other related projects). We can’t thank him enough for his hard work and endless supply of great ideas. We wish him the best this semester at Rochester [...]
BETA Collaborators Selected Comment
We have selected ten (10) collaborators for the initial Sensorpedia BETA test. These collaborators constitute what we believe is a good cross-section of interests: academic and scientific research, DOD security, public safety and public health, enterprise and international sensor standards development, and even bee husbandry. Their sensors and observations also cover a range of phenomena [...]
How To: Interface an irradiance sensor with Sensorpedia (guide 4) 3 Comments
We have previously detailed how to read in an LM34 temperature sensor, an ultrasonic rangefinder, and a light color sensor. This guide will show how to interface with a TSL230 light-to-frequency converter.
How To: Interface a light color sensor with Sensorpedia and serve Atom! (guide 3) 5 Comments
We have previously documented how to interface two sensors: an LM34 temperature and a Maxbotix-EZ distance with Sensorpedia. For this guide we will be switching things up a bit. Instead of using a Make Controller to communicate with sensors, we will be using another popular DIY/tinkerer microcontroller: the Arduino (duemilanove). Instead of pushing our data [...]
How To: Interface an ultrasonic rangefinder with Sensorpedia via Twitter (guide 2) 3 Comments
Previously, we detailed how to read in an LM34 temperature sensor. This guide will show how to interface a Maxbotix-EZ ultrasonic rangefinder with Sensorpedia. The Maxbotix-EZ measures the distance between its detector and the nearest solid object. It emits a sound at an inaudible 42kHz frequency and listens for an echo wave to be reflected. [...]
Sensorpedia BETA Test Update Comment
We are expecting the launch of our BETA application soon and are looking to identify a limited set of initial BETA testers. The first BETA invitations will focus on “user contributors” who have sensors and sensor data to share. The goal of the initial BETA testing effort is to identify and integrate a variety of sensor types with Sensorpedia to ensure that the core application functionality is working properly before opening a broader BETA test.