Blog – Tinker

2021-02-12

Version 2.0

Last weekend I finished moving my new version to a IP65 weatherproof box and moved it outside. It’s been running happily for about a week now collecting data.

More info on this on the project page.

2021-01-032021-01-03

Grafana ftw

OK, that went easier than expected. The Raspberry Pi 0 has been running without any low voltage errors. I have installed InfluxDB and Grafana on that same RPI 0 and it actually works?

2021-01-022021-01-02

Ok, here we go. To get this working took me quite some googling and trial & error, so hopefully this can help someone out! When you buy the SDS011 sensor, there’s usually a USB dongle included. With this you can easily get the data on Mac, Windows, RPI, etc.

2021-01-012021-01-01

Not good enough…

Over the last year I’ve been testing on and off with the RPI zero and PMS5003 particulate sensor and pimoroni board. Results are just not good enough.

2020-01-312020-02-02

Let’s try again!

Got a second one in today and it’s looking good. Hooked it up to an RPI 2 (or 3?) with a ribbon cable and ran a test-script that shows (and log) data every 30 seconds. So far so good!

2020-01-282020-02-14

Goods!

To quote Dickens “I am as giddy as a drunken man.” 😁

2020-01-252020-01-25

First bird box work

Got the camera and IR leds working. We have lift off!! I have little experience with hardware in combination with RPI, so good to see it works. Got it set up with motion eye now, but that’s a bit heavy for a RPI Zero W. Checking what else is possible.

2020-01-242020-01-25

Bad data sent to Luftdaten project :-/

Hit a snag, even with fog where relative humidity should be 100%, it maxes out around 70-80%. Checking with supplier if it simply a faulty unit. It’s not that it’s a cheap board or anything. So far Pimoroni support have been nothing but helpful and responsive. Let’s see what the verdict is and a replacement might work better.

2020-01-182020-01-18

I am live!

Since breeding season is upon us, I decided to look into birdcam thingy first. This means I made a simple box from house hold items to place the sensor in.

2020-01-172020-01-18

Dress up warmly

I need to get the hardware outside and played around with some cardboard to see what would work. It’s somewhat boxy, but I know what could and couldn’t work.