Re: Household electrical current to Excel ???

[Dan Bloomquist <public21@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

daestrom wrote:

> "Dennis Mchenney" <mchenney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:43135BCE.4010705@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>For LOW cost try here. You will need to have a main and branch cicuit
>>sensor inputs of some type and > $ 100 each for LOW resolution is the
>>norm. Log data to *.cvs FORMATED file and open in Excell maybe.
>>
>>http://www.labjack.com/index.html
>
> If you're handy with the signal conditioning, you can get *really* cheap
> A/D->PC by using iButtons and related 'one-wire' devices from Dallas
> Semiconductor.
> http://www.maxim-ic.com/1-Wire.cfm
>
> I use some of their temperature sensors to monitor my domestic hot-water
> heat-exchanger, hot-air furnace, and the temperatures in my attic.
>
> daestrom
> P.S.  It helps if you can do a little programming as their software
> development kit is a bit 'stone-knife and bearskin'

Thanks daestrom,
I hadn't noticed this maxim line well enough. Interesting enough to keep
me busy for a while. Digi-key sells their stuff. Did you start with the
DS9090K? (Why pound your thumb with a hammer for a lack of $65? :) I
haven't seriously had a soldering iron in my hand for a few years, I
miss it...

I like it so far.

Best, Dan.

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